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SWEETER THAN HONEY From the time he first met her, Luke Matthews knew Lexi Grant was the girl for him. He joined a band to impress her. He became a famous drummer to win her heart…only to have his bandmate win it instead. Watching the two together was torture, so Luke fled. Spent months in...

Clashing together outrageous musical influences and extravagantly visual imagery, Queen's place in history as the greatest glam band of them all is rock solid. Their fan base continues to grow, a decade and a half on from the death of Freddie Mercury, Queen's super-charismatic front man. Georg...

Recognized for its distinctive musical features and its connection to periods of social innovation and ferment, the genre of psychedelia has exerted long-term influence in many areas of cultural production, including music, visual art, graphic design, film, and literature. William Echard explores...

The First Time I Heard David Bowie is Part III in an ongoing series where musicians and writers tell their stories of first hearing the music of an iconic artist or band. In this third volume (following the opening installments, which covered Joy Division / New Order and Cocteau Twins), forty different...

I purchased my first camera and a few lenses in 1970 for a high school project. I was very impressed with concerts and the light shows they would produce, especially the Big Shows. I took my camera to all of them and only a few of them did not allow cameras in. This is my photographic view of rock...

The story of seminal Ann Arbor punk rock band the Stooges, told through original interviews with the band members and associates.

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...

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...

This is one man's guide to begging for sex, smuggling drugs, and pretending to be rock 'n' roll-just take up what you are worst at, hold on tight, and enjoy the ride! In this offbeat, hilarious, harebrained manual on fame, fortune, and the universe, Frankie offers a unique slant on the bigger questions...

FIRST KISS is memoir about my obsession with the hard rockin,' grease paint wearin,' fire breathin' band KISS. I discovered them right as they were beginning their careers some 40 years ago, and have remained a die hard fan since. Which is somewhat odd, given the fact that as a music writer, I am known...

This hilarious peek into the early years of the hair-band era reveals the hierarchy of fishnets, bustiers, and chicks with the Holy Grail-a backstage pass. After college, Anne Thomas Soffee journeyed to Los Angeles to start a career as a rock journalist and small-time heavy-metal flack. A taste for...

The First Time I Heard The Smiths is Part IV in an ongoing series where musicians and writers tell their stories of first hearing the music of an iconic artist or band. In this fourth volume (following the first three installments, which covered Joy Division/New Order, Cocteau Twins, and David Bowie),...

Though not a riot grrl band, Spitboy blazed trails for women musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, but it wasn't easy. Misogyny, sexism, abusive fans, class and color blindness, and all-out racism were foes, especially for Gonzales, a Chicana and the only person of color in the band....