Pop Rock category: 3054 books

The biography of the extraordinary career of Dave Grohl, drummer of Nirvana, front man of the Foo Fighters, based on original and exclusive interviews ("A rich history"--New York Times Book Review) This Is a Call, the first in-depth, definitive biography of Dave Grohl, tells the epic...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Bruce Springsteen has always taken interviews seriously. As he told critic Neil Strauss in 1995, "If I have some work that I've done and want to talk about, that's why I end up doing interviews". Here is an unprecedented collection of Springsteen on Springsteen, spanning the past...

Written by Chris Welch former ÊMelody MakerÊ journalist and Cream confidante this newly-researched book is the first full account of rock's premiere three-man supergroup: guitarist Eric Clapton bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker. From Cream's formation in 1966 to their breakup in 1968 the...

Die Bestseller-Biografie Dear Boy ist das Standardwerk über Keith Moon, den größten Drummer und wildesten Charakter des Rock. Sie schildert mit größter Sorgfalt und viel Liebe zum Detail Moons packende Reise von seiner Kindheit im Londoner Arbeitermilieu über die ruhmreichen Jahre von The Who...

Jim Guthrie: Who Needs What tells the story of a musician whose twenty-year career has been spent either at the forefront of Canada’s indie rock renaissance or in the background of some of the most popular indie games, films, and ad campaigns of the past decade. Through interviews with Jim, his...

The second in a series by author Richard Houghton, I Was There provides a fan's-eye account of the English rock band The Who. With over 400 fans, friends and colleagues accounts of their memories of seeing, working with and knowing members of one of the greatest live acts ever, this book contains...

Recognised as one of the first 'bands of the people' Status Quo's ultimate aim has always been to 'send an audience home happy' which they continue to do the world over.Status Quo: Just Doin' It is the authorised book of personal and professional photographs of the band taken between 1966 and 2012,...

The first-ever official Bon Jovi book celebrates the band’s 25th anniversary with previously untold stories straight from Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, David Bryan, and Tico Torres, and never-before-seen photographs from Phil Griffin (known for his Bon Jovi documentary When We Were Beautiful, as...

Once upon a time I was falling apart. Now I'm always falling in love. Pick up the microphone. When Rob Sheffield moved to New York City in the summer of 2001, he was a young widower trying to start a new life in a new town. Behind, in the past, was his life as a happily married rock...