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A Light That Never Goes Out
The Enduring Saga of the Smiths
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
The definitive book about The Smiths, one of the most beloved, respected, and storied indie rock bands in music history.
They were, their fans believe, the best band in the world. Hailing from Manchester, England, The Smiths--Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke, and Mike Joyce--were critical...
by Margaret Moser, Bill Crawford
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Aerosmith. Elvis Presley. Michael Jackson. Nine Inch Nails. Ozzy Osbourne. U2. What do all of these artists have in common? They're rich and rowdy rock 'n' roll renegades whose wild stunts, dumb quotes, and out-of-control lifestyles are featured in Rock Stars Do the Dumbest Things.
--Where...
Racing in the Street
The Bruce Springsteen Reader
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2004
For more than three decades, Bruce Springsteen’s ability to express in words and music the deepest hopes, fears, loves, and sorrows of average Americans has made him a hero to his millions of devoted fans. Racing in the Street is the first comprehensive collection of writings about Springsteen,...
Morrissey FAQ
All That's Left to Know About This Charming Man
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
No one can argue that Morrissey is one of the best lyricists and charismatic front men in music history. But people love to argue about other things – his mysterious personal life, his pompous attitude, and the history and meaning behind his biggest hits.
Morrissey FAQ will put to rest any...
Heavy Duty
Days and Nights in Judas Priest
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
Memoir by the cofounder and former lead guitarist of heavy metal giants Judas Priest
Judas Priest formed in the industrial city of Birmingham, England, in 1969. With its distinctive twin-guitar sound, studs-and-leather image, and international sales of over 50 million records, Judas Priest...
by Joe Goodden
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
‘Who gave the drugs to the Beatles? I didn’t invent those things. I bought it from someone who got it from somebody. We never invented the stuff.’ – John Lennon
Riding So High charts the Beatles’ extraordinary odyssey from teenage drinking and pill-popping, to cannabis, LSD, the psychedelic...
Nico
The End
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1994
Nico’s keyboardist recounts her ill-advised eighties tour in this “funny memoir . . . A well-written black comedy” of life on the fringes of rock & roll (The New York Times).
This is the story of the last “scene” of the art rock diva Nico, whose fifteen minutes of fame included...
So Many Roads
The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
The Grateful Dead's long, strange trip has been the subject of countless books-but none like So Many Roads. Drawing on new interviews with surviving members and people in their inner circle along with previously unknown details gleaned from the group's extensive archives, David Browne, acclaimed music...
That Old Black Magic
Louis Prima, Keely Smith, and the Golden Age of Las Vegas
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Both a love story and a tribute to the entertainment mecca, this exploration shines a spotlight on one of the hottest acts in Las Vegas in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The illuminating depiction showcases the unlikely duo-a grizzled, veteran trumpeter and vocalist molded by Louis Armstrong and...
by Sam Shepard
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2012
Autumn, 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue - a rag-tag variety show, a travelling gypsy circus - swept across the Northeast US. Bob Dylan helmed the chaotic caravan, gathering a host of stars in his wake: Joan Baez, Roger McGuinn, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, T-Bone Burnett, Joni Mitchell and others.
The...
by Don Walker
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2010
This extraordinary memoir begins with Don Walker's early life in rural Australia and goes up to the late '80s. In mesmerising prose, Walker evokes childhood and youth, wild times in the '70s, life on the road and in Kings Cross, music-making and much more. Shots is a stunningly original book, a set...
by Larry Sloman
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2010
Hailed as “the War and Peace of rock and roll” by Bob Dylan himself, this is the ultimate backstage pass to Dylan’s legendary 1975 tour across America—by a former Rolling Stone reporter prominently featured in Martin Scorsese’s Netflix documentary Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story.
In...
Bruce Springsteen FAQ
All That's Left to Know About the Boss
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Long before he sold 120 million albums globally in a career that has endured artistically and commercially like no other performer's in the rock era, Bruce Springsteen was a working-class New Jersey kid with a dream and a guitar. By the time he was 16, he was playing ShopRite openings and school dances...
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Повесть + альбом рок-группы «Проспект Мира»
Language: Russian
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Участники группы «Проспект Мира» совершают путешествие в прошлое… на рок-фестиваль, который для них — реально существующих музыкантов — когда-то в давно прошедшем...