Victor Bockris: 7 books
Beat Punks
New York’s Underground Culture from the Beat Generation to the Punk Explosion
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
The “poet laureate of the New York underground scene” chronicles three decades of electrifying artistic expression
Once dominated by Beat Generation writers like Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, by the 1970s and ’80s, New York City’s creative scene had given way to a punk rock–era...
by Victor Bockris
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
‘A triumph’ - Time Out Transformer is the only complete and comprehensive telling of the Lou Reed story. Legendary songwriter and guitarist Lou Reed passed away on the 27th October 2013, but his musical influence is assured. Now discover the true story of the Velvet Underground pioneer in this...
With William Burroughs
A Report from the Bunker
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
A trove of intimate conversations between Burroughs and Susan Sontag, Andy Warhol, Patti Smith, David Bowie, and more icons of ’70s New York and beyond.
During the 1970s, William Burroughs, author of Junky and Naked Lunch, lived in a loft on the Bowery in New York City’s Lower East Side....
by Victor Bockris
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
'The man who has no imagination Stands on earth He has no wings He cannot fly' Muhammad Ali Just off Highway 61 in northern Pennsylvania, up the dirt drive of a wooded hill lay a place called Fighter's Heaven. This was once the training camp of the 'greatest of all times'. From early '73 through the...
by Victor Bockris
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
‘A triumph’ - Time Out Transformer is the only complete and comprehensive telling of the Lou Reed story. Legendary songwriter and guitarist Lou Reed passed away on the 27th October 2013, but his musical influence is assured. Now discover the true story of the Velvet Underground pioneer in this...
by Victor Bockris
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2013
Victor Bockriss much admired biography of Keith Richards has been constantly revised since its original publication, now with an additional 12,000 words for a new edition of the Omnibus Press paperback that brings the story up to the present day. First published in eight countries in 1992, at that...
by Victor Bockris
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
If Mick Jagger is the public face of The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards has always been the band's heart, soul and musical powerhouse.Discover the true facts behind the legends, including:Richards' battles with his demons: the women, the drugs and his love-hate relationship with JaggerHis struggle with...