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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven
(Or, How I Made Peace with the Paranormal and Stigmatized Zealots and Cynics in the Process)
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
Slipknot and Stone Sour singer Corey Taylor's New York Times bestselling journey into the world of ghosts and the supernatural
Corey Taylor has seen a lot of unbelievable things. However, many of his most incredible experiences might just shock you. For much of his life, the Grammy Award-winning...
by Lydia Lunch
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
"So Real It Hurts is the perfect title for this collection. It's a mission statement. A few bleeding slices straight from the butcher shop. A sampler from an enormous archive of work that will, no doubt, be pored over by grad students, book lovers, film historians, music nerds and straight-up perverts...
by Jim Yoakum
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
True tales from, and about, rock 'n' roll including the outrageously true, never-before-told, event that accidentally sparked the greatest rock rumor of all time: "Paul Is Dead."
The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars
Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
The bible of music’s deceased idols—Jeff Buckley, Sid Vicious, Jimi Hendrix, Tupac, Elvis—this is the ultimate record of all those who arrived, rocked, and checked out over the last 40-odd years of fast cars, private jets, hard drugs, and reckless living. The truths behind thousands of fascinating...
by Delilah Grace
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
This book tells the singer's amazing story so far and is packed with full-colour pictures of Pixie at work and at play.Here's the story, the look and the gossip buzzing around the multi-platinum-selling Pixie who's already racked up a string of hit singles, featured in movie soundtracks and computer...
by James Hoag
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2015
"It's All About the Music!"Welcome to another in the Legends of Rock & Roll series.This is, like the others, a mini-biography of one the greatest of American performers and bands, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Come with me for a walk down memory lane as I review the life...
by Byron Crawford
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2013
An all you can eat buffet of probing, insightful hip-hop journalism, with thoughts on Rick Ross, Kreayshawn, Das Racist, Odd future, El-P, Killer Mike, Chief Keef, Rap Genius and music publications Pitchfork, SPIN and XXL.
by Joel McIver
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
With no fewer than nine members and a unique stage image based on grotesque masks and boiler suits, Slipknot retained a mystique that was unprecedented in the metal world, never allowing their faces to become known so that the focus would remain on their music.
The first edition of this book...
Stealing All Transmissions
A Secret History of the Clash
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Stealing All Transmissions is a love story. It’s the story of how the Clash fell in love with America and how America loved them back. The romance began in full in 1977, when select rock journalists and deejays aided the band’s quest to depose the rock of indolence that dominated American airwaves....
Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers
The Rise of Motörhead
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
“Motörhead, remember me now, Motörhead, alright!”
Lemmy, Phil, Fast Eddie and the Rise of Motörhead is the first book to celebrate the classic-era Motörhead lineup of Lemmy Kilmister, “Fast” Eddie Clarke, and Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor. Through interviews with all of the principal...
Finding Joseph I
An Oral History of H.R. from Bad Brains
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2018
A Rough Trade Book of the Year (2017)
“Must-read for any fan of both Bad Brains and their enigmatic vocalist” ―No Echo
This gripping oral history features H.R. himself and the people who know him best, including Ian MacKaye, Questlove and members of Sublime and the Deftones.
The...
Rihanna
The Only Girl In The World
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
From shaky beginnings and publicly turbulent times with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, through to worldwide success as the new queen of R&B, the first biography of the singer who is, to her fans, The Only Girl in the World
Multi-award-winning artist and indisputable queen of R&B Rihanna...
Far From Over
The Music and Life of Drake, The Unofficial Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
The first biography of superstar rapper Drake
At a time when album sales were plummeting, Drake’s 2010 debut album, Thank Me Later, went platinum, hit number one on the Billboard 200 chart, and spawned numerous Top 10 hits including “Over,” “Best I Ever Had,” and “Find Your Love.”...
Who Shot Ya?
Three Decades of HipHop Photography
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Nearly thirty years ago, Ernie Paniccioli, considered by many to be the James Van Der Zee of the hiphop generation, began photographing graffiti art throughout New York City as well as the young people creating it. Armed with a 35-millimeter camera, Paniccioli literally recorded the beginning salvos...