The book's third edition was released in April 2003 and was edited by Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra and Stephen Thomas Erlewine.

Artists are set up alphabetically and include some of the following: birth and death dates, classification (vocals, guitar, drums, etc.

The discography listings include a five star rating, the music label it was released on, and the date as well as possibly reviews of certain albums.

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