IPG Blues, Rock, Punk, and Metal Music Titles Fall 2015

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Blues, Rock, Punk,
and Metal Music Titles
Fall 2015
African Music : A People's Art
Francis Bebey
9781556521287, 1556521286
Pub Date: 8/1/99
$19.95/$29.95 Can.Discount Code: LON
192 pages
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Music / Ethnic
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Music Is the Weapon of the Future : Fifty Years of African
Popular Music
Frank Tenaille, Akwa Betote
9781556524509, 1556524501
Pub Date: 8/1/02
304 pages
Trade Paperback
Biography & Autobiography /
Composers & Musicians / General
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Chicago Review Press
Summary:
Engaging and enlightening, this guide explores African music's
forms, musicians, instruments, and place in the life of the
people. A discography classified by country, theme, group,
and instrument is also included.
Summary:
From the unique voice of Salif Keita and the hard funk of Fela
Kuti to the poignant blues of Cesaria Evora and the upbeat
swing of South African township jazz, African music has
shaken the planet. This book traces its history through 30
portraits. Instead of offering biographical summaries, Tenaille
plunges straight to the deepest, most intimate, and most
significant aspects of the life and work of each musician. In a
compact form, this retrospective imparts all the information
essential to understanding these complex pop stars, while ...
Fela : This Bitch of a Life
Carlos Moore, Gilberto Gil, Margaret Busby
9781556528354, 1556528353
Pub Date: 5/1/09
288 pages
Trade Paperback
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Summary:
African superstar, composer, singer, and musician, as well as
mystic and political activist, Nigerian Fela Kuti, born in 1938,
was controversy personified. He was swept to international
celebrity on a wave of scandal and flamboyance, and when he
died of AIDS in 1997, more than a million people attended his
funeral. But what was he really like, this man who could as
easily arouse violent hostility as he could unswerving loyalty?
Carlos Moore's unique biography, based on hours of
conversation and told in Fela's first-person vernacular, r...
Lee 'Scratch' Perry: Kiss Me Neck : The Scratch Story in Words,
Pictures and Records
Summary:
Jeremy Collingwood
9781901447965, 1901447960
Pub Date: 4/1/11
306 pages
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Music / Genres & Styles / Reggae
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Cherry Red Books
An incredible, meticulous reference documenting the
massive musical output by the pioneering reggae
legend, inventor of dub, and Marley collaborator who
Keith Richards calls "the Salvador Dalí of music"
With more than 1,000 releases to Lee "Scratch" Perry's name
in some form or other, there is a wealth of material for fans
and collectors to immerse themselves in, and here is the
essential reference—an extensive, detailed, heavily illustrated
guide to the records produced by Perry and those that hailed
from his legendary Black Ark Studi...
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Hand Me My Travelin' Shoes : In Search of Blind Willie McTell
Michael Gray
9781556529757, 1556529759
Pub Date: 9/1/09
448 pages
Hardcover
Music / Genres & Styles / Blues
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Highway 61 : Crossroads on the Blues Highway
Derek Bright
9780752489247, 0752489240
Pub Date: 8/1/14, Ship Date: 8/1/14
192 pages
Trade Paperback
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I'd Rather Be the Devil : Skip James and the Blues
Stephen Calt
9781556527463, 1556527462
Pub Date: 4/1/08
400 pages
Trade Paperback
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Lightnin' Hopkins : His Life and Blues
Alan Govenar
9781556529627, 1556529627
Pub Date: 5/1/10
352 pages
Hardcover
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Summary:
By the time he died in 1959, Blind Willie McTell was almost
forgotten. He had never had a hit record, and his days of
playing on street corners for spare change were long gone.
But this masterful guitarist and exquisite singer has since
become one of the most loved musicians of the prewar period,
spurring Bob Dylan to write, “Nobody can sing the blues like
Blind Willie McTell.” Now this richly evocative and wide-ranging
biography illuminates for the first time the world of this elusive
and fascinating figure, a blind man who made light...
The History Press
Summary: A musical pilgrimage unraveling the true
history of the blues
A history of the legendary blues Highway and the route taken
by modern-day blues pilgrims on their journey south into the
Mississippi Delta, this book draws on the work of the early
musicologists looking for an authentic Delta folk music in the
1930s, to the record collectors from the northern cities in the
1950s. It examines the campaigns of the Popular Front in the
1940s as it looked for a musical form arising from the
struggles of a newly emerging black American proletaria...
Summary:
Skip James (1902–1969) was perhaps the most creative and
idiosyncratic of all blues musicians. Drawing on hundreds of
hours of conversations with James himself, Stephen Calt here
paints a dark and unforgettable portrait of a man untroubled
by his own murderous inclinations, a man who achieved one
moment of transcendent greatness in a life haunted by failure.
And in doing so, Calt offers new insights into the nature of the
blues, the world in which it thrived, and its fate when that
world vanished.
Summary:
By the time of his death in 1982, Sam “Lightnin’” Hopkins was
likely the most recorded blues artist in history. This brilliant
new biography--the first book ever written about him-illuminates the many contradictions of the man and his myth.
Born in 1912 to a poor sharecropping family in the cotton
country between Dallas and Houston, Hopkins left home when
he was only eight years old with a guitar his brother had given
him. He made his living however he could, sticking to the open
road, playing the blues, and taking odd jobs...
The World Don't Owe Me Nothing : The Life and Times of Delta
Bluesman Honeyboy Edwards
David Honeyboy Edwards
9781556522758, 1556522754
Pub Date: 8/1/97
304 pages
Hardcover
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John Mayall: The Blues Crusader
Dinu Logoz
9783283012281, 3283012288
392 pages
Hardcover
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J Is for Jazz
Ann Ingalls
9781622670260, 1622670264
Ages 5 to 7, Grades K to 2
40 pages
Hardcover Picture Book
Juvenile Nonfiction / Music / Jazz
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The Jazz Book : From Ragtime to the 21st Century (7th Edition)
Joachim-Ernst Berendt, Günther Huesmann
9781556528231, 155652823X
Pub Date: 8/1/09
816 pages
Trade Paperback
Music / Genres & Styles / Jazz
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Summary:
This vivid oral snapshot of an America that planted the blues is
full of rhythmic grace. From the son of a sharecropper to an
itinerant bluesman, Honeyboy’s stories of good friends Charlie
Patton, Big Walter Horton, Little Walter Jacobs, and Robert
Johnson are a godsend to blues fans. History buffs will marvel
at his unique perspective and firsthand accounts of the 1927
Mississippi River flood, vagrancy laws, makeshift courts in the
back of seed stores, plantation life, and the Depression.
Edition Olms
Summary:
The first detailed biography of a true icon in the world
of blues music illuminates his life and career, and also
provides insights into the development of his many
fellow musicians
This comprehensive biography by a true blues aficionado
follows the young Mayall from the early days of jamming in his
tree house as a teenager to the vast tours he undertakes
today. Even die-hard blues fans will find plenty of
undiscovered anecdotes and stories here, as the book covers
all phases of the Mayall’s career and not just the 1960s. John
Mayall i...
Bright Connections Media
Summary:
B is for Blues, the heart of jazz, and some of the best
jazz cats have been hip to the blues!
Go on a riotous romp through some of the foundations of jazz
in this fun and educational look at America’s golden era of
music. Readers are transported into the Jazz Age through
sweeping, bold illustrations and lyrical profiles of historical
figures and musical terms. Featuring a glossary of jazz slang,
this ABC primer is sure to inform and delight readers and
music lovers of all ages.
Summary:
For fifty years The Jazz Book has been the most encyclopedic
interpretive history of jazz available in one volume.
In this new seventh edition, each chapter has been completely
revised and expanded to incorporate the dominant styles and
musicians since the book’s last publication in 1992, as well as
the fruits of current research about earlier periods in the
history of jazz. In addition, new chapters have been added on
John Zorn, jazz in the 1990s and beyond, samplers, the tuba,
the harmonica, non-Western instruments, postmodernist and...
Miles on Miles : Interviews and Encounters with Miles Davis
Paul Maher , Michael K. Dorr
9781556527067, 1556527063
Pub Date: 11/1/08
352 pages
Hardcover
Series: Musicians in Their Own Words
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Coltrane on Coltrane : The John Coltrane Interviews
Chris DeVito
9781556520044, 1556520042
Pub Date: 4/1/12
416 pages
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Summary:
Miles on Miles collects the thirty most vital Miles Davis
interviews. Essential reading for anyone who wants to know
what Miles Davis thought about his music, life, and philosophy,
Miles on Miles reveals the jazz icon as a complex and
contradictory man, secretive at times but extraordinarily
revealing at others.
Miles was not only a musical genius, but an enigma, and
nowhere else was he so compelling, exasperating, and
entertaining as in his interviews, which vary from polite to
outrageous, from straight-ahead to contrarian. Even his a...
Summary: Named one of the best jazz books of 2010
by Jazz Times’s reader poll
John Coltrane created a new sound, a music that had nothing
to do with anyone except himself. The path he chose was
difficult and risky. Nevertheless, he persisted, and his
recordings now stand among the greatest of all jazz
achievements. And his life, thoughts, and words have been
just as inspiring as his music. This book collects those words
for the first time.
Coltrane was a gracious and conscientious interviewee. His
responses were thoughtful and measured; he rarely...
Dizzy Gillespie: The Man Who Changed My Life : From the
Memoirs of Arturo Sandoval
Robert Simon, Marianela Sandoval, Quincy Jones
9781622770656, 162277065X
Pub Date: 4/1/14
252 pages
Hardcover
Music / Individual Composer & Musician
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Duke Ellington : His Life in Jazz with 21 Activities
Stephanie Stein Crease
9781556527241, 1556527241
Pub Date: 2/1/09
Ages 9 And Up, Grades 4 And Up
140 pages
Trade Paperback
Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography &
Autobiography / Music
Series: For Kids seriesTerritory:
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Gia Publications
Summary:
2013 marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of Dizzy
Gillespie, a master entertainer and one of the greatest jazz
musicians of all time. This book, from the memoirs of Cuban
jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, celebrates the relationship
and influence Dizzy had with Arturo and his family. It tracks
the remarkable story of how the two met in Cuba during a
very restrictive period and the eventual role Dizzy would play
in Arturo’s flight to freedom. It also recounts the modest start
and parallels that exist between the two musicians as wel...
Summary:
Duke Ellington, one of the most influential figures in American
music, comes alive in this comprehensive biography with
engaging activities. Ellington was an accomplished and
influential jazz pianist, composer, band leader, and cultural
diplomat. Activities include creating a ragtime rhythm, making
a washtub bass, writing song lyrics, thinking like an arranger,
and learning to dance the Lindy Hop. It explores Ellington’s life
and career along with many topics related to African American
history, including the Harlem Renaissance. Kids w...
The Cool Gent : The Nine Lives of Radio Legend Herb Kent
Herb Kent, David Smallwood, Mayor Richard M. Daley
9781556527746, 1556527748
Pub Date: 2/1/09
272 pages
Hardcover
Entertainment & Performing Arts /
General
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Summary:
When Herb Kent was a straight-A college student in the 1940s,
his white professor told him, “You have the best voice in class,
but you’ll never make it in radio because you’re a Negro.” This
did not deter the poor kid from the Chicago housing projects
who had decided on a radio career at age five. It was just one
more obstacle to face head on and overcome.
Known as the Cool Gent, the King of the Dusties, and the
Mayor of Bronzeville, Herb Kent is one of radio’s most
illustrious and legendary stars. This fascinating autobiogr...
Deep in a Dream : The Long Night of Chet Baker
James Gavin
9781569767573, 1569767572
Pub Date: 7/1/11
440 pages
Trade Paperback
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Summary:
This first major biography of the most romanticized icon in
jazz thrillingly recounts his wild ride. From his emergence in
the 1950s--when an uncannily beautiful young man from
Oklahoma appeared on the West Coast to become, seemingly
overnight, the prince of "cool" jazz--until his violent, drugrelated death in Amsterdam in 1988, Chet Baker lived a life
that has become an American myth. Here, drawing on
hundreds of interviews and previously untapped sources,
James Gavin gives a hair-raising account of the trumpeter's
dark journey.
The Battle of the Five Spot : Ornette Coleman and the New York
Summary:
Jazz Field
David Neil Lee
9781894987851, 1894987853
Pub Date: 5/1/14
$20.00Discount Code: SHO
130 pages
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98% Funky Stuff : My Life in Music
Maceo Parker
9781613743461, 1613743467
Pub Date: 2/1/13
208 pages
Hardcover
Music / Genres & Styles / Soul & R&B
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Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd
This is a new-format reprint of a successful jazz book
documenting the debate over ground-breaking jazz
saxophonist Ornette Coleman. Coleman revolutionized jazz
when he first started playing at The Five Spot in New York City
in 1959. Lee investigates this time, considering both the
changes within the art and within the society of the time.
Summary:
Revealing the warm and astonishing story of an influential jazz
legend, this personal narrative tells the story of a man’s
journey from a Southern upbringing to a career touring the
world to play for adoring fans. It tells how James Brown first
discovered the Parker brothers—Melvin, the drummer, and
Maceo on sax—in a band at a small North Carolina nightclub in
1963. Brown hired them both, but it was Maceo’s signature
style that helped define Brown’s brand of funk, and the phrase
“Maceo, I want you to blow!” became part of the lexicon o...
Paul Bley : The Logic of Chance
Arrigo Cappelletti
9781550652529, 1550652524
Pub Date: 3/1/10
$17.95Discount Code: LON
160 pages
Trade Paperback
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Gil Evans: Out of the Cool : His Life and Music
Stephanie Stein Crease
9781556524936, 1556524935
Pub Date: 5/1/03
400 pages
Trade Paperback
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Serious Fun : The Life and Music of Mike Nock
Norman Meehan
9780864736369, 0864736363
Pub Date: 3/1/11
336 pages / Includes DVD
Mixed Media Product
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Swing Café
Carl Norac, Rébecca Dautremer, Bebel Gilberto, Dav...
9782923163628, 2923163621
Pub Date: 9/1/10
Ages 5 to 7, Grades K to 2
54 pages / Includes Audio CD
Hardcover Picture Book
Juvenile Fiction / Performing Arts /
Music
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Véhicule Press
Summary:
Retracing the life of Paul Bley—one of the most complex and
mysterious personalities in the history of jazz—this fascinating
biography positions him in the pantheon of great jazz
musicians from the last 50 years. A proponent of free jazz and
improvisation, his techniques, aesthetic values, and individual
style are examined in the context of his contributions to
modern jazz. The story of his musical career is also discussed
alongside many of the great bands and jazz icons that he
performed with, including Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus,...
Summary:
The life (1912–1988) and career of Gil Evans paralleled and
often foreshadowed the quickly changing world of jazz through
the 20th century. Gil Evans: Out of the Cool is the
comprehensive biography of a self-taught musician whom
colleagues often regarded as a mentor. His innovative work as
a composer, arranger, and bandleader—for Miles Davis, with
whom he frequently collaborated over the course of four
decades, and for his own ensembles—places him alongside
Duke Ellington and Aaron Copland as one of the giants of
American music. His un...
Victoria University Press
Summary:
Vibrant and compelling, this jazz biography plots the life of
one of New Zealand’s greatest musicians: Mike Nock. From
Nock’s childhood in Ngaruawahia and Nelson in the 1940s and
his teenage adventures on the road with the Fabulous
Flamingoes to his gigs with music legends—including John
Handy, Yusef Lateef, and Dionne Warwick—and his founding of
the pioneering fusion band the Fourth Way, this account not
only tells the story of a volatile and creative man, but also
highlights Nock’s stellar international career. Containing an
analysis...
