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b'Bands like The Velvet Underground, Blondie, and The Ramones are enshrined as rock royalty and recognized around the world for their musical innovations.\\xa0Tracing\\xa0their roots, however, there is one very important feature they share\\u2014they all rose to prominence in New York City.\\n\\nIn\\xa0NEW YORK ROCK\\xa0bestselling author Steven Blush presents the definitive\\xa0history of New York\\u2019s rock scene from 1966 to 2006.\\n\\nNEW YORK ROCK\\xa0brings all these disparate parts together, explaining how punk, new wave, no wave, glitter rock, and indie rock grew from and shaped each other.\\xa0\\n\\nNEW YORK ROCK\\xa0is full of the behind-the-scenes stories, social context, and obscure rock scene facts that music lovers clamor for. Blush was there for much of what he writes about, having spent his life as journalist, editor, promoter, DJ, and filmmaker in New York.\\xa0\\n\\nSteven Blush\\xa0is the bestselling author of\\xa0American Hardcore, American Hair Metal,\\xa0and\\xa0.45 Dangerous. He co-produced the eponymous\\xa0American Hardcore\\xa0documentary released by Sony Classics, and was the publisher and primary editor of the award-winning\\xa0Seconds\\xa0interview magazine. He also writes for\\xa0Paper\\xa0and\\xa0Interview\\xa0and music-oriented magazines'