Omnibus Press imprint: 314 books

by Mark Beaumont
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014

The ultimate story of The Killers' rise from Las Vegas croupiers to million selling global superstars headlining festivals throughout the world. Featuring interview transcripts with the band as well as new interviews with them and those around them right up to their new album Battle Born.
by Bob Seymore
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012

A budget-priced edition of the top-selling investigation into the controversial death of Doors singer, Jim Morrison.
by Claude Flowers
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012

Formed from the erosion of Joy Division after the suicide of Ian Curtis, New Order were early pioneers of the synthesizer in dance music, coupled with deep bass lines. This book details the start of Factory Records and New Order's connections with Manchester's Hacienda Club, of which they were part...
by Fred Vermorel, Judy Vermorel
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011

The Sex Pistols’ story is one of opportunity and outrage; arising from the chaotic slums of the punk movement, Jonny Rotten and Sid Vicious typified the anarchy and anger of their generation like none-other. In little over three years the Sex Pistols had transformed popular music and paved the way...
by David Stafford, Caroline Stafford
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013

On paper, Kenny Everett's qualifications did not look promising with little in the way of education, physique or social skills. What he had was a gift for funny voices, an oblique imagination and a way with a tape recorder. Yet, the British radio revolution in the ‘60s and ‘70s needed these exact...
by John Reed
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2014

Madness were true originals who mixed ska and reggae rhythms with social comment and music hall humour to become a British group like no other. They were the most successful UK singles band of the 80s, offering a larky down-to-earth take on Thatcher’s Britain through hits like ‘My Girl’, ‘One...
by Clinton Heylin
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2011

Clinton Heylin's biography No More Sad Refrains, draws on hours of interviews with Sandy's closest friends and musical collaborators, access to her diaries and unreleased work, to produce a moving portrait of a complex, driven, but fatally flawed genius, who remains the finest female singer-songwriter...
by Julian Joseph
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2018

Music of Initiative: Julian Joseph on Jazz is for any musician interested in jazz, no matter what your instrument or level of experience. In Music of Initiative Julian Joseph shares his insight into the philosophy and practice of jazz performance. With incisive text, stunning imagery, and downloadable...
by Chloé Govan
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013

Maroon 5: Shooting For The Stars uncovers intimate details of the lives and backgrounds of all band members of Maroon 5. Also revealed is the story of their struggle to find early success in the music industry as Kara’s Flowers as well as exclusive interviews with school friends which provide the...
by Neil Wenborn
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011

This book traces the remarkable course of a creative career which spanned the drawing rooms of the Imperial Russia and the social ferment of 1960s America, and serve to establish Stravinsky not only as the most celebrated composer of his time but also as one of the defining forces of twentieth-century culture.
by Bob Gruen
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015

This acclaimed collection of photographs includes never before seen images and exclusive interviews with one of the most influential bands of the punk era. Presented in a hardback slipcase with a signed photo from Bob Gruen.
by Tim Dowley
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011

A new and fascinating biography of the most outstanding composer in musical history. Covering Bach's earliest efforst in Eisenach, his cultural inheritance, his series of posts as organist or musician, and his stormy career in Leipzig, Bach: The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers traces the significant stages of development in his family and his music.
by Peggy Woodford
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011

Schubert died at the age of thirty-one, in obscurity, his genius unrecognised except by a few friends. Today he is acknowledged as one of the greatest composers of all times. His nine symphonies include what is probably the most famous of all symphonies - The Unfinished- and his chamber music, the...
by Zoë Howe
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2010

What's it like growing up as the offspring of rock royalty? Living through bizarre backstage and onstage experiences, unconventional childhoods, drugs, debts and mad babysitters, the subjects of this book may have grown up quickly but their backgrounds shaped them in very different ways. In this frank...
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