The Secret Mountain
Summary:
Classic recordings from the swing era by Ella Fitzgerald, Duke
Ellington, Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, and other jazz legends
are the centerpiece of this storybook-music CD set. The
illustrated story recounts the adventures of a little Brazilian
cricket named Zaz who dreams of singing in New York. Zaz
hops a ride on a woman’s fruit hat from her homeland to
Manhattan, where she meets a savvy fly named Buster who
knows all the spots to hear cool music. He takes her to the
Swing Café on East 54th Street where they dance the
Charleston, the ...
Bobby Womack : My Story 1944 - 2014
Bobby Womack, Robert Ashton
9781782199847, 1782199845
306 pages
Trade Paperback
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Miss Shirley Bassey
John L. Williams
9781847249753, 1847249752
Pub Date: 5/1/12
430 pages
Trade Paperback
General
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Lifting My Voice : A Memoir
Barbara Hendricks, Kofi A. Annan
9781613748527, 1613748523
496 pages
Hardcover
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An Illustrated History of Gospel
Steve Turner
9780745953397, 0745953395
Pub Date: 11/1/10
208 pages
Hardcover
Music / Religious / Gospel
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John Blake
Summary: Honest, insightful, and unflinching, this is
the authentic voice of the Midnight Mover, a hardworking and prolific legend in the music business who
stood shoulder to shoulder with Ray Charles, James
Brown, and Marvin Gaye as a true giant of soul, R&B,
and blues music
Bobby Womack was a true legend, a phenomenally gifted
musician with 40 albums and 30 million record sales to his
name. The success of his songs helped him to escape the
ghetto and become a star, but battles with the record industry
and hard drugs almost wiped him out. From...
Quercus
Summary:
From "Hot from Harlem" to Goldfinger, the story of
how a two-bit jazz singer from Cardiff, Wales became
an immortal icon
In 1954, Shirley Bassey was 17 years old and had just
returned from a cheesy revue tour called "Hot from Harlem."
Depressed, disillusioned, and four months pregnant, she
decided that her dream of being a professional singer was
over—but a mere 10 years later, she was one of the biggest
stars in the world. This book explores this remarkable
transformation, both of an individual and of the British society
and British ps...
Summary:
Growing up African American in segregated Arkansas in the
1950s, Barbara Hendricks witnessed firsthand the painful
struggle for civil rights. After graduation from the Juilliard
School of Music, Hendricks immediately won a number of
important international prizes, and began performing in
recitals and operas throughout the world. A Goodwill
Ambassador for the United Nations High Commission for
Refugees, she is as devoted to humanitarian work as she is to
her music. Always the anti-diva, Hendricks is a down-to-earth
and straightforward w...
Lion Hudson
Summary:
From early spirituals to urban gospel, this definitive
guide to gospel music expounds in great detail upon
the most highly praised but least well known of the
influences to contemporary rock, soul, and rap
Far beyond its immediate image of robed choirs, gospel—
through its solo singers and quartets, its impresarios and
recording companies—has helped to give voice to the history
of black people in America as well as shaping more obviously
secular musical forms such as blues and rock and roll. In this
compelling and lively study, the stor...
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Keep On Pushing : Black Power Music from Blues to Hip-hop
Denise Sullivan
9781556528170, 1556528175
Pub Date: 7/1/11
224 pages
Trade Paperback
Music / Ethnic
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The Nigger Factory
Gil Scott-Heron
9781847678843, 184767884X
Pub Date: 7/9/10
244 pages
Trade Paperback
Fiction / African American / Historical
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Party Music : The Inside Story of the Black Panthers' Band and
How Black Power Transformed Soul Music
Rickey Vincent, Boots Riley
9781613744925, 1613744927
Pub Date: 10/1/13
432 pages
Trade Paperback
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Readings in African American Church Music and Worship
James Abbington
9781579997670, 1579997678
Pub Date: 3/1/09
602 pages
Trade Paperback
Music / Religious / Gospel
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Summary:
The marriage of music and social change didn’t originate with
the movements for civil rights and Black Power in the 1950s
and 1960s, but never before and never again was the
relationship between the two so dynamic. In Keep On Pushing,
author Denise Sullivan presents the voices of musicianactivists from this pivotal era and the artists who followed in
their footsteps to become the force behind contemporary
liberation music. Joining authentic voices with a bittersweet
narrative covering more than fifty years of fighting oppression
throu...
Canongate UK
Summary:
An early novel from the groundbreaking artist behind The
Revolution Will Not Be Televised, about militant student
activists struggling against their administration for basic rights
On the campus of Sutton University Virginia, the students are
trying to carry forth the message of reconstruction to a
university resistant to change. The failure of Sutton to
embrace the changing attitudes of the 1960s has necessitated
extreme action and the revolution is nigh in this scornful
statement on the way in which human beings are conditioned
to th...
Summary:
Connecting the black music tradition with the black activist
tradition, Party Music brings both into greater focus than ever
before and reveals just how strongly the black power
movement was felt on the streets of black America. Interviews
reveal the never-before-heard story of the Black Panthers’
R&B band the Lumpen and how five rank-and-file members
performed popular music for revolutionaries. Beyond the
mainstream civil rights movement that is typically discussed
are the stories of the Black Panthers, the Black Arts
Movement, the a...
Gia Publications
Summary:
Readings in African American Church Music and Worship
features important articles and essays on music and worship
written by some of the most influential voices of the past
century, including W. E. B. DuBois, Wendell P. Whalum, V.
Michael McKay, Wyatt Tee Walker, J. Wendell Mapson Jr., and
others.
Take Me to the River : An Autobiography
Al Green, Davin Seay
9781556528101, 1556528108
Pub Date: 4/1/09
352 pages
Trade Paperback
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Cold Sweat : My Father James Brown and Me
Yamma Brown, Robin Gaby Fisher
9781883052850, 1883052858
208 pages
Hardcover
Biography & Autobiography / Personal
Memoirs
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Still So Excited! : My Life as a Pointer Sister
Ruth Pointer, Marshall Terrill
9781629371450, 1629371459
256 pages
Hardcover
Territory: WOR
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Buck Owens : The Biography
Eileen Sisk
9781613743355, 1613743351
Pub Date: 7/1/12
400 pages
Trade Paperback
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Summary:
With an extraordinary appeal that has continued unabated
since the early 1970s, Al Green remains the quintessential
soul man—one of the most enduring, electrifying, and
enigmatic artists of our era. But at the very heart of his appeal
is the conflict between the devil’s music and God’s calling, a
conflict he has wrestled with all his life. This is his story.
Take Me to the River is an inspiring, unsparing, and ultimately
transforming autobiography. From a sharecropper’s shack in
Jacknash, Arkansas, to the absolute pinnacle of show-busi...
Summary:
Being the child of a global superstar is never easy, but being
the daughter of the “Hardest Working Man in Show Business”—
that’s a category unto itself. Like every little girl, Yamma
Brown wanted her father’s attention, but fame, drugs, jail, and
the complicated women in James Brown’s life set the stage for
an uncommon childhood. She got caught in the same trap as
her mother, doing things in her adult life and troubled
marriage that, as a child, she’d promised herself she’d never
do. The struggles she went through, both as a child and ...
Triumph Books
Summary:
Ruth Pointer’s story for the first time—and in her own
words
Still So Excited!: My Life in the Pointer Sisters offers an
engaging, funny, heartbreaking, and poignant look at Ruth
Pointer’s roller-coaster life in and out of the Pointer Sisters.
When overnight success came to the Pointer Sisters in 1973,
they all thought it was the answer to their long-held prayers.
While it may have served as an introduction to the good life, it
also was an introduction to the high life of limos, champagne,
white glove treatment, and mountains of cocain...
Summary:
Buck Owens was the top-selling country act of the 1960s, with
more than thirty top ten singles and fifteen consecutive #1
hits. Inventor of the Bakersfield Sound, he was hugely popular
not only with country fans but with rock fans too. The Beatles
covered his songs; Gram Parsons idolized him; the Grateful
Dead loved him. At least six marriages, several TV shows, and
a publishing and media empire followed. And a number of
current country stars, ranging from Dwight Yoakam to Marty
Stuart, cite him as a major influence.
Yet never before ha...
Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music
Barry Mazor
9781613740217, 1613740212
320 pages
Hardcover
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Sun King : The Life and Times of Sam Phillips, the Man Behind
Sun Records
Kevin Crouch, Tanja Crouch
9780749929466, 0749929464
Pub Date: 1/1/10
256 pages
Trade Paperback
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Summary:
This is the first biography of Ralph Peer, the adventurous—
even revolutionary—A&R man and music publisher who saw
the universal power locked in regional roots music and tapped
it, changing the breadth and flavor of popular music around
the world. It is the story of the life and fifty-year career, from
the age of cylinder recordings to the stereo era, of the man
who pioneered the recording, marketing, and publishing of
blues, jazz, country, gospel, and Latin music.
The book tracks Peer’s role in such breakthrough
events as the recording ...
Piatkus Books
Summary:
Music producer Sam Phillips and his landmark studio, Sun
Records, hold a unique place in the history of rock 'n' roll. By
many accounts, before Phillips recorded "Rocket 88" by Jackie
Brenston and his Delta Cats in 1951, rock 'n' roll as we know it
didn't even exist. Phillips is simultaneously hailed as the man
who discovered Elvis Presley and derided as the man who sold
the same artist to RCA for a paltry $35,000. The list of musical
legends that passed through the doors of Sun Records is
simply astounding, including BB King, Ike Turn...
Honky Tonk Angel : The Intimate Story of Patsy Cline
Ellis Nassour, Dottie West
9781556527470, 1556527470
Pub Date: 6/1/08
320 pages
Trade Paperback
Music / Genres & Styles / Country &
Bluegrass
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Waylon : An Autobiography
Waylon Jennings, Lenny Kaye
9781613744697, 1613744692
Pub Date: 9/1/12
432 pages
Trade Paperback
Music / Genres & Styles / Country &
Bluegrass
6 in W | 9 in H
Summary:
Earthy, sexy, and vivacious, the life of beloved country singer,
Patsy Cline, who soared from obscurity to international fame
to tragic death in just thirty short years, is explored in colorful
and poignant detail. An innovator—and even a hell-raiser—
Cline broke all the boys’ club barriers of Nashville’s music
business in the 1950s and brought a new Nashville sound to
the nation with her pop hits and torch ballads like “Walking
After Midnight,” “I Fall to Pieces“ and "Crazy.” She is the
subject of a major Hollywood movie and countless ...
Summary:
Equal parts outlaw, renegade, and legend, Waylon Jennings
enjoyed a stellar music career for four decades and this noholds-barred autobiography reveals the story of a man who
infused conservative country music traditions with the energy
of rock and roll to rewrite the rules of popular music in
America. It chronicles all the chapters of Jennings’s incredible
life, including his beginnings as a dirt-poor son of a farm
laborer; his role as Buddy Holly’s protégé; his influential
friendships with such luminaries as Johnny Cash, Willie Nels...
Willie Nelson : The Outlaw
Graeme Thomson, Keith Richards
9780753511848, 0753511843
Pub Date: 5/1/07, On Sale Date: 3/9
272 pages / 2 COLOUR ILLUSTRATION
SECTIONS
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Fortunate Son : The Unlikely Rise of Keith Urban
Jeff Apter
9781741668087, 1741668085
Pub Date: 9/1/09
320 pages
Trade Paperback
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Hells Bent On Rockin' : A History of Psychobilly
Craig Brackenridge
9781901447804, 1901447804
Pub Date: 1/1/07
240 pages
Trade Paperback
Music / Genres & Styles / Rock
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How Bluegrass Music Destroyed My Life
John Fahey
9780965618328, 0965618323
Pub Date: 4/15/00
$21.95/$24.95 Can.Discount Code: SPT
291 pages
Trade Paperback
Fiction / Short Stories (single author)
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Virgin Books
Summary:
With a face that wouldn't look out of place carved into Mount
Rushmore, Willie Nelson has done and seen it all. A dopesmoking, whisky-drinking, latter-day cowboy with Native
American blood, four wives, and seven children, Nelson has a
career that spans half a century of American music. In this
revealing, intimate, and insightful biography, Graeme
Thomson goes beyond the myths, talking with Nelson himself,
his band, and those who know him best to discover the real
Willie Nelson. Nelson's life has been a journey of incredible
highs and ...
Random House Australia
Summary:
Born in New Zealand in 1967 and raised in Australia, Keith
Urban has unlikely roots for one of the world’s biggest country
music stars. His success is undeniable: to date he has sold
more than five million albums, written five number one
singles, and his shows sell out in minutes to throngs of country
fans across the United States. His very public relationship with
Nicole Kidman—whom he married in an A-list affair in 2006—
earned Urban a totally new audience, with gossip magazines
across the planet tracking their relationship and the re...
Cherry Red Books
Summary:
As the bastard genre of rock 'n' roll and the forgotten offspring
of punk, a history of psychobilly is long overdue. Despite
being starved of the oxygen of mainstream music press
attention for more than 25 years, psychobilly has thrived in
the underground building a network of fiercely loyal followers
and producing a huge number of bands who each peddle their
own brand of the genre.
The book follows the scene from its initial boom in the early
1980s, through the lean years of the late 1990s to the current
psychobilly renaissance’...
Drag City
Summary:
A collection of fictional but semi-autobiographical stories, this
work comes from one of the most influential guitarists in music
history. The tales are recalled in a conversational, feverish
tone, following the musician in his childhood and young
adulthood in post-World War II suburbia, pausing along the
way for moments of clarity and introspection. The stories
resist categorization—part memoir, part personal essay, part
fiction, and part manifesto they simply stand alone, having
their own logic, religious dogma, and mythological hist...
100 Things Elvis Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
Gillian G. Gaar
9781600789083, 1600789080
Pub Date: 4/1/14
256 pages
Trade Paperback
Series: 100 Things...Fans Should Know
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Triumph Books
Summary:
With 2014 marking the 60th anniversary of the release of Elvis
Presley’s first record, “That’s All Right,” this book makes the
perfect companion for celebrating the life and music of one of
the world’s most popular entertainers. Packed with history,
trivia, lists, little-known facts, and must-do adventures, legions
of Elvis fans around the globe who still adore him more than
three decades after his death will delight in this ode to “The
King.” Ranked from one to 100, the songs, albums, movies,
places, personalities, and events that are...
The Colonel : The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and
Elvis Presley
Summary:
Alanna Nash
9781556525469, 155652546X
Pub Date: 9/1/04
416 pages
Trade Paperback
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A meticulously researched biography, this story profiles "The
Colonel" Tom Parker, the man behind Elvis Presley, in a
compelling new light. Filled with startling material found in
never-before-seen documents, including Parker's army
records, psychiatric evaluations, and police reports, this
investigation challenges even the most familiar aspects of the
Presley saga. Parker, who handled every aspect of Elvis
Presley's career and much in his personal life, is revealed as
an overwhelmingly selfish man who sought to hide his own
illegal al...
That Old Black Magic : Louis Prima, Keely Smith, and the Golden
Summary:
Age of Las Vegas
Tom Clavin
9781556528217, 1556528213
Pub Date: 11/1/10
224 pages
Hardcover
Music / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal
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In 1948, New Orleans veteran trumpeter and singer Louis
Prima stumbled into a young girl named Keely Smith. She was
barely a performer at all, almost half his age, destined for a
relatively quiet life; their encounter was pure coincidence. But
they went on to invent “The Wildest,” the most exciting and
successful lounge act Las Vegas has ever seen, an act that
became one of the hottest in the U.S. in the late 1950s and
early 1960s. Their records were hugely popular, and they
were courted by Frank Sinatra, Ed Sullivan, Robert Mitchum,
a...
Souvenir Press
Meet the Beatles : An Informal Date in Words & Personal Album
Summary: A uniquely firsthand introduction to the Beatles as
Pictures
Tony Barrow
9780285642898, 0285642898
40 pages
Hardcover
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they were in 1963, Meet the Beatles includes features on the
band’s background, their life in Liverpool, and a photographic
record of a day in the life of the Beatles. It is a personal
introduction to four young men in the process of becoming the
world’s biggest band. Originally selling more than a million
copies, this special collector’s edition, which retains the
original cover art, is filled with rare photographs, many of
which have not been reproduced elsewhere. It is a classic pi...
