The 10 Rules of Rock and Roll

<p>“Sometimes I play a game in my head: name the five best American rock bands of the ’60s. My list goes: The Velvet Underground The Byrds The Beach Boys The Doors and then I stall on the fifth. Creedence? The Band – although they’re mostly Canadian. Simon and Garfunkel? Jefferson Airplane? The Lovin’ Spoonful? But I plump for The Monkees.”—Robert Forster</p><p>Robert Forster was a Go-Between and now has an acclaimed solo career but in recent times he has also established himself as one of the finest music critics in the business. In <em>The 10 Rules of Rock and Roll</em> Robert Forster takes readers on a roller-coaster ride through popular music – from Bob Dylan AC/DC and Nana Mouskouri through to Cat Power Franz Ferdinand Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and … Delta Goodrem. Accompanying Forster’s acclaimed writing for <em>The Monthly </em>are a short story about Normie Rowe and stunning new pieces in which he sets out the 10 Rules of Rock and Roll ponders on ‘The 10 Bands I Wish I’d Been In’ reflects on the influence of The Velvet Underground and gives a moving tribute his partner in The Go-Betweens Grant McLennan.</p><p>Funny and illuminating <em>The 10 Rules of Rock and Roll </em>shows a great critic at work.</p>