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A batida tribal, o baixo ameaçador, a guitarra fantasmagórica e finalmente a voz sarcástica que anuncia "I am Governor Jerry Brown". Era um verdadeiro chamado para a batalha: um botão de alerta que, quando acionado, invertia os papéis da sociedade. Garotos populares para trás, desajustados...

Trinta anos após o lançamento do seu primeiro disco, a lendária banda Legião Urbana tem a sua história e seus bastidores pela primeira vez contados por um de seus integrantes, o guitarrista Dado Villa-Lobos, também compositor e produtor. Dado Villa-Lobos - memórias de um legionário é tudo...

Siamo nel 1985 e a Los Angeles, due band, gli LA Guns e gli Hollywood Rose, decidono di dar vita alla band più influente degli anni ‘90 dal suono grezzo che ricorda il caro e vecchio rock n’ roll: i GUNS N‘ ROSES. Durante il loro percorso, la rock band ha conosciuto problemi legati a sostanze...

Levon Helm's Rambles have quickly become the stuff of legend. Helm, of course, is the charismatic drummer, singer, and sometimes mandolin picker for The Band, a group whose songs and stature have made them a pillar of classic rock and rootsy Americana. Beyond their work with Bob Dylan, their own hits...

Best known for his unique musical style and blindingly fast hybrid picking technique, English guitarist Albert Lee is often referred to within the music industry as the “guitar player’s guitar player,” renowned for his work across several genres of music and for the respect that he has garnered...

Laura Nyro was a beloved and pioneering singer-songwriter of the 1960s and 1970s, whose songs were covered with great success by the Fifth Dimension; Blood, Sweat & Tears; Three Dog Night; and Barbra Streisand. This first biography from Michele Kort, Soul Picnic, uncovers previously never revealed...

If you used to be a punk, you never where! I wasn’t even twelve years old in 1976 when I heard about this "New Thing” from England called: PUNK ROCK! Something completely new, snotty and revolutionary. A musical and verbal revolution against the Establishment! A punch right in the face of...

Joel McIver's acclaimed Black Sabbath biography, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, concluded in 2011 that its subjects were at a crossroads. Could Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill manage after over 40 years in business to get back together one more time? After all, the veteran heavy metal musicians were grieving...

Charting the wayward tale of the UK's most notorious group and written with full co-operation of the band this is the ultimate rock and roll story and is destined to become a classic of the genre. From rehab in a Thai monastery to riots at the Astoria, the tabloid exposé of Kate Moss to countless...

It took just four years in the spotlight for Jimi Hendrix to become an international cultural icon. The sheer impact and originality of his music and his unique mastery of the guitar placed him forever amongst musical giants. But what of the man behind the public image? Modest and intensely private...

More than any other band, Pearl Jam embodies the alternative style that dominates rock today. From their early days as fame-ducking grunge pioneers, through their headline-making battle with Ticketmaster, to their current status as self-assured survivors, Five Against One brings to life Pearl Jam's...

Biography of legendary singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, spanning his nomadic youth and early recording career to his substance abuse, final album, and posthumous Grammy Awards As is the case with so many musicians, the life of Warren Zevon was blessed with talent and opportunity yet also beset...

Eric Reese is taking the cultural shock of hip hop to unknown boundaries of music history, so educate yourself in the way of life that is defining young America now! Hip Hop Truth for the Art and Pulse of America! This cultural brilliance of sound presented a voice and unique mind through...

The eclectic Orange County band No Doubt was formed in 1986 by Eric Stefani and John Spence who soon recruited Eric’s younger sister Gwen as co-vocalist. With the addition of Tony Kanal on Bass, they launched a 20 year career that would fuse ska, grunge, alt. rock and shades of several other musical...