The Beatles
Mirrorpix
9781907708909, 1907708901
300 pages
Trade Paperback
Photography / Subjects & Themes /
Celebrity
Series: In PicturesTerritory:
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Ammonite Press
Summary:
A pictorial look at the world's bestselling band and
Britain's most famous pop group
The Beatles have had more number one albums and achieved
more sales in the U.S. than any other artist. Formed in
Liverpool in 1960, The Beatles had their roots in skiffle and
1950s rock 'n' roll, but as their career progressed they
dabbled in many musical forms, including pop ballads and
psychedelic rock. In the early days, they honed their skills
playing clubs in their hometown and Hamburg, Germany, while
manager Brian Epstein polished their act. The B...
100 Things Beatles Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
Gillian G. Gaar
9781600787997, 1600787991
Pub Date: 6/1/13
256 pages
Trade Paperback
Series: 100 Things...Fans Should Know
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Triumph Books
Summary:
Few music groups have been able to sustain a fan base over
half a century that is as significant and devoted as those of the
Beatles, and this entertaining guide to all things Fab Four
rewards those fans with everything they need to know about
the band in a one-of-a-kind format. Packed with history, trivia,
lists, little-known facts, and must-do adventures that every
Beatles fan should undertake, it ranks each item from one to
100. Fans of any generation will appreciate the songs, albums,
places, personalities, and events that are reli...
The Beatles : On Camera, Off Guard 1963?69
Mark Hayward
9781862058675, 1862058679
Pub Date: 11/1/09
208 pages / Includes DVD
Hardcover
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Pavilion
Summary:
Featuring more than 200 rare and never-before-seen images,
this is a fascinating insight into the private lives of the world’s
biggest band. Painstakingly collected and organized, the
photos include shots of the Quarrymen, where John first met
Paul; shots from the filming of A Hard Day’s Night and the set
of Help in the Bahamas; John and Yoko at home; and Paul on
holiday in Frank Sinatra’s Learjet. Interviews with many of the
photographers provide an extraordinary insight into the
background of each shot, while extended captions give f...
The Beatles : Yesterdays
Steven Charles
9780956603890, 0956603890
Pub Date: 6/1/11
116 pages / 116 page Music Book with 4
DVDs
Mixed Media Product
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Abstract Sounds Book, Ltd.
Summary:
The candid and unabridged story of the Beatles as told
by the insiders who worked, recorded, and toured with
the group from the Hamburg days to the bitter end
A meticulously researched and comprehensive array of inside
sources, this book collects interviews with those who knew and
worked with the Beatles throughout their career, including the
frank recollections of Pete Best, the group's first drummer.
Other Beatles collaborators in the book and on the DVD
include Tony Barrow (the group's publicist from the Liverpool
days to Abbey Road)...
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The Beatles in Hamburg : The Stories, the Scene and How It All
Began
Spencer Leigh
9781569768167, 1569768161
Pub Date: 10/1/11
128 pages
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The Beatles in Liverpool : The Stories, the Scene, and the Path
to Stardom
Spencer Leigh
9781613744093, 1613744099
Pub Date: 10/15/12
128 pages
Trade Paperback
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The Beatles in Scotland
Ken McNab
9781846972386, 1846972388
Pub Date: 10/1/12
320 pages
Trade Paperback
Music / History & Criticism / General
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With the Beatles
Alistair Taylor
9781843583493, 1843583496
Pub Date: 9/1/11
248 pages
Trade Paperback
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The Fab Four's formative years in the heart of Germany
Summary:
When the fledgling Beatles went to Hamburg in 1960,
they had no idea that their world--and music--was going to
change forever. Associating with gangsters and prostitutes and
sleeping in appalling conditions behind a cinema screen, the
Beatles pounded out beat music in strip clubs and dens of vice
like the Indra, the Kaiserkeller, the Top Ten, and the StarClub. In the process, they changed their way of playing, got
arrested and deported, wore black leather, lost their bass
player, sacked their drummer,
developed a vast repertoire of rau...
Summary:
Chronicling the story of the Beatles in their native city of
Liverpool, this rock biography combines authoritative text with
the most striking images from their time in the city.
Documenting the seminal events of this English quartet—from
the Beatles’ childhood, the influence of Liverpudlian humor on
their lyrics, and whether John was really a “working class
hero,” to the other acts that the Beatles played for, the
influence of visiting American rock and rollers, and Brian
Epstein’s pre-Beatles troubles—this recollection reveals the
Fa...
Birlinn Ltd
Summary:
In intimate detail, this account reveals the pivotal part
Scotland played in the genesis of the Beatles and the
extraordinary connections that were fostered north of the
border before, during, and after their meteoric rise to global
fame. Following the Fab Four as rough-and-ready unknowns
on their first tour of Scotland in 1960—when they were booed
off stage in Bridge of Allan—and then in 1964 as allconquering heroes, this insightful biography also shares how
the momentous decision to break up the band was made in
Scotland. Facts abou...
John Blake
Summary:
Millions of words have been written about the Beatles,
but nobody knew them quite like Alistair Taylor.
Originally published as A Secret History, this is a
unique insider portrait of the Fab Four
Look at the first contract with Beatles' manager Brian Epstein,
and you will see only one other name—Alistair Taylor's. By the
band's side from the very beginning, he beheld the inception
and growth of the most extraordinary musical phenomenon of
the last century. He witnessed the fun, the high life, the
adulation, and the music. But he was al...
Revolution in the Head : The Beatles' Records and the Sixties
(3rd Edition)
Ian MacDonald
9781556527333, 1556527330
Pub Date: 9/1/07
544 pages
Trade Paperback
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Summary:
This “Bible of the Beatles” captures the iconic band’s magical
and mysterious journey from adorable teenagers to revered
cultural emissaries. In this fully updated version, each of their
241 tracks is assessed chronologically from their first amateur
recordings in 1957 to their final “reunion” recording in 1995. It
also incorporates new information from the Anthology series
and recent interviews with Paul McCartney. This
comprehensive guide offers fascinating details about the
Beatles’ lives, music, and era, never losing sight of what ...
The Zapple Diaries : The Rise and Fall of the Last Beatles Label
Barry Miles
9780720618600, 0720618606
224 pages
Hardcover
Music
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Peter Owen Publishers
Summary:
This is the first full-length illustrated look at the
Zapple label—the Beatles’ experimental label and the
most ambitious expression of the Beatles’
determination to be leading members of the
counterculture movement
Created by Zapple label manager, Barry Miles, the acclaimed
author who set up and planned the “list” in cooperation with
the Beatles, and written in an engaging “diary” style, this book
lets the reader gains unique insights into the lives and working
methods of leading literary and counterculture figures of the
era—Charles O...
The Lives of John Lennon
Albert Goldman
9781556523991, 1556523998
Pub Date: 9/1/01
720 pages
Trade Paperback
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Summary:
The result of six years of research and some 1,200 interviews,
this book takes fans deep into Lennon’s secretive world, from
his traumatic childhood to his Beatles days to his hidden life
with Yoko Ono. While the Lennon of legend enjoyed a gifted
and inspired life, the private Lennon lived in torment,
poisoning himself with drugs and self-hatred. The Lives of
John Lennon exposed for the first time all of his various
lives, from idealist to cynic, from ascetic to junkie. It is a
lasting tribute to his brilliant achievements and a revela...
The Lennon Prophecy : A New Examination of the Death Clues of
Summary:
the Beatles
Joseph Niezgoda
9780942257458, 0942257456
Pub Date: 12/1/08
240 pages
Trade Paperback
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New Chapter Press
Offering a new interpretation of the hidden messages and
symbols that have ornamented Beatles mythology for years,
this examination of the Beatles' recordings and album artwork
theorizes that John Lennon's murder was eerily foretold.
Following a fascinating and unique trail of sorcery, mysticism,
numerology, backwards masking, anagrams, and literary and
theological writings, the book posits that John Lennon sold his
soul in order to achieve international fame and fortune and
subsequently paid the ultimate price for his success.
Goodnight Keith Moon : A Parody!
Bruce Worden, Clare Cross
9780956011923, 0956011926
Pub Date: 7/1/11
32 pages
Hardcover
Humor / Form / Parodies
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Roger Daltrey : The Biography
Stafford Hildred, Tim Ewbank
9780749958787, 0749958782
Pub Date: 6/1/13
256 pages
Trade Paperback
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The Who : Their Generation
Michael A. O'Neill
9780993181207, 0993181201
112 pages
Hardcover
Territory: US & CA
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Revolution in the Air : The Songs of Bob Dylan, 1957?1973
Clinton Heylin
9781556528439, 1556528434
Pub Date: 4/1/09
496 pages
Hardcover
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Word of Mouth
Summary:
What if Goodnight Moon was about saying goodbye to
another Moon? Say goodnight to Keith, his drumsticks,
his pile of sick, and more
A hilarious parody of the Margaret Wise Brown and Clement
Hurd children's classic Goodnight Moon, this book will appeal
to fans of rock music and every parent who has read it to their
children. Classic rock aficionados won't get fooled, they'll spot
a busload of Who references, from the pinball game in the
corner to the ghost of Cass Elliott.
Piatkus Books
Summary: A frank look at one of rock's most
fascinating and enigmatic personalities, The Who's
legendary lead singer
Drawing on interviews with Daltrey himself, as well as his
friends and fellow musicians, this is the most complete and
revealing biography of one of rock's most powerful
personalities."Hope I die before I get old," sang Roger Daltrey
more than 40 years ago, but it didn't quite work out like that.
The wild and passionate lead singer for supergroup The Who is
still very much alive, the premature deaths of Keith Moon and
John Entwist...
Upfront Entertainment
Summary:
The stories behind the music with an album by album
analysis, accompanied by images from many of the
most well known contemporary rock photographers .
The Who defined a generation and rocked the world. "My
Generation," "Pinball Wizard," and "Baba O'Riley" are some of
the most well known tracks in rock history. The rock opera
Tommy, the genre-defining Live at Leeds, and the classic
Quadrophenia are just some of The Who's albums. The
band's original lineup had an amazing 15-year span, as they
toured their way around the globe, performing ...
Summary:
The first of two volumes, this companion to every song that
Bob Dylan ever wrote is by far the most comprehensive book
on the words of America’s greatest songwriter. Here you’ll find
not just opinionated commentary or literary interpretation, but
facts, first and foremost. Clinton Heylin is the world’s leading
Dylan biographer and expert, and he has arranged the songs-including a number that have never been performed--in a
continually surprising chronology of when they were actually
written rather than when they appeared on albums. Us...
The Captain's Tower : Seventy Poets Celebrate Bob Dylan at
Seventy
Phil Bowen, Damian Furniss, David Wolley, Ronnie W...
9781854115607, 185411560X
Pub Date: 5/1/11
132 pages
Trade Paperback
Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
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Still on the Road : The Songs of Bob Dylan, 1974?2006
Clinton Heylin
9781556528446, 1556528442
Pub Date: 7/1/10
544 pages
Hardcover
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Bad Moon Rising : The Unauthorized History of Creedence
Clearwater Revival
Hank Bordowitz
9781556526619, 155652661X
Pub Date: 7/1/07
400 pages
Trade Paperback
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Van Morrison : No Surrender
Johnny Rogan
9780099431831, 0099431831
640 pages
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Seren
Summary:
An anthology of poems concerned with Bob Dylan’s life, work,
and cultural impact, this collection features the work of those
who were inspired by the legend. Considered one of the most
distinguished lyricists of the postwar period, Dylan has
entertained millions with the imagery, wit, and technique of his
writing, be it in songs of love, protest, or faith. With
contributions by a myriad of poets—Peter Finch, Mark Ford,
Allen Ginsberg, Sophie Hannah, Paul Henry, and Hugo Williams
to name a few—this book is a response to Dylan’s creativi...
Summary:
The second of two volumes, this companion to every song that
Bob Dylan ever wrote is not just opinionated commentary or
literary interpretation: it consists of facts first and foremost.
Together these two volumes form the most comprehensive
books available on Dylan’s words.
Clinton Heylin is the world’s leading Dylan biographer and
expert, and he has arranged the songs in a continually
surprising chronology of when they were actually written
rather than when they appeared on albums. Using newly
discovered manuscripts, anecdo...
Summary:
Rightly called the saddest story in rock 'n' roll history, this
Creedence biography—newly updated with stories from band
members, producers, business associates, close friends, and
families—recounts the tragic and triumphant tale of one of
America’s most beloved bands. Hailed as the great American
rock band from 1968 to 1971, Creedence Clearwater Revival
captured the imaginations of a generation with classic hits like
“Proud Mary,” “Down on the Corner,” “Green River,” “Born on
the Bayou,” and “Who’ll Stop the Rain.” Mounting tensions a...
Random House UK
Summary:
In Van Morrison: No Surrender, Johnny Rogan has produced a
provocative and revelatory biography of the musician,
analysing the sense of place in his work and the tortuous
journey that took him from local fame in Belfast to
international success. Set against the cultural and political
backdrop of Belfast, before, during and after the Troubles, No
Surrender offers a unique and penetrating perspective on
Morrison’s long career and the times that made him.
Can You Feel the Silence? : Van Morrison: A New Biography
Clinton Heylin
9781556525421, 1556525427
Pub Date: 10/1/04
576 pages
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Little Girl Blue : The Life of Karen Carpenter
Randy L. Schmidt, Dionne Warwick
9781569768181, 1569768188
Pub Date: 9/1/11
368 pages
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Dance of Death : The Life of John Fahey, American Guitarist
Steve Lowenthal, David Fricke
9781613745199, 1613745192
240 pages
Hardcover
Music / Genres & Styles / Folk &
Traditional
Ctn Qty: 28
Vampire Vultures
John Fahey
9780965618373, 0965618374
Pub Date: 10/7/03
$18.00/$19.95 Can.Discount Code: SPT
129 pages
Trade Paperback
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Summary:
This groundbreaking biography of a brilliant but disturbed
performer explores the paradox of the man and the artist.
Based on more than 100 interviews, this intelligent profile
explores Morrison's roots; the hard times he went through in
London, New York, and Boston; the making of his seminal
albums Moondance and Astral Weeks; and the disastrous
business arrangements that left Morrison hungry and penniless
while his songs were topping the charts. Detailed are the
breakdown of Morrison's marriage, the creative drought that
followed, and...
"This compassionate book gives a tortured waif the third
dimension she deserved." —New York Times Book Review
Summary:
Little Girl Blue is an intimate profile of Karen Carpenter, a girl
from a modest Connecticut upbringing who became a
Southern California superstar.
Karen was the instantly recognizable lead singer of the
Carpenters. The top-selling American musical act of the
1970s, they delivered the love songs that defined a
generation. Little Girl Blue reveals Karen’s heartbreaking
struggles with her mother, brother, and husband; the intimate
disclosures she made to her closest friends; her love for
playing drums and her frustrated quest ...
Summary:
John Fahey is to the solo acoustic guitar what Jimi Hendrix was
to the electric: the man whom all subsequent musicians had to
listen to. Fahey made more than 40 albums between 1959 and
his death in 2001, most of them featuring only his solo steelstring guitar. He fused elements of folk, blues, and
experimental composition, taking familiar American sounds
and recontextualizing them as something entirely new. Yet
despite his stature as a groundbreaking visionary, Fahey’s
intentions—as a man and as an artist—remain largely
unexamined. Jo...
Drag City
Summary:
A wide range of memoir-like pieces, including interviews,
letters, and verse, makes this collection a fitting companion to
Fahey's How Bluegrass Music Destroyed My Life. Published
posthumously, this volume rounds out the life of the legendary
guitarist and composer, providing more backstory behind his
creative ferocity. The stories provide a personal view into
decades of his poignant insights into life and music.
