Rock & Holy Rollers by Geoffrey D. Falk is a very entertaining look at the correlation between popular music and the musicians spiritual beliefs and practices. From the introduction:
“One may or may not take seriously ideas such as meditation, yoga, astral travel, paganism, or the magick of Aleister Crowley. Nevertheless, a detailed understanding of those “spiritual paths” holds the key to a proper comprehension, not only of the private lives of our “guitar gods,” from Jimi Hendrix on down, but of the deeper meanings behind songs which we hear every day on the radio—from the Beatles to Zeppelin, from Marilyn Manson to Billy Corgan to System of a Down. I have relied largely on documented influences and meanings for each relevant song covered here, rather than bringing my own interpretations to bear on the words.”
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Rock & Holy Rollers
By the way, Geoffrey D. Falk is a musician himself, you can listen to one of his albums here: http://geoffreyfalk.bandcamp.com/
Several Chapters are missing.
Very interresting read anyway.