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by Steve Lukather, Paul Rees, Steve Vai
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
No one explodes one of the longest-held misconceptions of music history better than Steve Lukather and his band Toto. The dominant sound of the late ‘70s and ‘80s was not punk, but a slick, polished amalgam of rock and R&B first staked out on Boz Scaggs’ Silk Degrees. That album was shaped...
America 51
A Probe into the Realities That Are Hiding Inside "The Greatest Country in the World"
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
A skewering of the American underbelly by the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Deadly Sins, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven, and You're Making Me Hate You
The always-outspoken hard rock vocalist Corey Taylor begins America 51 with a reflection on what his itinerant youth...
by Scott Heim
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2012
The First Time I Heard Cocteau Twins is Part II in an ongoing series where musicians and writers tell their stories of first hearing the music of an iconic artist or band. In this second volume (following the opening installment, which covered Joy Division / New Order), forty different musicians and...
by Scott Heim
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2012
The First Time I Heard Joy Division / New Order is Part I in an ongoing series where musicians and writers tell their stories of first hearing the music of an iconic artist or band. In this first volume, forty-five different musicians and writers remember their initial experiences hearing the seminal...
This Wheel's on Fire
Levon Helm and the Story of the Band
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
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...
Bring It On Home
Peter Grant, Led Zeppelin, and Beyond--The Story of Rock's Greatest Manager
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
The authorized biography of the most notorious rock manager of all time, Peter Grant, best known for his work with Led Zeppelin
Peter Grant is the most famous music manager of all time. Often acknowledged as the "fifth member of Led Zeppelin," Grant's story has appeared in fragments...
by James Hoag
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
The Everly Brothers were one of the most important and influential of the early rock and roll bands. They set the standard high with close two-part harmonies and were the first of the rockers who combined country with rock and roll and, surprisingly, impressed both sides of the fence.This book...
Smash!
Green Day, The Offspring, Bad Religion, NOFX, and the '90s Punk Explosion
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2018
A group biography of '90s punk rock told through the prism of Green Day, The Offspring, NOFX, Rancid, Bad Religion, Social Distortion, and more
Two decades after the Sex Pistols and the Ramones birthed punk music into the world, their artistic heirs burst onto the scene and changed the genre...
Billy Bragg
Still Suitable for Miners
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
'Love me or hate me. It's a great read’ - Billy Bragg
He was a punk. He was a soldier. He was a flag-waver for the Labour Party and the miners. He is Billy Bragg, passionate protest folk singer and tireless promoter of political and humanitarian causes around the world.
His life encapsulates...
by Paolo Hewitt
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2015
Alan McGee's legendary Creation record label brought us Oasis, Primal Scream, Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, House of Love, Teenage Fanclub and many of the other most exciting and innovative bands of the eighties and nineties. But it also eventually brought McGee to a breakdown so complete...
by Jeff Apter
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: December 21, 2018
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: December 21, 2018
A história do The Cure começa como a de tantas outras bandas de rock ao redor do planeta. Um grupo de amigos entediados, numa pacata cidade, com uma ideia na cabeça: liberar o tédio e a frustração adolescentes através de música melancólica com guitarras. Um enredo bastante comum. Mas o aspecto...
by Gail Thibert
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2018
It’s 1983. Convent-educated teenager Gail dyes her hair blue and escapes suburban boredom in Surrey to live a more exciting life among the colourful punks and squatters of London.
Leaving behind the twitching net curtains and disapproving looks of beige Morden (A.K.A. Bore-don), Gail places...
Sisqo
The Man Behind the Thong
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2001
This stunning biography of Sisqo follows "The Man Behind the Thong's" life and career.
Sisqo broke into the music scene with his top five album, Unleash The Dragon and never before has the music scene been faced with such a dynamic cross-over artist. Sisqo's life however, has not...
by Richard White
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Dexys Midnight Runners were one of the most misunderstood and overlooked groups of the 1980s. At the centre of it all, their front man and originator, Kevin Rowland, had a reputation for maintaining control and domination over Dexys at all costs.
In the first comprehensive history of the band,...