Bowie on Bowie : Interviews and Encounters with David Bowie
Sean Egan
9781569769775, 156976977X
432 pages
Hardcover
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Summary:
David Bowie has been one of pop music’s greatest
interviewees since January 1972, when he famously risked
career death by asserting to Melody Maker that he was gay.
Although he wasn’t yet a big star, it was a groundbreaking
moment. And over the years, Bowie has failed to give an
uninteresting interview. It might be said that he has habitually
used the media for his own ends, but he has paradoxically
also been searingly honest, declining to ever be coy about his
ambitions, his private life, and even his occasional ennui.
Bowie on Bowie ...
Ziggyology : A Brief History of Ziggy Stardust
Simon Goddard
9780091948894, 0091948894
Pub Date: 8/1/15, On Sale Date: 6/23,
Ship Date: 8/1/15
352 pages
Trade Paperback
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Ebury Press
Summary:
From the author of the acclaimed Mozipedia, a work of
supreme pop archaeology unearths every influence
that brought Ziggy to life, from H. G. Wells to Holst,
Kabuki to Kubrick, and Elvis to Iggy
The most ambitious and important book on Ziggy Stardust
ever written, this study documents the epic drama of the
Starman's short but eventful time on Planet Earth, and why
Bowie eventually had to kill him. It was the greatest invention
in the history of pop music—the rock god who came from the
stars—which struck a young David Bowie like a light...
Rock
Mirrorpix
9781907708312, 1907708316
Pub Date: 3/1/12
300 pages
Trade Paperback
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The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones (30th Edition)
Stanley Booth, Greil Marcus
9781613747834, 1613747837
416 pages
Trade Paperback
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Ammonite Press
Summary:
A visual celebration of rock music over more than half
a century
Rock has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock 'n' roll, itself
heavily influenced by rhythm & blues and country music, as
well as drawing on folk, jazz, and classical music. It burst onto
the scene in the early 1960s, with early rockers introducing a
harder beat and driving rhythm to create a distinctive sound
that would endure. This is a visual record of the multi-faceted
musical genre, whose exponents were famous for their
adoption of long hair, sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ rol...
Summary:
Stanley Booth, a member of the Rolling Stones’ inner circle,
met the band just a few months before Brian Jones drowned in
a swimming pool in 1968. He lived with them throughout their
1969 tour across the United States, staying up all night
together listening to blues, talking about music, ingesting
drugs, and consorting with groupies. His thrilling account
culminates with their final concert at Altamont Speedway—a
nightmare of beating, stabbing, and killing that would signal
the end of a generation’s dreams of peace and freedom. But
wh...
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Keith Richards on Keith Richards : Interviews and Encounters
Sean Egan
9781613747889, 1613747888
Pub Date: 9/1/13
288 pages
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Up and Down with the Rolling Stones : My Rollercoaster Ride
with Keith Richards
Tony Sanchez
9781843582632, 1843582635
Pub Date: 4/1/11
380 pages
Trade Paperback
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Brian Jones : The Untold Life and Mysterious Death of a Rock
Legend
Laura Jackson
9780749941536, 0749941537
Pub Date: 6/1/09
304 pages
Trade Paperback
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I'm with the Band : Confessions of a Groupie
Pamela Des Barres, Dave Navarro
9781556525896, 1556525893
Pub Date: 10/28/05
352 pages
Trade Paperback
Memoirs
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Summary:
The iconic life and career of the famed guitarist of the Rolling
Stones is detailed in this compilation of interviews that spans
the last 50 years. Featuring articles from GQ, Melody Maker,
and Rolling Stone, as well as interviews that have never
previously appeared in print, it charts Keith Richards’s journey
from gauche, young pretender and swaggering epitome of the
zeitgeist to beloved elder statesman of rock. Initially
overshadowed by band mates Mick Jagger and Brian Jones,
Richards gained popularity as half of the second-most impo...
John Blake
Summary:
Legendary among fans since its 1979 release,
originally titled I Was Keith Richards' Drug Dealer, this
is the absolutely over-the-top, outrageous account of
the Stones at their debauched peak
Tony Sanchez worked for Keith Richards for eight years
buying drugs, running errands, and orchestrating cheap thrills.
In this notorious chronicle of that time, he records
unforgettable accounts of the Stones' perilous misadventures
racing cars along the Cote d'Azur, murder at Altamont, nights
with the Beatles at the Stones-owned nightclub Vesuvio...
Piatkus Books
Summary:
In this definitive biography of Brian Jones, Laura
Jackson rejects the stereotype of a narcissistic rock
star who was doomed to self-destruct
In the author's quest to get to the truth behind Brian Jones' life
and death, she spoke to the people who knew him best: his
family and friends, girlfriends and confidantes, and the
musicians and friends who lived and worked with him right up
until the end in 1969. Jones emerges as a man of immense
talent, energy, and humor, but crippled by insecurities and
shyness—a portrayal greatly at odds wit...
Summary:
The stylish, exuberant, and remarkably sweet confession of
one of the most famous groupies of the 1960s and 70s is back
in print in this new edition that includes an afterword on the
author's last 15 years of adventures. As soon as she
graduated from high school, Pamela Des Barres headed for
the Sunset Strip, where she knocked on rock stars' backstage
doors and immersed herself in the drugs, danger, and ecstasy
of the freewheeling 1960s. Over the next 10 years she had
affairs with Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, Keith Moon, Waylon
Jennings, C...
Let's Spend the Night Together : Backstage Secrets of Rock
Muses and Supergroupies
Pamela Des Barres
9781556527890, 1556527896
Pub Date: 9/1/08
400 pages
Trade Paperback
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Take Another Little Piece of My Heart : A Groupie Grows Up
Pamela Des Barres, Michael Des Barres
9781556528002, 1556528000
Pub Date: 9/1/08
320 pages
Trade Paperback
Memoirs
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Lick Me : How I Became Cherry Vanilla
Cherry Vanilla, Rufus Wainwright
9781556529436, 1556529430
Pub Date: 11/1/10
288 pages
Hardcover
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Hendrix on Hendrix : Interviews and Encounters with Jimi
Hendrix
Steven Roby
9781613743225, 161374322X
Pub Date: 10/1/12
384 pages
Hardcover
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Summary:
Since rock’s beginnings, there have been groupies. These
chosen few women who bed, but not often wed, the musicians
of their dreams are almost as much a part of music history as
the musicians themselves.
Pamela Des Barres, the world’s foremost supergroupie, here
offers an all-access backstage pass to the world of rock stars
and the women who love them. Having had her own affairs
with legends such as Keith Moon and Jimmy Page--as
documented in her bestselling memoir I’m with the Band-Pamela now turns the spotlight onto other women who ...
Summary:
Pamela Des Barres, celebrated “queen of the groupies,”
chronicled her adventures with rock stars in her bestseller I’m
with the Band. This book picks up where that one left off, with
Pamela embarking on marriage and motherhood, all the while
sharing quarters and making friends with stars: Don Johnson,
Steve Jones, Sylvester Stallone, Bob Dylan, Dennis Hopper,
Sandra Bernhard. But this is a survivor’s story—about the
anguish of coping with loved ones’ addictions, about suffering
divorce, about the joys and terrors of raising a gifted so...
Summary:
Steeped in sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll, Lick Me takes the
reader on a juicy journey through the life and times of the
infamous Cherry Vanilla. A wunderkind on Madison Avenue in
the swinging sixties, Cherry soon found fame as a DJ in clubs
in Manhattan and on the French Riviera. She starred in Andy
Warhol’s play Pork in London while gaining notoriety as a
groupie, sleeping with musicians ranging from Leon Russell to
Kris Kristofferson. Working as David Bowie’s PR lady (and
occasional lover), she played a major part in introducing
him ...
Summary:
A L.A. Times Non-Fiction Hardcover Best Seller
Hendrix on Hendrix includes the most important interviews
from the peak of Jimi Hendrix’s career, 1966 to 1970, carefully
selected by one of the world’s leading Jimi Hendrix historians.
In this book Hendrix recalls for reporters his
heartbreaking childhood and his grueling nights on the Chitlin’
Circuit. He jokes with the judge and the jury on the witness
stand, telling them that the incense in his bag was for hiding
bad kitchen odors. He explains to an American TV audience
that his concept...
Motherless Child : The Definitive Biography of Eric Clapton
Paul Scott
9781472212719, 1472212711
$23.95/€19.99 EUDiscount Code: LON
320 pages
Trade Paperback
Territory: US
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Ginger Baker: Hellraiser : The Autobiography of the World's
Greatest Drummer
Ginger Baker
9781844549665, 1844549666
Pub Date: 7/9/10
292 pages
Trade Paperback
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Love Becomes a Funeral Pyre : A Biography of the Doors
Mick Wall
9781613734087, 1613734085
416 pages
Hardcover
General
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Headline Book Publishing
Summary:
A deep, insightful look into the inspiring and often
turbulent life and career of Eric Clapton
Motherless Child is the ultimate celebration and definitive
biography of one of the most influential musicians alive today.
From the 1960s graffiti proclaiming "Clapton is God," to his
seminal work in supergroup Cream and his phenomenally
successful solo career, Eric Clapton has achieved the status of
bona fide living legend and enduring icon. Now in his sixth
decade in the music business, he occupies an exulted position
at the pinnacle of the...
John Blake
Summary:
The music, the marriages, the polo, the drugs, the
trans-Saharan trucking scheme—the drummer bestknown for his work in Cream and his contributions to
World Music tells his whole fascinating story
Peter "Ginger" Baker is a legend. A pioneering drummer who
has transcended genres, he did much to popularize world
music with his fierce passion for the rhythms of Africa. He is
that rare thing, a critically-acclaimed musician who has
enjoyed global success with not one but several supergroups
to his name, including Cream and Blind Faith. Her...
Summary:
Spanning the entire history of the Doors, this book will long
remain the definitive biography of a band that forever
changed popular music. But it’s not the story you think you
know.
Yes, Jim Morrison died in Paris in 1971—but not in a bathtub.
The other Doors were saddened and shocked but had already
fired him anyway. It wasn’t Jim who wrote the hits; it was
guitarist Robby Krieger. It wasn’t Jim who saw a bright, acidflared future for the band but keyboardist Ray Manzarek.
And so, the band that started out as the “American Rolling
Sto...
Love Him Madly : An Intimate Memoir of Jim Morrison
Judy Huddleston, Pamela Des Barres
9781613747506, 1613747500
Pub Date: 6/1/13
240 pages
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Summary:
It was 1967. Judy Huddleston’s parents had just gotten
divorced, and she spent her last year of high school attending
Doors concerts. Transformed from a perceptive child into a
rebellious teenager bent on attracting boys and fueled by
psychedelics, she had lost her sense of self.
Then Jim Morrison came into her life.
Love Him Madly chronicles Judy’s four-year
relationship with the singer. Honest and funny, written in the
idealistic but jaded voice of a teenager, this intensely intimate
memoir is a cautionary tale about sex, codependence...
This Wheel's on Fire : Levon Helm and the Story of the Band
Levon Helm, Stephen Davis
9781613748763, 1613748760
Pub Date: 10/1/13
376 pages
Trade Paperback
General
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Summary: The singer and drummer of the Band details, in
this book, the history of one of the most influential groups of
the 1960s. While their music evoked a Southern mythology
with their beautifully crafted, image-rich songs, only their
Arkansan drummer, Levon Helm, was the genuine article. This
updated edition of his life story includes a new epilogue that
covers the last dozen years of his life. From the cotton fields
to Woodstock and from seeing Sonny Boy Williamson and Elvis
Presley to playing for President Clinton, This Wheel's on Fire
re...
Echoes : The Complete History of Pink Floyd
Glenn Povey
9781569763131, 1569763135
Pub Date: 4/1/10
368 pages
Trade Paperback
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Summary:
From their gigs in tiny church halls to multimillion-selling
albums—The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and
the rock opera The Wall—and elaborate stadium shows, this
tome celebrates legendary rock band Pink Floyd. Lavishly
illustrated with previously unpublished photographs and rare
graphic memorabilia, including posters, advertisements,
handbills, and tickets from every era of the band’s remarkable
history, this survey provides a comprehensive overview of the
group, its members, and the times. In addition to a
biographical ...
Pink Floyd: Reflections and Echoes
Bob Carruthers, Nigel Cross, Michael Heatley
9780956603845, 095660384X
Pub Date: 8/1/11
DVDs
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The Flaming Cow : The Making of Pink Floyd's Atom Heart
Mother
Ron Geesin, Nick Mason
9780752486154, 0752486152
Pub Date: 10/1/13
120 pages
Hardcover
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Summary:
A definitive review of the music and career of Pink
Floyd on stage, record, and film, featuring the
reflections of the band themselves, as well as the
thoughts of their critics then and now
Four remarkable DVDs explain the controversial twists and
turns of the Floyd story through a unique series of interviews
featuring Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and the
late Richard Wright. The recollections of the band are
compared and contrasted with the views of the insiders who
worked with Pink Floyd in the studio and on the road. The ...
The History Press
Summary: Available with never-before-published
material and photographs, an unflinching insider's
account of what really happened during and after
recording sessions of Atom Heart Mother
The story behind Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother is one of
brilliant but often fraught collaboration between the band and
composer Ron Geesin, and here Geesin tells the full story.
From the time drummer Nick Mason visited Geesin's damp
basement apartment in Notting Hill, to the last game of golf
between bassist Roger Waters and Geesin, this book is an
unflinching...
Led Zeppelin : In the Light
Bob Carruthers
9780956603883, 0956603882
Pub Date: 6/1/11
DVDs
Mixed Media Product
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Summary:
Featuring extensive interviews with Page, Plant, Jones,
and Bonham, this deluxe four DVD and book set is the
definitive critical review of the music of Led Zeppelin
on stage, on record, and on film
Contributors to this history include Zeppelin insiders in the
shape of publicist B. P. Fallon and bodyguard Michael Francis,
along with newly released archive interviews with the band,
recorded during their 1977 U.S. tour. The book includes a
complete history of Led Zeppelin in the words of the band and
its critics, and a track-by track analy...
Led Zeppelin on Led Zeppelin : Interviews and Encounters
Hank Bordowitz
9781613747544, 1613747543
480 pages
Hardcover
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Summary:
There are lots of wild stories about Led Zeppelin—some true,
some false. Led Zeppelin on Led Zeppelin dishes up the facts,
in the band’s own words, as they saw them. It shoots down
the folklore and assumptions about Jimmy Page, Robert Plant,
John Paul Jones, and John Bonham and presents the band’s
full history, from when Jimmy Page was playing skiffle to the
day the band was honored by the Kennedy Center for their
contribution to American and global culture.
Any band is an amalgam of the players, but in very
special cases, those players...
Celebration Day : The Led Zeppelin Encyclopedia
Malcolm Dome, Jerry Ewing
9781901447811, 1901447812
Pub Date: 5/1/11
276 pages
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John Bonham : The Powerhouse Behind Led Zeppelin
Mick Bonham
9781904915119, 1904915116
Pub Date: 10/1/05
192 pages
Trade Paperback
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Cherry Red Books
Summary:
Whole lotta Zep-related info in this definitive
reference to one of the greatest bands in the history
of rock music
The first exhaustive A-to Z-reference work to explore the
group's world and career catalogs every song on each of their
albums, every major gig, background information on the four
musicians and everyone who worked with them, venues,
contemporaries, incidents, and articles. Led Zeppelin is a band
requiring no introduction—their fusion of blues, rock, protometal, and vivid lyrical imagery ushered in the 1970's heavy
rock bo...
Southbank Publishing
Summary:
In 1980, John Bonham, considered one of the greatest
drummers of all time, died under tragic circumstances. Two
months later, a simple letter signed by fellow band members
Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones stated that
Bonham could not be replaced. After nine multi-million-selling
albums and record-breaking world tours, Led Zeppelin came
to an abrupt and premature end. This personal account of
John Bonham’s life was written by the person who knew him
best—his brother, Mick. Beginning with his childhood, the book
follows Bonh...
