Rock & Roll Music History

The value of Rock & Roll Roadmap lies in our geographic and historical mapping of rock music’s tangible footprint. Rather than just focusing on discographies or musical styles, we let fans and researchers:

• Locate historically relevant sites (e.g. where a particular rock star lived or died)
• Trace the movement and routes of rock via physical spaces — e.g. venues, studios
• Contextualize rock history through the places and institutions that supported it

Our site is a useful tool for music historians, travelers who want to visit rock landmarks, or curious fans wanting to explore the physical side of rock history.

Use the links on the top of this page to find the locations that rock artists frequented while making the music of rock and roll. Check out the links under People to find the places that musicians lived, stayed, died and where they are buried.

Rock Artists allows you to find all of the references in our website by band or musician or both!

The Places link is where you can find the restaurants and bars frequented by rock musicians as well as the schools they attended, the manufacturers and sellers of the musical instruments they use and the museums and halls that feature their work.

Under Music, you will find where rock musicians recorded their music, the venues they played at, the studios and labels they used as well as the physical location of dozens of album cover shots.

And of course, Miscellaneous is everything else!