I was raised on the radio in a sense. From a very early age, I loved it. I loved the DJs, the music, the contests, the weekly countdowns, and even the stunts such as the music battles — remember the ...

Music biographer Rees (Shooting Star) pieces together a colorful if crowded oral history of album-oriented rock and its key practitioners, including Journey, Bon Jovi, and Def Leppard. The genre ...