Dog Eat Dog : A Story of Survival, Struggle and Triumph by the
Man Who Put AC/DC on the World Stage
Michael Browning
9781760111915, 1760111910
380 pages
Trade Paperback
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Allen & Unwin
Summary:
A fascinating insider's account of the formation and
early success of two of the world's greatest bands,
AC/DC and INXS, from the man who helped them on
the road to international stardom
Bon turned up with two bottles of bourbon, some dope and
some speed. When Angus saw this stash, he said to Malcolm,
"If this guy can walk, let alone sing, it's going to be
something."
Michael Browning first spotted AC/DC in September 1974.
They were raw and rough, and much of the crowd, Michael
included, was bewildered by the flashy guitarist dressed as ...
Patti Smith's Horses and the Remaking of Rock 'n' Roll
Mark Paytress
9780749940263, 0749940263
Pub Date: 1/4/11
272 pages
Trade Paperback
Music / Genres & Styles / Punk
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Children of the Revolution : The Glam Rock Story 1970?1975
Dave Thompson
9781901447477, 1901447472
Pub Date: 6/1/11
250 pages
Trade Paperback
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Deep Purple
Jerry Bloom
9781906283933, 1906283931
Pub Date: 2/1/09
128 pages / Includes 2 DVDs
Mixed Media Product
Series: Rock RetrospectivesTerritory:
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Piatkus Books
Summary:
Before The Sex Pistols, before The Clash, before The
Ramones, there was Patti—Godmother of punk
Drawing on sources in music, literature, and art, as well as allnew interviews with those close to the poet laureate of punk
Patti Smith, the story of her debut album, Horses, is put into
its full context: from the singer’s early days to her rapid rise
on New York’s performance art scene and the key role she
played in the emerging art-punk movement at CBGBs. Patti
Smith burst onto a vacuous music scene in the mid-1970s with
a raw and revolu...
Cherry Red Books
Summary:
The definitive A-to-Z guide to a period of pomp, glitz,
glamour, and parent-worrying fashion unlike any other
Despite its disposable appearance, glam rock has survived
and thrived for four decades, and is now viewed as one the
best loved and most productive periods for pop music. From
the UK, its influence spread and fused with ideas blossoming in
Europe and the U.S., spawning artists such as Alice Cooper
and Kiss. This book chronicles every band and artist who
made a significant impression on the art form, both in its
heyday and durin...
Angry Penguin
Summary:
Once listed as the world’s loudest band in the Guinness Book
of World Records, Deep Purple has an international reputation
for producing earsplitting and intensely exciting music.
Drawing on rare archive footage, radio performances from
around the globe, in-depth interviews with Glenn Hughes and
Nick Simper, and archive recordings of Ritchie Blackmore, Jon
Lord, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, and the late Tommy Bolin, this is
the incredible story of the band’s formation, rise to fame, and
struggle to cope with the pressures of stardom and inte...
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Truth... : Rod Stewart, Ron Wood and The Jeff Beck Group
Dave Thompson
9781901447606, 190144760X
Pub Date: 1/1/06
208 pages
Trade Paperback
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Cherry Red Books
Summary:
Jeff Beck stands alongside fellow ex-Yardbirds Jimmy Page
and Eric Clapton as one of the greatest electric guitarists
Britain has ever produced. His work in the past three decades
has encompassed progressive, soul, jazz-rock, and
instrumental music, winning him the accolade of "the
guitarist's guitarist" from innumerable musicians' magazines.
Yet despite his eclectic output and many collaborators, fans
and critics alike hark back to the short-lived Jeff Beck Group
of the late 1960s, featuring Rod Stewart on vocals and Ronnie
Wood on b...
Lou Reed : The Life
Mick Wall
9781409153047, 1409153045
Pub Date: 11/15/15, Ship Date:
11/15/15
288 pages
Trade Paperback
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Orion Publishing
Summary:
A biography of the songwriter, Velvet Underground
member, and musician, from the author of When
Giants Walked the Earth
Rock 'n' roll was Lou Reed's life. From recording one of the
most critically acclaimed albums of all time with The Velvet
Underground & Nico (1967), to heavy drug abuse and
performing in front of the Pope, Lou Reed's story is one of
great peaks and deep lows. Forever dedicated to his art, he
became one of modern music's most legendary and seismic
figures. Although a controversial, outspoken, and undoubtedly
misundersto...
Dirty Blvd. : The Life and Music of Lou Reed
Aidan Levy
9781613731062, 161373106X
448 pages
Hardcover
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Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars : The Fast Life and
Sudden Death of Lynyrd Skynyrd
Mark Ribowsky
9781569761465, 1569761469
304 pages
Hardcover
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Summary:
Lou Reed went out of his way to rub people the wrong way,
from the noise rock he produced with the Velvet Underground
in the late 1960s to his chaotic work with Metallica that would
prove to be his swan song. On a personal level, too, he
seemed to take pleasure in insulting everyone who crossed his
path. How did this Jewish boy from Long Island, an adolescent
doo-wop singer, rise to the status of Godfather of Punk? And
how did he maintain that status for decades?
Dirty Blvd.—the first new biography of Reed since his death in
2013—digs d...
Summary:
This book tells the intimate story of how a band of lost souls
and self-destructive misfits with uncertain artistic objectives
clawed their way to the very top of the rock ’n’ roll peak,
writing and performing as if beneficiaries of a deal with the
devil—a deal fulfilled by a tragic fall from the sky. The
rudderless genius behind their ascent was a man named
Ronnie Van Zant, who guided their five-year run and evolved
not just a new country/rock idiom but a new Confederacy in
constant conflict with old Southern totems and prejudices.
Pl...
Storms : My Life with Lindsey Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac
Carol Ann Harris
9781556527906, 155652790X
Pub Date: 1/1/09
400 pages
Trade Paperback
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Summary:
A consummate insider as the girlfriend of Lindsey
Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac singer and guitarist, Carol Ann
Harris leads fans into the very heart of the band’s storms
between 1976 and 1984. From interactions between the band
and other stars—Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, and Dennis
Wilson—to the chaotic animosity between band members, this
memoir combines the sensational account of some of the
world’s most famous musicians with a thrilling love story. The
parties, fights, drug use, shenanigans, and sex lives of
Fleetwood Mac are presented ...
Elton : The Biography
David Buckley
9781556527944, 1556527942
Pub Date: 3/1/09
432 pages
Trade Paperback
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Summary:
One of music’s true global superstars and most admired
figures, Elton John has sold an estimated 200 million albums
worldwide to date, and continues to appear regularly in the
singles charts, thanks largely to a series of high-profile
collaborations with new faces.
But he is loved as much for his outrageous personality and
witty outspokenness as for his music: recent memorable
outbursts have included a public comment that “people who
charge £75 and lip-sync should be shot” and calling some
pushy photographers “rude, vile pig...
Queen Unseen : My Life with the Greatest Rock Band of the 20th
Summary:
Century
Peter Hince
9781843587484, 1843587483
Pub Date: 11/2/11
288 pages
Hardcover
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Queen: One Vision
Matthew Furniss, Steve Rosen
9780956603906, 0956603904
Pub Date: 7/1/11
DVDs
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John Blake
An intimate and affectionate insider's story of his
years spent alongside Queen, with exclusive personal
photos
For more than a decade, Peter Hince worked alongside one of
the greatest bands in the history of rock, touring the world and
heading up their road crew as they performed at some of the
best and biggest music venues in the world. Here he recalls
the highlights of those years with the band. He was with
Freddie Mercury when he composed "Crazy Little Thing Called
Love;" he was responsible for making sure that Freddie's
stage perf...
Summary:
A history of Queen, rich with archival interviews,
including a poignant recollection by Freddie Mercury's
mother
This encapsulation of the iconic band Queen features
authoritative text by leading music journalists Ben Saunders
and Matt Furniss, and is accompanied by an in-depth interview
with Brian May. The four companion DVDs trace the Queen
story from the London College scene through the triumphant
Hammersmith Odeon shows and on to fame and stardom as a
worldwide stadium rock phenomenon. The DVDs feature
candid interviews with origina...
Freddie Mercury : Su vida contada por él mismo
Greg Brooks, Simon Lupton, Jer Bulsara, Freddie Me...
9788415256328, 8415256329
Pub Date: 4/1/13
240 pages
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Freddie Mercury : The Biography
Laura Jackson
9780749956080, 0749956089
Pub Date: 9/1/12
278 pages
Trade Paperback
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Brian May : The Definitive Biography
Laura Jackson
9780749909765, 0749909765
Pub Date: 4/1/09
256 pages
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The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars : Heroin, Handguns, and
Ham Sandwiches (2nd Edition)
Jeremy Simmonds
9781613744789, 1613744781
Pub Date: 11/1/12
768 pages
Trade Paperback
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Ediciones Robinbook
Summary:
Told through personal interviews, this biographical look at
Freddie Mercury and his role in the rock band Queen tells the
story of three academics and an art student who decided to go
against the rigid rules of the music industry and create their
own movement. Examining all aspects of the band—from its
rough start, the many times that the members were about to
break up, problems with the press, the stresses of being on
tour, and internal disputes—the bittersweet and sometimes
contradictory portrait that emerges from these
conversations...
Piatkus Books
Summary: Newly updated, this fascinating biography
features more than 50 exclusive interviews with stars
who knew the iconic performer
Looking at the reality behind Queen's flamboyant front man
and lead singer, this biography explores Mercury the person—
amusing, loyal, and generous, yet with a dark side to his
personality. It discusses his frequent use of cocaine and how it
heightened his tendency toward excess, both on and off the
stage. It also looks at the women in his life, covering his
bizarrely enduring relationships with his first love, M...
Piatkus Books
Summary:
As the lead guitarist of Queen, Brian May is one of rock's most
recognizable stars. Packed with nearly 70 exclusive interviews
with some of his closest friends, colleagues, and fellow
musicians—among them Tony Iommi, Joe Elliott, Richie
Sambora, Bruce Dickinson, Raul Rodgers, Cliff Richard, and
Spike Edney—this is the definitive life of the guitar virtuoso. It
charts his life from his childhood through his years studying
astrophysics and his initial success with Queen. May’s
camaraderie and conflicts within Queen are addressed as are
h...
Summary:
The bible of music’s deceased idols—Jeff Buckley, Sid Vicious,
Jimi Hendrix, Tupac, Elvis—this is the ultimate record of all
those who arrived, rocked, and checked out over the last 40odd years of fast cars, private jets, hard drugs, and reckless
living. The truths behind thousands of fascinating stories—such
as how Buddy Holly only decided to fly so he’d have time to
finish his laundry—are coupled with perennial questions,
including Which band boasts the most dead members? and
Who had the bright idea of changing a light bulb while st...
Rush : Changing Hemispheres
James McCarthy
9780956696076, 0956696074
Pub Date: 6/1/12
DVDs
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Springsteen on Springsteen : Interviews, Speeches, and
Encounters
Jeff Burger
9781556525445, 1556525443
432 pages
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The Girl in the Song : The Stories Behind 50 Rock Classics
Michael Heatley, Frank Hopkinson
9781569765302, 1569765308
Pub Date: 10/1/10
144 pages
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It's Not Only Rock 'n' Roll : Iconic Musicians Reveal the Source
of Their Creativity
Jenny Boyd, Holly George-Warren
9781782194620, 1782194622
Pub Date: 4/1/14
322 pages
Trade Paperback
Music
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Summary:
The true story of Rush, from humble Canadian
beginnings to international super stardom
"This is certainly one band for whom time does not stand still."
—Geddy Lee
Featuring a masterful and comprehensive text packed with
great photographs of the band, this unique package also
includes four documentary DVDs packed with candid audio
interviews with the band members, and compared and
contrasted with the views of a leading team of music
journalists, insiders, and musicologists. This amazing book and
DVD combination are completely essential...
Summary:
Offering fans an extensive look at the artist’s own words
throughout the past four decades, Springsteen on Springsteen
brings together Q&A–formatted articles, speeches, and
features that incorporate significant interview material. No one
is better qualified to talk about Springsteen than the man
himself, and he’s often as articulate and provocative in
interviews and speeches as he is emotive onstage and in
recordings. While many rock artists seem to suffer through
interviews, Springsteen has welcomed them as an opportunity
to speak ope...
Summary:
Women have long inspired rock artists, but what do fans really
know about these muses? The Girl in the Song focuses on the
girlfriends, wives, rivals, exes, groupies, celebrities, mothers,
children, and even complete strangers who inspired 50 of
rock’s greatest songs. Who was the Emily in Pink Floyd’s “See
Emily Play”? Did life change for Prudence Farrow after John
Lennon wrote “Dear Prudence”? And whatever happened to
“the girl with mousy hair,” an ex-girlfriend David Bowie sings
about in “Life on Mars”?
Songs are typically...
John Blake
Summary: B. B. King, Joni Mitchell, Keith Richards,
Queen Latifah, and more than 70 other iconic
musicians discuss the creative process in exclusive
interviews
"I was amazed at how many people have shared an
experience I thought was so rare." —Eric Clapton
In this exciting, original, and inspiring book, 75 of the world's
most iconic musicians reveal, many for the first time, their
thoughts on creating music. Psychologist Jenny Boyd has
probed the minds and souls of these artists and has delved
into the drive to create, the importance of nurturin...
Juke Box Hero : My Five Decades in Rock 'n' Roll
Lou Gramm, Scott Pitoniak
9781600787591, 1600787592
Pub Date: 5/1/13
240 pages
Hardcover
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Triumph Books
Summary:
Lou Gramm rose from humble, working-class roots in
Rochester, New York, to become one of rock’s most popular
and distinctive voices in the 1970s and ’80s, singing and
cowriting more than a dozen hits with the band Foreigner.
Songs such as “Cold As Ice,” “I Want to Know What Love Is,”
“Waiting for a Girl Like You,” “Double Vision,” “Urgent,” and
“Midnight Blue” are among 20 Gramm songs that achieved Top
40 status on the Billboard charts and became rock classics still
played often, nearly three decades after they first hit the
airwaves a...
Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen : Interviews and Encounters
Jeff Burger
9781613731789, 1613731787
624 pages
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Summary:
Leonard Cohen, one of the most admired performers of the
last half century, has had a strange and eventful life. Now, for
the first time, he tells his story in his own words, via more
than fifty interviews conducted worldwide between 1966 and
2012.
In Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen—which includes a
foreword by singer Suzanne Vega and eight pages of rarely
seen photos—the artist talks about “Bird on the Wire,”
“Hallelujah,” “Famous Blue Raincoat,” and his other classic
songs. He candidly discusses his famous romances, his years
in a Zen...
Death of a Lady's Man : A Collection of Poetry and Prose
Leonard Cohen
9780233003009, 0233003002
Pub Date: 5/1/11
224 pages
Hardcover
Poetry / Canadian
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A Little History : Photographs of Nick Cave and Cohorts, 19812013
Bleddyn Butcher
9781760110680, 176011068X
160 pages
Hardcover
Photography / Individual
Photographers / Artists' Books
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Andre Deutsch
Summary:
A collection of poetry and prose interspersed with
lyrics, discursive passages, and diary extracts from
the legendary Canadian songwriter-poet
First published in 1978, the theme of this insightful and moving
poetry collection is love with all its dilemmas. It is largely
autobiographical in tone, offering the reader insights into
Cohen's private world. From the 1950s and 1960s onward,
Cohen's mournful, thought-provoking lyrics and poems have
formed the backdrop to the musings of generations; this
reissue, following on the huge success o...
Allen & Unwin
Summary:
A stunning record of the amazing career of Nick Cave,
one of the world's coolest musicians, by one of the
world's most celebrated rock photographers
When Bleddyn Butcher first saw The Birthday Party play, back
in 1981, he was astonished. And then enthralled. He set about
trying to catch their lightning in his Nikon F2AS. That quixotic
impulse became a lifelong quest. A little history got made on
the way. Collected here for the first time, A Little History is an
extraordinary document, tracing Nick Cave's creative career
from the apoplec...
