The second volume of veteran rock critic Ira Robbins' anthology-and-memoir Music in a Word trilogy compiles his extensive writing about nine artists: The Who, Cheap Trick, Ramones, Nirvana, Clash, Kinks, Elvis Costello, Keith Richards and the Replacements.

This large-format paperback includes features, reviews and previously unpublished interviews as well as commentary and memories from a half-century of writing about popular music. Illustrated with images from the author's collection.