Omnibus Press: 51 books

The fascination with tragedy and the subsequent theatre of voyeurism are part of human nature especially when it involves our icons celebrities and musicians. Knocking On Heavens Door is the definitive book of rock n roll pop R&B and blues deaths. Often only the biggest selling artists are written...

Everett True is responsible for bringing Nirvana Hole Pavement Soundgarden and a host of other bands to public attention. He introduced Kurt to Courtney performed on stage with Nirvana on numerous occasions and famously pushed Kurt onto the stage of the Reading Festival in 1992 in a wheelchair. This...

When the first edition of this book was published in 2004 it caused enormous controversy with author Joel McIver's account of Metallica's rise and fall exposing the multiple myths that had surrounded the band for years. For the first time a book dared to tell the unvarnished truth about their...

For decades they have held the power to attract the world's hottest supermodels Playmates® and Pets®. They have smorgasbords of groupies awaiting them at every tour stop. They've seen sex in all its most bizarre forms all around the world and now they let you in on the sizzling action! Sex Tips...

Frank Zappa's reputation as one of rock's maverick geniuses has continued to grow since his death in 1993. This successful biography has now been revised and reprinted and is still the most comprehensive chronicle of his extraordinary life and career. Neil Slaven has brilliantly brought together the...

Pink Floyd - The Music And The Mystery is the ultimate illustrated discography of Pink Floyd. From their very first single Arnold Layne to the most recent special editions of their ground-breaking mid-seventies albums this is an album-by-album track-by-track catalogue of every song ever released by...

The Severed Alliance is one of the most controversial rock biographies ever written. Universally acclaimed by critics its contents outraged Morrissey who denounced the book and called for the death of author Johnny Rogan saying Personally I hope Johnny Rogan ends his days very soon in an M3 pile-up ....

From 1970 onwards the disbanded Beatles were at last free to follow their individual interests. From that point on there were four separate stories... but they were stories that would form a complex overlapping history of quarrels and reconciliations personal projects and sporadic collaborations....

Classic biography of one of the great figures of modern popular music the inventor of the 'Wall Of Sound' legendary sixties record producer Phil Spector. First published in 1972 this book has been revised and updated to include details of Spector's life over the last 30 years including the shooting...

Lady Gaga is a rarity: a commercially successful pop star who has been critically acclaimed and equally adored by mainstream music fans for her supremely infectious pop songs. This book traces Lady Gagas rapid rise from David Bowie and Queen-loving teenager to bona fide pop culture phenomenon and first...

Anthony Reynolds fascinating and detailed biography draws on scores of new interviews conducted with Cohens band members past and present his business associates editors friends fans producers colleagues enemies and peers. As well as their revealing accounts the author has gained access to hours of...

Paul Lester traces the extraordinary career of Alicia Beth Moore from Pennsylvania through her stint in the girl group Choice to her present incarnation as global superstar P!NK . Split Personality reveals the two sides of this complex artist: the feisty fun-filled performer who at thirty continues...

An accurate detailed and fascinating account of the life of a man whose story should have been told in this much detail long ago. Author Mark Wilkerson interviewed Townshend himself and several of Townshend's friends and associates for this biography.

From a battle of the bands contest in Teignmouth to the first band ever to sell out the new Wembley Arena the story of Muse's stratospheric rise is one of UK rock's most fascinating and incrediary tales. As three unassuming kids from Devon plot a course to become the biggest British rock...