Bad Seed : The Biography of Nick Cave
Ian Johnston
9780349107783, 0349107785
Pub Date: 10/1/96
344 pages
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Tom Waits on Tom Waits : Interviews and Encounters
Paul Maher
9781569763124, 1569763127
Pub Date: 8/1/11
480 pages
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My Bass and Other Animals
Guy Pratt
9780752893358, 0752893351
Pub Date: 1/1/09
304 pages
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No Gods No Masters : Live in Concert
Leon Rosselson, Robb Johnson
9781604864410, 1604864419
Pub Date: 2/1/14
2 pages
DVD
Music / Genres & Styles / Folk &
Traditional
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Little, Brown Book Group
Summary:
Nick Cave has repeatedly succeeded in creating idiosyncratic,
obsessive lyrical visions which make no concession to
prevailing musical fads. His personal life has been equally
turbulent and this book tells the full story of his drug addiction.
It offers an overview of his career to date, unravelling the
motivation of this reluctant icon and exploring his unique
appeal. With exclusive interviews with Cave's fellow
musicians, friends, and colleagues, Johnston illustrates a life
lived in barely controlled chaos and provides a vivid portra...
Summary:
Tom Waits, even with his barnyard growl and urban hipster
yawp, may just be what the Daily Telegraph calls him: “the
greatest entertainer on Planet Earth.” Over a span of almost
four decades, he has transformed his music and persona not
to suit the times but his whims. But along with Bob Dylan, he
stands as one of the last elder statesmen still capable of
putting out music that matters.
Journalists intent upon cracking the code are more likely to
come out of a Waits interview with anecdotes about the
weather, insects, or med...
Orion Publishing
Summary:
Guy Pratt came of age just as playing bass became sexy. In
spurning the guitar solo, punk put the low-end on more of an
equal footing—or maybe it was just that Paul Simonon and
Bruce Foxton were pretty cool. Either way, people were trying
out the basslines of "White Man in Hammersmith Palais" or
"Peaches." Having dallied with Funkapolitan, Pratt suddenly
found himself on Top of the Pops and supporting David Bowie
with the smooth Australian outfit Icehouse. At a ludicrously
young age he became a sought-after bass player to the stars,
fi...
PM Press
Summary:
In this two-disc DVD set, the inimitable performance of a pair
of Britain’s finest living songwriters—Leon Rosselson and Robb
Johnson—are captured live on stage over the course of a two
night concert held in Berkeley, California. The first disc,
“Turning Silence into Song,” showcases a pair of careerspanning “greatest hits,” with a suitable sprinkling of new and
previously unreleased material. Each song is introduced and
contextualized with a large helping of trademark wit and dry
irony. The second disc, “The Liberty Tree,” tells the ...
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On Some Faraway Beach : The Life and Times of Brian Eno
David Sheppard
9781556529429, 1556529422
Pub Date: 5/1/09
480 pages
Hardcover
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Summary:
Few record collections remain untouched by Brian Eno’s
aesthetic DNA: from ambient soundscapes and world-music
hybrids to cut ’n’ paste vocal samples and amniotic chill-out
rooms, Eno is all around us. A sonic alchemist to the stars, his
address book is a veritable who’s who of rock and his credit
adorns an outrageous number of albums. Tellingly, Eno’s work
with Roxy Music, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Devo, U2, and
Coldplay has coincided with those artists producing their most
critically revered work.
On Some Faraway Beach is the first...
The People's Songs : The Story of Modern Britain in 50 Records
Stuart Maconie
9780091933807, 0091933803
Ship Date: 6/1/14
432 pages / 36 COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS
Trade Paperback
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Ebury Press
Summary: These are the songs that have been listened to,
laughed to, loved to, and labored to, as well as downed tools
and danced to. Covering the last seven decades, Stuart
Maconie looks at the songs that have been the soundtracks for
changing times, and have—just sometimes—changed the way
listeners feel. Beginning with Vera Lynn’s "We’ll Meet Again," a
song that reassured a nation parted from their loved ones by
the turmoil of war, and culminating with the manic energy of
"Bonkers," Dizzee Rascal’s anthem for the push and rush of
the 21st cen...
Red Rock : The Long, Strange March of Chinese Rock & Roll
Jonathan Campbell
9789881998248, 9881998247
Pub Date: 10/1/11
304 pages
Trade Paperback
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Earnshaw Books
Summary:
Rebellious, individualistic, and explosive, rock and roll seems
incongruent with modern Chinese society. However, as the
music has evolved from a Western import into something
uniquely Chinese, it has been shaped by the nation’s unique
system and its relationship with the outside world. As it tracks
the music's long journey from the Mao years to present day,
this account considers the people and the events that have
created Chinese rock's identity. Including interviews with
musicians, journalists, and industry experts, this book
demons...
Punk!
Mirrorpix
9781907708299, 1907708294
Pub Date: 3/1/12
300 pages
Trade Paperback
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Ammonite Press
Summary:
A celebration of punk rock and rockers since the early
1970s—in 500 images
Punk rock developed in the UK, the United States, and
Australia during the mid-1970s as a grass-roots reaction to the
perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. By late 1976,
bands such as the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, and The Clash
were recognized as the vanguard of a new musical movement.
An associated punk subculture emerged, expressing youthful
rebellion and characterized by distinctive styles of clothing and
adornment, including brightly colored Mohican h...
From the Velvets to the Voidoids : The Birth of American Punk
Rock
Clinton Heylin
9781556525759, 1556525753
Pub Date: 5/1/05
432 pages
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Stealing All Transmissions : A Secret History of the Clash
Randal Doane, Barry "the Baker" Auguste
9781629630298, 1629630292
Pub Date: 10/15/14, Ship Date:
10/15/14
192 pages
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The Strange Case of Dr Terry and Mr Chimes
Terry Chimes
9781922178244, 1922178241
168 pages
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Dead Kennedys : Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables: The Early
Years
Alex Ogg, Winston Smith, Ruby Ray
9781604864892, 1604864893
224 pages
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Summary:
Exhaustively researched and packed with unique insights, this
history journeys from the punk scene's roots in the mid-1960s
to the arrival of "new wave" in the early 1980s. With a cast
that includes Patti Smith, Pere Ubu, Television, Blondie, the
Ramones, the MC5, the Stooges, Talking Heads, and the Dead
Boys, this account is the definitive story of early American
punk rock. Extraordinarily balanced, it tells the story of the
music's development largely through the artists' own words,
while thoroughly analyzing and evaluating the music...
PM Press
Summary:
Winner of:
2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards, Silver Award,
Popular Culture
Stealing All Transmissions is a love story. It’s the story of how
the Clash fell in love with America and how America loved
them back. The romance began in full in 1977, when select
rock journalists and deejays aided the band’s quest to depose
the rock of indolence that dominated American airwaves. This
history situates the Clash amid the cultural skirmishes of the
1970s and culminates with their September 1979 performance
at the Palladium in New York City. ...
Wilkinson Press
Summary:
From his early days as a founding member of The
Clash to his current success as a chiropractor and
acupuncturist, the completely entertaining wisdom and
life story of Terry Chimes
An autobiography with a difference, this book covers the life of
a man who appears to many to be a dual personality—surely
the crazy muso bashing the drums in a succession of punk and
heavy metal rock bands couldn't possibly be the same person
as the one offering kind words of wisdom and compassion to
the sick? Yet that is the unusual transition made by the au...
PM Press
Summary:
Despite releasing records only on independent labels and
receiving virtually no radio play, Dead Kennedys routinely top
both critic and fan polls as the greatest punk band of the late
1970s and early 1980s. Their sound was inventive and tetchy,
and front man Jello Biafra’s lyrics were incisive and often
scathing. This chronicle—the first in-depth book written about
Dead Kennedys—uses dozens of firsthand interviews, photos,
and original artwork to offer a new perspective on a group
that was mired in controversy almost from its inception...
Iggy & the Stooges: Raw Power
Mick Rock, Iggy Pop
9780956494214, 0956494218
Pub Date: 4/1/11
224 pages
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Palazzo Editions
Summary:
Rock history is made right in front of the lens—a new,
smaller format edition includes an interview with, and
foreword by, Iggy himself
"Mick Rock is one crazy photographer. This is the shit." —Iggy
Pop
When the Godfather of Punk met the Godfather of Rock
Photography in 1972, the event spawned a series of photos of
unique impact. Iggy and the Stooges had come to London in
the summer of 1972 to record their seminal punk masterpiece
Raw Power with David Bowie as executive producer, and Mick
Rock was on hand to shoot the cover. The uncom...
The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's : A Secret History of Jewish Punk
Steven Lee Beeber
9781556527616, 1556527616
Pub Date: 4/1/08
272 pages
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Summary:
Based in part on the recent interviews with more than 125
people—among them Tommy Ramone, Chris Stein (Blondie),
Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group), Hilly Kristal (CBGBs owner),
and John Zorn—this book focuses on punk’s beginnings in New
York City to show that punk was the most Jewish of rock
movements, in both makeup and attitude. As it originated in
Manhattan’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s, punk rock
was the apotheosis of a Jewish cultural tradition that found its
ultimate expression in the generation born after the Holocaust.
Begi...
Left of the Dial : Conversations with Punk Icons
David Ensminger
9781604866414, 1604866411
Pub Date: 7/1/13
320 pages
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PM Press
Summary: Featuring interviews with leading figures of the
punk underground, including Ian MacKaye, from Minor Threat
and Fugazi; Jello Biafra, from Dead Kennedys; and Dave
Dictor, from MDC, this book probes the legacy of punk's
sometimes fuzzy political ideology, its homegrown traditions,
and its rupturing of social norms. Passionate, far-reaching,
and fresh, these conversations illuminate punk’s oral history
with candor and humor by focusing on the history of ideologies
and values as understood by performers, instead of as
represented by disco...
London's Burning : True Adventures on the Front Lines of Punk,
1976?1977
Summary:
Dave Thompson
9781556527692, 1556527691
Pub Date: 5/1/09
344 pages
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London’s Burning is the story of punk rock as it happened,
stripped of hindsight and future legend, and laid bare. Here
are the Damned and the Adverts on tour, the Sex Pistols
swearing through their prime-time television debut, the Tom
Robinson Band conducting a club full of skinheads through the
anthem “Glad to Be Gay,” rioting Rastas running through the
carnage that closed the Notting Hill Carnival, Sid Vicious
arguing about which was David Bowie’s best song. At the
same time, it is a personal story of a confused but dedicated
sixtee...
Burning Britain : The History of UK Punk 1980?1984
Ian Glasper
9781604867480, 1604867485
456 pages
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PM Press
Summary:
The product of years of research, travel, and countless
conversations, Burning Britain is the true story of the UK punk
scene from 1980 to 1984 told for the first time by the bands
and labels that created it. Covering the country region by
region, author Ian Glasper profiles legendary bands like Vice
Squad, Angelic Upstarts, Blitz, Anti-Nowhere League, Cockney
Rejects, and the UK Subs as well as more obscure groups like
Xtract, The Skroteez, and Soldier Dolls through hundreds of
new interviews and photographs. As the 1970s closed the m...
Trapped in a Scene: UK Hardcore 1985?1989 : Frontline Reports
from the Hardcore Punk Underground
Summary:
Ian Glasper
9781901447613, 1901447618
Pub Date: 4/1/10
600 pages
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The Day the Country Died : A History of Anarcho Punk 1980?
1984
Ian Glasper
9781604865165, 1604865164
496 pages
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Barred for Life : How Black Flag's Iconic Logo Became Punk
Rock's Secret Handshake
Stewart Dean Ebersole, Jared Castaldi
9781604863949, 1604863943
Pub Date: 2/14/13
328 pages
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Cherry Red Books
The underground hardcore scene of the mid- to late-1980s
was UK punk rock's last significant creative gasp. Emerging
from the wreckage of the anarcho-punk scene spawned by the
likes of Crass and Conflict, it took its influences from the studs
'n' leather punk bands of the early 1980s such as Discharge
and GBH, as well as the nascent American hardcore
movement and the emerging metal/punk crossover scene.
Filtered through some through fiercely DIY aesthetics, there
was a potent movement that spawned such seminal acts as
Napalm Death, ENT...
PM Press
Summary:
In this revealing history, author, historian, and musician Ian
Glasper explores in minute detail the influential and esoteric
UK anarcho-punk scene of the early 1980s. Where some of
the colorful punk bands from the first half of the decade were
loud, political, and uncompromising, their anarcho-punk
counterparts were even more so, totally prepared to risk their
liberty to communicate the ideals they believed in so
passionately. With Crass and Poison Girls opening the
floodgates, the arrival of bands such as Amebix,
Chumbawamba, Flux of...
PM Press
Summary: Cataloging the legacy of the American punk rock
pioneers Black Flag, this photo documentary uses stark,
contrasting portraits to share the stories of the die-hard fans
who wear the iconic four-barred logo tattooed on their skin.
From doctors to homeless punks, stories range from the
intensely personal to the absurd as each larger-than-life soul
mugs for the camera. Adding to the idea that mixed messages
can come from one unifying design, each image is highlighted
with a personal quotation, a name and bio, and a Black Flag
favorites lis...
Spray Paint the Walls : The Story of Black Flag
Stevie Chick
9781604864182, 1604864184
Pub Date: 8/1/11
432 pages
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Occupants
Henry Rollins
9781569768150, 1569768153
Pub Date: 10/1/11
176 pages / List Rollins as "Photographs
and Writings by"
Hardcover
Photography / Photoessays &
Documentaries
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One Chord Wonders : Power and Meaning in Punk Rock
Dave Laing, TV Smith
9781629630335, 1629630330
224 pages
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Punk Rock : An Oral History
John Robb, Lars Fredriksen
9781604860054, 1604860057
Pub Date: 7/17/12
576 pages
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PM Press
Summary:
Black Flag were the pioneers of American Hardcore, and this is
their blood-spattered story. Formed in Hermosa Beach,
California, in 1978, they made and played brilliant, ugly, noholds-barred music for eight brutal years on a self-appointed
touring circuit of America’s clubs, squats, and community
halls. They fought with everybody—the police, the record
industry, and even their own fans—and they toured overseas
on pennies a day in beat-up trucks and vans. This history tells
Black Flag’s story from the inside, drawing on exclusive inter...
An unflinching look at the human condition in extreme places
and situations around the world
Summary:
For the past twenty-five years, Henry Rollins has searched out
the most desolate corners of the Earth—from Iraq to
Afghanistan, Thailand to Mali, and beyond—articulating his
observations through music and words, on radio and
television, and in magazines and books. Though he’s known
for the raw power of his expression, Rollins has shown that the
greatest statements can be made with the simplest of acts: to
just bear witness, to be present.
In Occupants, Rollins invites us to do the same. The book
pairs Rollins’s visceral full...
PM Press
Summary:
Originally published in 1985, One Chord Wonders was the first
full-length study of the glory years of British punk. The book
argues that one of punk’s most significant political
achievements was to expose the operations of power in the
British entertainment industries as they were thrown into
confusion by the sound and the fury of musicians and fans.
Through a detailed examination of the conditions under which
punk emerged and then declined, Dave Laing develops a view
of the music as both complex and contradictory. Special
attention is...
PM Press
Summary:
Vibrant and volatile, the punk scene left an extraordinary
legacy of music and cultural change, and this work talks to
those who cultivated the movement, weaving together their
accounts to create a raw and unprecedented oral history of
punk in the United Kingdom. From the Clash, Crass, Henry
Rollins, and John Lydon to the Sex Pistols, the Stranglers, and
the Buzzcocks, this reference features more than 150
interviews that encapsulate the most thrilling wave of rock and
roll pop culture ever seen. Ranging from its widely debated
roots i...
