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by Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Harry Judd
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Prepare to meet the real McFly .
In 2003, Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Harry Judd and Dougie Poynter came together and formed what would become one of the most popular and successful bands in the UK. Just teenagers at the time, they were catapulted into the limelight and had to adapt quickly...
Lowside of the Road
A Life of Tom Waits
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
With his trademark growl, carnival-madman persona, haunting music, and unforgettable lyrics, Tom Waits is one of the most revered and critically acclaimed singer-songwriters alive today. After beginning his career on the margins of the 1970s Los Angeles rock scene, Waits has spent the last thirty...
by Byron Crawford
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
The Mindset of a Champion follows the career of legendary blogger Byron Crawford a/k/a Bol, founder and editor of the eponymous hip-hop blog, from a dark, foul-smelling dorm room in the middle of nowhere, to his pioneering work in the field of online hip-hop journalism, in which he either coined or...
The Big Payback
The History of the Business of Hip-Hop
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
**“There has never been a better book about hip-hop…a record-biz portrait that jumps off the page.”—A.V. Club
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE VH1 SERIES THE BREAKS**
The Big Payback takes readers from the first $15 made by a “rapping DJ” in 1970s New York to the multi-million-dollar...
Me, Inc.
Build an Army of One, Unleash Your Inner Rock God, Win in Life and Business
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Me, Inc. features a black simulated-leather cover with gold foil stamping and a black ribbon bookmark.
The fact that KISS is one of the most successful rock bands in the world is no accident. From the beginning Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley had a clear-cut vision of what they wanted to do and...
by Con Chrisoulis
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
There was never a band like The Smiths. Formed at the coalface of a depressed England in 1982, their mix of wit, realism and a wry self-awareness would take them to heights young Morrissey could only dream of from the confines of his dull education, a brutal Manchester upbringing, and the horror of...
The Song of the Machine
From Disco to DJs to Techno, a Graphic Novel of Electronic Music
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2019
A pulsating graphic novel on the epic history of electronic music, from the heyday of disco in the 1970s to the rave culture of the 1990s and beyond.
With a foreword from house music legends Daft Punk, The Song of the Machine is a celebration of a musical wave that swept across the world over...
Pitch Perfect
The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2008
High notes, high drama, and high jinks collide as elite collegiate a cappella groups compete to be the best in the nation
Journalist Mickey Rapkin follows a season in collegiate a cappella, covering the breathtaking displays of vocal talent, the groupies (yes, a cappella singers have groupies),...
Night Beat
A Shadow History of Rock & Roll
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2000
Few journalists have staked a territory as definitively and passionately as Mikal Gilmore in his twenty-year career writing about rock and roll. Now, for the first time, this collection gathers his cultural criticism, interviews, reviews, and assorted musings. Beginning with Elvis and the birth of...
Show and Tell
The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
Did you know that Frank Sinatra was nearly considered for the original production of Fiddler on the Roof? Or that Jerome Robbins never choreographed the famous "Dance at the Gym" in West Side Story? Or that Lin-Manuel Miranda called out an audience member on Twitter for texting during a...
by Ava Lore
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Contains mature content. 17+ only!
PLEASE NOTE! Portions of this book have previously appeared in the serial novel Rock Arrangement.
Chronic loser Rebecca Alton is penniless, homeless, and sleeping on her sister’s couch. She needs a job, fast, but in this economy finding one...
by Arkano
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 27, 2018
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 27, 2018
"Espero no decepcionar a nadie, pero estas páginas no tienen un gran porcentaje de Arkano sino que componen algo más complejo, hermoso, aterrador y delirante: Guillermo. No quiero decir que Guillermo y Arkano sean cosas diferentes, más bien son dos caras de una misma moneda. Para el gran público...
50 Years of Rolling Stone
The Music, Politics and People that Shaped Our Culture
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
For the past fifty years, Rolling Stone has been a leading voice in journalism, cultural criticism, and—above all—music. This landmark book documents the magazine’s rise to prominence as the voice of rock and roll and a leading showcase for era-defining photography. From the 1960s to the present...
This Is Gonna Hurt
Music, Photography and Life Through the Distorted Lens of Nikki Sixx
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
This Is Gonna Hurt is music, photography, and life through the distorted lens of Nikki Sixx, bassist for heavy metal rock band Mötley Crüe’s and the New York Times bestselling author of The Heroin Diaries. A combination of powerful prose and dramatic photographs, This Is Gonna Hurt is an arresting,...