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The official and definitive biography of the legendary first ten years! The Nightwish saga is a heavy metal fable as dramatic and tumultuous as the band's epic symphonic music. Mape Ollila charts the rise from village student project to global stardom, gaining unprecedented access not just to the members...

Introduction The technically skilled guitar playing of John Petrucci elevated Dream Theater to the upper echelons of modern heavy metal. While its schedule has actually constantly developed, the Long Island-based quintet has actually consistently delivered sharp-edged music. Dream Theater...

Rebellious, individualistic, and explosive, rock and roll seems incongruent with modern Chinese society. However, as the music has evolved from a Western import into something uniquely Chinese, it has been shaped by the nation’s unique system and its relationship with the outside world. As it tracks...

I have been living in Los Angeles for over thirty years. Since 1981, when I first arrived to now, the LA Weekly has had an ubiquitous presence in the city. Years ago, in the back of the Weekly, there was a gossip column that had a revolving cast of contributors who sent in their reportage...

This new, thoroughly updated edition is the ultimate tribute to Metallica, complete with coverage of the band's most recent DVD set and live albums. Formed in Los Angeles in 1981, Metallica has become the best-selling heavy metal group in music history, with an estimated 100 million worldwide album...

In this short book you will find some useful information. some of it you may already know but it is just a refresher and these tips will make you into a better and more organized and professional band.

The Rise, The Fall, and The Rise is the extraordinary story, in her own words, of Brix Smith Start. Best known for her work in The Fall at the time when they were perhaps the most powerful and influential anti-authoritarian postpunk band in the world -- This Nation's Saving Grace, The Weird and Frightening...

Graham Forbes loved to play guitar, whether it was with local rock groups pillaging village halls or on the big stages of the world with the Incredible String Band. But, like so many others, he enjoyed the gigs, groupies and booze too much. At 27, he found himself back in Glasgow, ears ringing, scratching...

"The poets who fill these pages have come to testify, to bear witness to the mysterious power of Rock and Roll. -- from the Foreword by Bono "The thread or the theme That holds this tune Together is the same One that rips it open...." -- from Gimme Shelter by Bill Knott "Chunky on the...

Celebrate Canada’s musical landscape with this lavishly illustrated, tablet-optimized songbook. Renowned singer Eleanor McCain showcases Canada’s most iconic songs through word and image. Featuring the lyrics of luminaries like Neil Young, Sarah McLachlan, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen,...

Oltre trent’anni di carriera discografica e “solo” una dozzina di album di studio, ma gli U2 vantano un songbook tanto alto e forte da far impallidire qualsiasi altra band del firmamento rock. Ogni canzone di Bono e soci è un epifania, è una valvola aperta, è un messaggio scritto nell’anima....

Rory Gallagher, nonostante sia annoverato tra i chitarristi migliori del rock, viene inopinatamente relegato in secondo piano. In realtà è stato un artista amatissimo in tutto il mondo, tuttora celebrato da una moltitudine di fan senza quell’eccessivo clamore tipico dello star system tanto osteggiato...

“The Who e Roger Daltrey in Italia” racconta, per la prima volta, i concerti e le apparizioni del leggendario gruppo inglese nel nostro paese. Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, Keith Moon nel 1967 a Torino, Bologna, Milano e Roma, e nel 1972 nella capitale per il tour di “Who’s...

Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks is a musical visionary, a poet and an enduring style icon with a truly phenomenal life story. The Omnibus enhanced Stevie Nicks: Dreams, Visions & Rumours is a celebratory examination of this tale, tracing Stevie’s life from her Arizona childhood, the magic moment when...