Sophistopunk : The Inside Story of Mark Opitz & Oz Rock
Luke Wallis, Mark Opitz, Jeff Jenkins
9781742757933, 1742757936
Pub Date: 2/1/13
366 pages
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Going Underground : American Punk 1979?1989 (2nd Edition)
George Hurchalla
9781629631134, 1629631132
384 pages
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Naked at the Albert Hall : The Inside Story of Singing
Tracey Thorn
9780349005263, 0349005265
256 pages
Hardcover
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Bedsit Disco Queen : How I Grew Up and Tried to Be a Pop Star
Tracey Thorn
9781844088683, 1844088685
Pub Date: 4/1/14
320 pages
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Summary: A broken home, rags to riches, mindblowing excess, exotic locations, laugh-out-loud
anecdotes, and tragedy; this is the inside story to Mark
Opitz and making the great albums of Oz Rock
Mark Opitz has lived an extraordinary life. His tale is
remarkable, immediately gripping, and incorporates the
making of some of the greatest music and musicians Australia
has ever known. It begins in 1975 where a job with the ABC
led Mark to the music label EMI, which in turn led to a musical
apprenticeship with the legendary record producers Harry
Van...
PM Press
Summary:
An illustrated and wide-ranging survey of the
underground U.S. punk scene in the 1980s
The product of decades of work and multiple self-published
editions, Going Underground, written by 1980s scene veteran
George Hurchalla, is the most comprehensive look yet at
America’s nationwide underground punk scene. Despite the
misguided mainstream press declarations that “punk died with
Sid Vicious” or that “punk was reborn with Nirvana,” Hurchalla
followed the DIY spirit of punk underground, where it not only
survived but thrived nationally as ...
Virago UK
Summary:
Tracey Thorn, musician and author of the bestselling
autobiography Bedsit Disco Queen, offers a unique
insider's take on the art of singing: why and how we
sing, and the voice's power to captivate
In her acclaimed autobiography Bedsit Disco Queen, Tracey
Thorn recalled the highs and lows of a 30-year career in pop
music. But with the touring, recording, and extraordinary
anecdotes, there wasn't time for an in-depth look at what she
actually did for all those years: sing. She sang with warmth
and emotional honesty, sometimes while battli...
Virago UK
Summary:
A frank and funny pop culture memoir in the vein of
Caitlin Moran's How to be a Woman, this is "how to be
a woman artist"
This is the story of Tracey Thorn, one half of the
internationally successful group Everything But the Girl,
collaborator with such artists as Paul Weller, Massive Attack,
and dance legend Todd Terry. Tracey was only 16 when she
bought an electric guitar and joined a band. A year later, she
formed an all-girl band called the Marine Girls, played gigs,
signed to an indie label, and started releasing records. Then,
fo...
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Sober Living for the Revolution : Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge,
Summary:
and Radical Politics
Gabriel Kuhn
9781604860511, 1604860510
Pub Date: 2/1/10
352 pages
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Here Comes Everybody : The Story of the Pogues
James Fearnley
9781556529504, 1556529503
416 pages
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Thin Lizzy : The Boys Are Back - The True Story
Dave Thompson
9780956696069, 0956696066
Pub Date: 6/1/12
116 pages
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Ska'd for Life : A Personal Journey with The Specials
Horace Panter
9780330440738, 033044073X
Pub Date: 6/1/08
320 pages
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PM Press
Examining the multigenerational impact of punk rock music,
this international survey of the political-punk straight edge
movement—which has persisted as a drug-free, hardcore
subculture for more than 25 years—traces its history from
1980s Washington, DC, to today. Asserting that drugs are not
necessarily rebellious and that not all rebels do them, the
record also defies common conceptions of straight edge's
political legacy as being associated with self-righteous, macho
posturing and conservative Puritanism. On the contrary, the
moveme...
Summary:
The Pogues injected the fury of punk into Irish folk music and
gave the world the troubled, iconic, darkly romantic songwriter
Shane MacGowan. Here Comes Everybody is a memoir written
by founding member and accordion player James Fearnley,
drawn from his personal experiences and the series of
journals and correspondence he kept throughout the band’s
career. Fearnley describes the coalescence of a disparate
collection of vagabonds living in the squats of London’s Kings
Cross, with, at its center, the charismatic MacGowan and his
idea of...
Summary:
Interviewees on the DVDs span all eras of the band's
history and include original members Phil Lynott, Eric
Bell, Brian Robertson, Snowy White, and John Sykes
As well as a comprehensive track by track analysis by Robert
M. Corich, this unique production includes four interview DVDs
packed with candid film and audio interviews with past and
present Thin Lizzy members. Insider interviews include the
men who made Lizzy what they were, including key producers,
managers, and album sleeve designers, as well as a heartfelt
recollection from P...
Pan Macmillan
Summary:
As a bass player with The Specials in his second-hand suit and
pork pie hat, Horace was a member of one of the most
innovative and exciting bands to come snarling out of the punk
era. Founded by Jerry Dammers, their fusion of punk, reggae,
and ska created a new musical fashion—spearheaded by their
own Two Tone record label—that stood for unity and racial
harmony in a polarized society. This musical odyssey with The
Specials moves from their early days on Coventry's punk
circuit, to their chart-storming success with singles like Too
Muc...
Black Sabbath : Masters of Reality
Steven Rosen
9780956603968, 0956603963
Pub Date: 5/1/12
116 pages
Mixed Media Product
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Summary:
DVDs feature candid interviews with original members
Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill
Ward, plus the views of later members such as Neil
Murray and the late Ronnie James Dio
The authorative text encompasses the complete inside story of
Black Sabbath and is accompanied by four companion
interview DVDs tracing the band's story from Birmingham
clubs through the first triumphant tours and on to the stadium
rock phenomenon of today. The views of the band are
complemented by a wealth of informative insights from
journalists...
Iron Maiden: In the Studio : The Stories Behind Every Album
Jake Brown
9781843583486, 1843583488
Pub Date: 9/1/11
236 pages
Hardcover
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John Blake
Summary:
The band who influenced everyone, from Slayer to
Gaga, gets the In the Studio treatment
For the first time ever, the writing and recording of such iconic
hits as "The Number of the Beast," "Flight of Icarus," "Two
Minutes to Midnight," "Wasted Years," "Can I Play with
Madness," and "Hallowed Be Thy Name" are explored indepth. Iron Maiden's crossover to chart success showed many
bands how it could be done, making them a key part of heavy
metal's acceptance as a credible genre. With an impressive
catalogue of 15 studio albums spread ove...
Iron Maiden: On Board Flight 666
John McMurtrie, Bruce Dickinson
9781409137597, 1409137597
256 pages
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Orion Publishing
Summary: Now in paperback, the first and only official
book from one of the world's biggest heavy metal
bands, with a foreword by frontman Bruce Dickinson
On board their customized Boeing 757 plane named Ed Force
One, and piloted by lead singer and airline captain Bruce
Dickinson, Iron Maiden, their crew, and 12 tons of equipment
traversed the planet and broke the mold of traditional touring
forever by playing concerts in every continent except
Antarctica over the course of the Somewhere Back In Time
Tour of 2008–2009 and The Final Frontier Tour...
The Beast : Singing With Iron Maiden?The Drugs, the Groupies .
. . the Whole Story
Summary:
Paul Di'Anno
9781844548842, 1844548848
Pub Date: 5/1/10
288 pages
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John Blake
Paul Di'Anno's tale is one of drugs, guns, and alcohol; of
extended periods banged up in prison; and of his time fronting
the mighty Iron Maiden. His controversial antics off-stage are
even more shocking than his existence under the spotlights.
He has battled drug addictions and tumbled from the heights
of fame to the pit of bankruptcy. This is a look into the dark
and disturbing times of a man who had spent his whole life
courting his demons.
Metallica : Furia, sonido y velocidad
Matías Recis, Daniel Gaguine
9788415256465, 8415256469
Pub Date: 6/1/14
288 pages
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The Motörhead Collector's Guide
Mick Stevenson, Lemmy Kilmister
9781901447279, 1901447278
Pub Date: 7/15/11
300 pages
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A-Z of Doom & Gothic Metal
Garry Sharpe-Young
9781901447149, 1901447146
Pub Date: 2/1/03
450 pages
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A-Z of Power Metal
Garry Sharpe-Young
9781901447132, 1901447138
Pub Date: 2/1/03
464 pages
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Ediciones Robinbook
Summary:
After a career that has spanned three decades and included
100 million albums sold worldwide, nine Grammy Awards, and
an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Metallica has
firmly established itself as one of the preeminent musical acts
of all time, embodying as no other band has a passion for the
sound and frenzy of heavy metal. This account takes a
chronological look at the band’s long history, delving into the
band members’ personal lives and the band’s records and
videos, and provides a wealth of anecdotes and trivia. The ...
Cherry Red Books
Summary:
An alternate history of the iconic band that has been
around for nearly five decades, completely revised
and updated, with a foreword by Lemmy himself
Originally published in 1994, this new edition tells the history
of the band via its discography and collectables, along with
choice selections from the infamous fanzine
Motörheadbangers. The author is the undisputed authority on
the band and his vast collection is explored chronologically
and at length, alongside selected highlights and extracts from
the zine, in a title that will appea...
Cherry Red Books
Summary:
Labored, mournful, and crushingly heavy, the anesthetizing,
sloth-like riffs of Doom Metal and the melancholy strains of
Gothic Metal are all here. With a wealth of historical detail and
a full global discography of each listed band, including a full
account of Black Sabbath's tortured history, and spanning
Stoner, Gothic, and Darkwave, this encyclopedia-style book is
the first to chronicle the underground world wide phenomena
that is Doom. Pentagram, Atomic Rooster, The Obsessed,
Trouble, My Dying Bride, Cathedral, Paradise Lost, Nove...
Cherry Red Books
Summary:
Power Metal is Heavy Metal taken to the absolute limit. When
the major Metal institutions staked their claim, they
engendered a legion of up-and-coming followers, who took the
genre in a new, extreme direction. Riffs became labyrinthine,
vocals scorched higher altitudes—and they even managed to
crank out some more volume. This encyclopedic book
documents the Power Metal phenomenon, with exhaustive,
unique histories, detailed discographies, and many photos. It
covers the British guard such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest;
American metal...
Back in from the Anger
Roger Lucey
9781431404537, 1431404535
Pub Date: 1/1/13
$30.95/$34.95 Can.Discount Code: SHO
376 pages
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That Close
Suggs
9780857389534, 085738953X
Pub Date: 12/1/13
400 pages
Hardcover
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All the Young Dudes : Mott the Hoople & Ian Hunter
Campbell Devine, Brian May, Joe Elliott
9781901447958, 1901447952
Pub Date: 8/9/07
416 pages
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Bit of a Blur : The Autobiography
Alex James
9780349119939, 0349119937
Pub Date: 7/3/08
288 pages
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Jacana Media
Summary:
The story of a once promising young musician, this
autobiography demonstrates how Roger Lucey’s life journey
was radically changed by the South African apartheid. Having
performed songs that reflected upon the cruelty and violence
of late 1970s South Africa, Lucey drew unwanted attention
from the State and police. A covert operation made sure that
his music career was severely curtailed, forcing Lucey to
search for other means of supporting himself. Following the
musician as he explored various careers, including becoming a
barman, a r...
Quercus
Summary: The amazing life of Madness frontman
Suggs
Suggs is one of pop music's most enduring and likeable
figures. Written with the assured style and wit of a natural
raconteur, this hugely entertaining and insightful
autobiography takes you from his colorful early life on a North
London council estate, through the heady early days of Punk
and 2-Tone, to the 1980s, where Madness became the biggest
selling singles band of the decade. Along the way he tells you
what it's like to go globetrotting with your best friends, to sign
away your entire so...
Cherry Red Books
Summary:
Campbell Devine has successfully collaborated with Ian Hunter
and other Mott members to create a biography devoid of
borrowed information and recycled press clippings but instead
full of new, sensational, and humorous inside stories;
controversial quotes; and an array of previously unpublished
views from the band. With firsthand input from members
Hunter, Griffin, Watts, Allen, and Ralphs, this definitive tome
gives the complete insight into the legend of Mott The Hoople.
Queen's Brian May and Def Leppard's Joe Elliott have provided
th...
Little, Brown Book Group
Summary:
For Alex James, music had always been a door to a more
exciting life—a way to travel, meet new people, and,
hopefully, pick up girls. But as bass player of Blur—one of the
most successful British bands of all time—his journey was
more exciting and extreme than he could ever have predicted.
Success catapulted him from a slug-infested squat in
Camberwell to a world of private jets and world-class
restaurants. As "the second drunkest member of the world’s
drunkest band" Alex James's life was always chaotic, but he
retained a boundless ent...
Boy About Town : A Memoir
Tony Fletcher
9780099558552, 0099558556
368 pages
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Cockney Reject
Jeff Turner, Garry Bushell, Morrissey
9781844548811, 1844548813
Pub Date: 4/1/10
284 pages
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The Fallen : Life In and Out of Britain's Most Insane Group
Dave Simpson
9781847671448, 1847671446
Pub Date: 5/1/10
328 pages
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Feeding Back : Conversations with Alternative Guitarists from
Proto-Punk to Post-Rock
David Todd
9781613740590, 161374059X
Pub Date: 6/1/12
400 pages
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Random House UK
Summary:
The author of highly acclaimed Keith Moon and Smiths
biographies now tells his own story of a life in love
with music, pre- and post-punk London, via a Top 50
countdown
I was no longer fitting in at school. I was unsure of my friends,
and they were increasingly unsure of me. I wanted to be a
rock star. But while all around, voices were starting to break,
acne beginning to appear, facial hair sprouting, I remained all
flabby flesh and innate scruff, with a high-pitched whine and
not a muscle to my name. I was the runt of the class and r...
John Blake
Summary:
Jeff Turner was raised in Custom House in the East End of
London, with seven siblings to share a three-bedroom council
house. When the Sex Pistols' God Save the Queen hit, his
brother Mickey picked up a guitar and Jeff picked up a
microphone, and together they stormed the music scene as
The Cockney Rejects. The Rejects stood for being young,
working class, and not taking anything from anyone, resulting
in aggression and violence being the main staple at their
shows. However, the madness couldn't last forever, and as
chaos at the gigs s...
Canongate UK
Summary:
The Fall is one of the world's most iconic groups, led for the
last 30 years by the inimitable and enigmatic Mark E. Smith.
They have released nearly 30 studio albums, with in excess of
50 musicians passing through their ranks. They are the Fallen;
this is their story. Dave Simpson has spent two years of his
life tracking down everyone who has ever played in the Fall.
The resultant book is full of hilarious and shocking anecdotes
about life in one of the most intense and insane bands. It is
also a biography in reflection of Mark E. Smi...
Summary:
Feeding Back: Conversations with Alternative Guitarists from
Proto-Punk to Post-Rock offers a counter-history of rock music
through the lens of interviews with musicians including Richard
Thompson, J Mascis, James Williamson, Bob Mould, Tom
Verlaine, Lydia Lunch, Lee Ranaldo, Johnny Marr, and John
Frusciante. Individually, the book’s in-depth discussions
explore these subjects’ ideas and innovations; taken together,
they document an alternative-guitar tradition with roots in free
jazz, punk, avant-garde, folk, and garage rock styles. O...
The History of the NME : High Times and Low Lives at the
World's Most Famous Music Magazine
Pat Long
9781907554483, 1907554483
Pub Date: 6/1/12
240 pages
Hardcover
Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism
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I Am the Voice Left from Rehab
James Freud
9781741665567, 1741665566
Pub Date: 3/1/07
304 pages
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I, Doll : Life and Death with the New York Dolls
Arthur Killer Kane
9781556529412, 1556529414
Pub Date: 8/1/09
256 pages
Hardcover
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Anova Books
Summary:
The Sex Pistols sang about it, Nick Hornby claims he
regrets not working for it. The fights, the bands, the
brawls, the haircuts, the egos, and much more—the
definitive book about the infamous music magazine.
