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by Grace Jones, Paul Morley
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
Iconic music and film legend Grace Jones gives an in-depth account of her stellar career, professional and personal life, and the signature look that catapulted her into the stardom stratosphere.
Grace Jones, a veritable “triple-threat” as acclaimed actress, singer, and model, has dominated...
Ozzy Knows Best
The Amazing Story of Ozzy Osbourne, from Heavy Metal Madness to Father of the Year on MTV's "The Osbournes"
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2002
Always outrageous but equally compelling, Ozzy Knows Best is THE book to have on Ozzy, MTV's The Osbournes, and everything in between.
Meet the Osbournes: children Kelly and Jack, mother Sharon, and the father, none other than Godfather of Metal Ozzy Osbourne. Starring in MTV's most popular...
by Prince
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
A collection of the very first, the very last, and the very best interviews conducted with Prince over his nearly 40 year career.
There is perhaps no musician who has had as much influence on the sound of contemporary American music than Prince. His pioneering compositions brought a variety...
Is This the Real Life?
The Untold Story of Queen
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2011
The definitive biography of Queen and Freddie Mercury, by the author of Comfortably Numb and Bring It On Home
Despite the death of their exuberant front man Freddie Mercury in 1991, Queen remains one of the most popular bands on the planet, with 300 million global album sales and the biopic...
by Belmont and Belcourt Biographies
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
With so many different sides of her personality coming out in each new track, it's hard to figure out just who Nicki Minaj really is. But like any other story, it sometimes helps to look back at the beginning and work your way up.
This book follows the career and thoughts of...
With Billie
A New Look at the Unforgettable Lady Day
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
From Julia Blackburn, an author whose ability to conjure lives from other times and places is so vivid that one suspects she sees ghosts, here is a portrait of a woman whose voice continues to haunt anyone who hears it.
Billie Holiday’s life is inseparable from an account of her troubles,...
Twenty Thousand Roads
The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2008
**“A terrific biography of a rock innovator that hums with juicy detail and wincing truth. . . . Page after page groans with the folly of the ’60s drug culture, the tragedy of talent toasted before its time, the curse of wealth and the madness of wasted opportunity.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
NAMED...
Forever Captured - Band Camp Chronicles
The Early Years
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013
After a 25 year code of silence, Sue’s gotta go and break the rules one more time.
From the green coffee, sleeping in barracks with double bunk beds, no internet, tv and definitely no toilet paper, these stories range from the hysterically funny to yes, some sad, to the laugh your ass off...
by eBios
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2014
Brad Pitt is an American actor and film producer. He has received a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and three Academy Award nominations in acting categories, and received two further Academy Award nominations, winning one, for productions of his film production company Plan...
Looking Back to See
A Country Music Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005
A vocal group without peer, The Browns were central artists in the changing sound of country and American popular music at mid-century. They were part of major changes in the entertainment business and American culture, participated in the folk music movement in the ‘60’s, and saw the steady birth...
by Edited by Ceil Tulloch
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
As one-third of the Wailers, icons of reggae music, the late Winston Hubert McIntosh, better known as Peter Tosh, continues to gain many fans all over the world. By way of his hugely successful solo career, many people knew Tosh to be a hard-hitting, unapologetic and controversial artiste, who spoke...
Perfect from Now On
How Indie Rock Saved My Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
TOP FIVE MUSICAL THINGS I HOPE HAPPEN NOW THAT THE ORIGINAL LINEUPS OF THE PIXIES AND DINOSAUR JR. HAVE REUNITED
Ian Curtis is resurrected.
The Smiths reunite for a private party at my favorite bar.
There is a new My Bloody Valentine album.
A new Nirvana comes along...
Let's Go (So We Can Get Back)
A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
***A New York Times Bestseller*
*A Rolling Stone Best Music Books of 2018 selection*
*A Pitchfork Pick: Best Music Books of 2018*
The singer, guitarist, and songwriter—best known for his work with Wilco—opens up about his past, his songs, the music, and the people who have inspired him.**
Few...
by j.w. carter
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Fan looks at Taylor Swift's Rise to Fame.