For 60 years, since it was founded in 1952, the New Musical
Express has played a central part in the British love affair with
pop music—and has been essential for American connoisseurs
to remain in-the-know as well. This authoritative history is an
insider's account of the high times and low lives of one of the
world's most influe...
Summary:
"I have performed for royalty, dined with Superman, stood on
a stage before 100,000 people and graced the covers of
magazines. I lived an enchanted lifestyle. I woke up one day
to find it had all deserted me. I found myself lying broken,
beaten, and bleeding upon the wreckage of my youth."
Achieving fame in the eighties with hits like "Barbados" and
"Modern Girl," James Freud was voracious for everything and
anything life had to offer. Vivacious and irrepressible, he hung
out with Robert Smith and Siouxsie Sioux in London, he once
hit ...
Summary:
The New York Dolls, during and after their all-too brief
existence, were a huge influence on David Bowie and Mott the
Hoople, KISS and Aerosmith, Guns n’ Roses and Mötley Crüe;
when they toured England under the supervision of punk
impresario Malcolm McLaren, they indirectly caused the
formation of the Sex Pistols. Their bassist Arthur “Killer” Kane
died suddenly at age 55 in 2004, but he left behind not only
the Dolls’ timeless music--and their many thousands of fans
and friends--but this memoir of the Dolls’ early years.
Arthur Kane ...
Virgin Books
Hallelujah! : The Extraordinary Story of Shaun Ryder and Happy
Mondays
Summary: The extraordinary and hilarious story of
John Warburton, Shaun Ryder
9780753507810, 0753507811
Pub Date: 6/1/13
264 pages
Trade Paperback
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Shaun Ryder and Happy Mondays, with contributions
from Tony Wilson, Bez, Chris Moyles, and Fatboy Slim,
and the cooperation of Ryder himself
Credited with a range of achievements, from creating
Madchester and introducing indie kids to dance music to
bringing ecstasy to Britain, the Happy Mondays were the rock
'n' roll story that beggared belief. In Shaun Ryder they had an
inspired gutter poet; and in his sidekick Bez they had a
cultural icon. Here is the story of how this hapless group of
ruffian...
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John Peel : Margrave of the Marshes
John Peel, Sheila Ravenscroft, Jack White
9781556526527, 1556526520
Pub Date: 6/1/07
432 pages
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Music to Die For : The International Guide to Today's Extreme
Music Scene
Mick Mercer
9781901447262, 190144726X
Pub Date: 2/1/09
700 pages
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Nileism : The Strange Course of the Blue Nile
Allan Brown
9781846971389, 1846971381
Pub Date: 11/1/10
266 pages
Hardcover
Memoirs
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Cobain on Cobain : Interviews and Encounters
Nick Soulsby
9781613730942, 1613730942
432 pages
Hardcover
Territory: WOR X UK, AU, NZ & IE
6 in W | 9 in H
Summary:
When he died in 2004, John Peel was in the middle of writing
his memoir, which was completed by his wife, Sheila
Ravenscroft, with help from their four children. His compelling
autobiography details his life as the most influential DJ in rock
history. At BBC’s Radio 1, Peel helmed his own show from
1968 until his death, and first introduced UK listeners to
reggae, punk, and hip-hop. T-Rex, David Bowie, the Faces,
the Sex Pistols, Fairport Convention, Pink Floyd, the Clash, the
Buzzcocks, the Cure, Joy Division, the Wedding Present, Def...
Cherry Red Books
Summary:
Since Mick Mercer’s acclaimed last book 21st Century Goth
was published in 2002, the MySpace internet phenomenon has
helped fuel a worldwide explosion of related music. But as well
as adding countries to the musical map, the post-Goth scene
has resulted in a bewildering variety of musical sub-genres.
This fully illustrated book is aimed to be the ultimate resource
to make sense of the chaos, covering the fields of ambient,
cabaret noir, deathrock, goth, gothic metal, horror punk,
melodramatic song, post-punk, and psychobilly. Packed wi...
Birlinn Ltd
Summary: 2011 sees the 30th anniversary of The Blue Nile's
first work together. Four albums—containing a total of just 33
songs—have followed since. Yet scarcity has served only to
intensify love for the band's intensely romantic songs.
Reclusive and enigmatic, The Blue Nile are one of modern
music's greatest mysteries, as secretive about their plans and
status as they are about their painstaking methods. For the
first time Allan Brown, a fan from the time of the band's first
album in 1983 and friend of the band's composer Paul
Buchanan, gets b...
Summary:
Cobain on Cobain places the reader at the key moments of
Kurt Cobain’s rollercoaster ride, telling the tale of Nirvana
entirely through his words and those of his bandmates as they
unleashed the whirlwind that would consume them for the last
half of their five-year career. This is the most comprehensive
compendium of interviews with the band ever released. Each
interview is another knot in a thread running from just after
the recording of their first album Bleach to the band’s collapse
on the European tour of 1994 followed shortly by C...
Nirvana: A Tour Diary : My Life on the Road with One of the
Greatest Bands of All Time
Andy Bollen
9781857828757, 1857828755
Pub Date: 9/1/13
280 pages
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The Primal Screamer
Nick Blinko
9781604863314, 1604863315
Pub Date: 12/12/11
144 pages
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Songs in the Key of Z : The Curious Universe of Outsider Music
Irwin Chusid
9781556523724, 1556523726
Pub Date: 4/1/00
272 pages
Trade Paperback
Music
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The Stone Roses : The Reunion Edition
John Robb
9780091948580, 0091948584
492 pages
Trade Paperback
Ctn Qty: 8
Sales Restrictions: Canada only
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John Blake
Summary: Afforded the kind of access a journalist can
only dream of, Andy Bollen gives fans a new story
focusing on the real Kurt Cobain—not the angst-ridden,
troubled rock star of folklore, the kind and humorous
Kurt the world seldom saw
When Nirvana first exploded onto the music scene in 1991,
few people could have predicted their subsequent global
impact, or that the band's lead singer Kurt Cobain would be
transformed into one of music's most enduring and iconic
figures. As drummer for the British group Captain America,
one of the two support...
PM Press
A fictional descent into horror, madness, and the frenzied
anarco-punk scene
Summary:
A gothic horror novel about severe mental distress and punk
rock, this narrative is written in the form of a diary kept by a
psychiatrist, Dr. Rodney H. Dweller, concerning his patient,
Nathaniel Snoxell, brought to him in 1979 because of several
attempted suicides. Snoxell gets involved in the anarchist
punk scene, and begins recording songs and playing gigs at
anarchist centers. In 1985, the good doctor himself “goes
insane” and disappears. This semi-autobiographical novel from
Rudimentary Peni singer, guitarist, lyricist, and illust...
Summary:
Outsider musicians can be the product of damaged DNA, alien
abduction, drug fry, demonic possession, or simply sheer
obliviousness. This book profiles dozens of outsider musicians,
both prominent and obscure—figures such as The Shaggs, Syd
Barrett, Tiny Tim, Jandek, Captain Beefheart, Daniel Johnston,
Harry Partch, and The Legendary Stardust Cowboy—and
presents their strange life stories along with photographs,
interviews, cartoons, and discographies. About the only things
these self-taught artists have in common are an utter lack of
c...
Ebury Press
Summary: Fully revised and updated, with brand-new
chapters and exclusive details on their reformation;
this is the definitive, most revered account of the
band, from a journalist and musician who was there
from the beginning
The band, the lifestyle, the revolution—this classic biography
charts the phenomenal rise of the Stone Roses to the icons
they are today, using interviews, rehearsal tapes, and the
archives of author John Robb. Robb's exclusive inside
knowledge of the Stone Roses creates a compelling and
intimate insight into how the band s...
The Story of Crass
George Berger
9781604860375, 1604860375
Pub Date: 9/1/09
304 pages
Trade Paperback
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The Story of Northern Soul : A Definitive History of the Dance
Scene that Refuses to Die
David Nowell
9781907554230, 1907554238
Pub Date: 4/1/11
330 pages
Trade Paperback
Ctn Qty: 32
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Unzipped
Suzi Quatro
9780340937518, 0340937513
Pub Date: 11/1/08
368 pages
Trade Paperback
General
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Vagabond Holes : David McComb & the Triffids
Chris Coughran, Niall Lucy
9781921361623, 192136162X
Pub Date: 10/9/09
384 pages
Trade Paperback
Ctn Qty: 48
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PM Press
Summary:
In-depth interviews with the main movers in the punk rock
movement—Crass members Penny Rimbaud, Gee Vaucher,
and Steve Ignorant—detail the face of the revolution founded
by these radical thinkers and artists. When punk ruled the
waves, Crass waived the rules by putting out their own
records, films, and magazines and setting up a series of
situationist pranks that were dutifully covered by the world’s
press. Not just another iconoclastic band, Crass was a
musical, social, and political phenomenon: commune dwellers
that were rarely photo...
Anova Books
Summary:
The definitive insiders account of the longest surviving
scene in the history of British music contains rare
interviews with artists from Motown right up to Fatboy
Slim
What began as an underground 1960s Mod scene in
unlicensed, no-frills clubs in the northwest of England became
a youth craze that confounded its critics by surviving and
growing into an adult dance phenomenon whose followers
share a passion for black American music unrivaled anywhere
else in the world. This book takes the first-ever, in-depth look
at the culture, the mu...
Hodder & Stoughton
Summary:
Born Susan Kay Quatrocchio and raised in Detroit, Suzi Quatro
grew up to be an international superstar musician and actress
during the 1970s. Her rapid rise to the top was fueled by huge
talent, determination, hard work, and a fabulous sense of
humor. In this candid autobiography, Suzi tells the behind-thescenes story of her life, including her years spent working,
partying, and rocking alongside such legendary figures as
Noddy Holder, Alice Cooper, and Iggy Pop. She unveils the
origins of her career, from her first gigs touring dives...
Fremantle Press
Summary:
In an homage to David McComb’s haunting music and lyrics
that inspired a generation 30 years ago, this collection of
stories, poems, and artwork celebrates the man and his
postpunk band, the Triffids. Due to sold-out tribute concerts
across Australia and the remastering of the complete Triffids
oeuvre, a new generation is discovering McComb’s work; fans
old and new can delve deeper into his life and music in this
intensely personal biography. Many of the featured
photographs and images are previously unpublished. Works
by both local an...
Pete Doherty : Last of the Rock Romantics
Alex Hannaford
9780091910792, 009191079X
352 pages / 16 ILLUSTRATIONS
Trade Paperback
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Michael Stipe : The Biography
Rob Jovanovic
9780749951474, 0749951478
Pub Date: 9/27/07
256 pages
Trade Paperback
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Noel Gallagher : The Biography
Lucian Randall
9781857829563, 1857829565
Pub Date: 5/1/13
274 pages
Hardcover
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Oasis : The Truth: My Life as Oasis's Drummer
Tony McCarroll
9781843584995, 1843584999
Pub Date: 5/1/12
292 pages
Trade Paperback
Ctn Qty: 40
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Ebury Press
Summary:
Pete Doherty, erstwhile singer with The Libertines, is a British
icon. Whether he is playing impromptu gigs in his front room
or performing at Live 8, he possesses a sense of drama and
expectation not seen in a performer since Sid Vicious. He is
enigmatic, charismatic and thoroughly entertaining. Since
leaving The Libertines, his life has become something of a
rock 'n' roll soap opera where rumours of crack addiction
abound, gossip about his relationship with Kate Moss is rife,
and predictions for his future vary wildly. Written by Ale...
Piatkus Books
Summary:
For the last quarter of a century Michael Stipe has been the
lead singer of R.E.M, who from their humble beginnings toured
and built a steadily growing legion of fans before breaking into
the mainstream during the early 1990s. Today Stipe is one of
the most instantly recognizable faces in rock and R.E.M. are
held in a respect that only 25 years of excellent songwriting
and hard work can justify. But Stipe is much more than just
the singer. This biography will explore his nomadic early years
as the child in a military family, his early ...
John Blake
Summary: A look at the musician who is as wellknown for his singer-songwriting talent as he is for his
controversial, outspoken statements and his
tempestuous relationships
With the renowned Britpop band Oasis at the forefront of the
Britpop movement in the 1990s, Noel Gallagher was
responsible for writing some of the big anthems of the period,
including "Wonderwall" and "Champagne Supernova." At their
peak they were playing sold-out concerts to more than
200,000 people. But what is the truth about the boy from
Manchester? How did his relations...
John Blake
Summary:
The candid and hilarious tale of the first five years of
Oasis, from their founding drummer
Tony McCarroll joined Oasis when they were still a band called
The Rain. What started as five young men with a common
dream of becoming rock stars eventually disintegrated into infighting, ego clashes, and financial disputes, until in 1995,
following the release of Definitely Maybe, things came to a
head and Tony left the band. Here, Tony reveals the truth
about the early years before the band was formed. He
discusses the drug consumption, the ...
From the Ground Up : U2 360° Tour Official Photobook
Dylan Jones, Paul McGuinness
9781848093683, 1848093683
Ship Date: 4/1/14
256 pages / 300 EXCLUSIVE
PHOTOGRAPHS
Hardcover
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Vanda & Young : Inside Australia's Hit Factory
John Tait
9781742232171, 1742232175
Pub Date: 10/1/10
272 pages
Trade Paperback
Ctn Qty: 10
6 in W | 9.3 in H | 0.8 in T | 0.9 lb Wt
Independence Days : The Story of UK Independent Record
Labels
Alex Ogg
9781901447415, 1901447413
Pub Date: 5/1/10
600 pages
Trade Paperback
Ctn Qty: 18
6 in W | 9.5 in H | 1.3 in T
In the All-Night Café : A Memoir of Belle and Sebastian's
Formative Year
Stuart David
9781613730782, 1613730780
208 pages
Trade Paperback
Ctn Qty: 30
6 in W | 9.3 in H | 0.7 lb Wt
Random House UK
Summary: The visually stunning, official inside story
of U2's tour—band-authorized, with exclusive behindthe-scenes interviews and photos, and a foreword by
U2's manager
The inside story of one of the most successful concert tours in
history contains exclusive contributions from the band,
manager Paul McGuinness, and world-renowned set designer
Willie Williams as well as exclusive photographs from
photographer Ralph Larmann. The author was given complete
access, including behind the scenes at Glastonbury 2011. The
massive 26-month undertaking b...
University of New South Wales Press
Summary:
Featuring revealing interviews with the members of AC/DC
and other chart-topping acts, this chronicle profiles the careers
of Australia’s top songwriters, producers, and star-makers:
Harry Vanda and George Young. From their partnership as
members of Easybeats to their diverse range of hits—including
"Friday on My Mind," "She’s So Fine," and "Love is in the Air"—
this inspirational account demonstrates how Vanda and Young
harnessed the raw energy and power of Aussie pub rock to
become legendary musicians.
Cherry Red Books
Summary:
Collating more than 150 interviews, Independence Days traces
the story of the UK independent record label boom from the
late 1970s to the mid-1980s, a period which saw a new
generation of independent spirits take up the baton and
revolutionize the course of popular music. The era's most
celebrated labels are covered, including Rough Trade, Beggars
Banquet/4AD, Factory, Cherry Red and Mute, as well as
releases by such notable acts as the Smiths, Joy Division, the
Buzzcocks, Elvis Costello, Gary Numan, Teardrop Explodes,
and Nick Cave. I...
Summary:
“One afternoon in 1994, I had an idea.” So begins Stuart
David’s charming, evocative memoir about the indie pop band
Belle and Sebastian.
Determined to make his living writing stories and songs,
Stuart had spent several years scraping by on the dole in his
small, industrial hometown. Then he had the fateful idea to
learn bass guitar, and to head for Glasgow in search of
likeminded artists.
In the All-Night Café describes his fortuitous meeting with the
group’s cofounder Stuart Murdoch in a course for unemployed
musicians. It tells of t...

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