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Please Kill Me
The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
**Ranks up there with the great rock & roll books of all time.”-*Time Out New York*
Lurid, insolent, disorderly, funny, sometimes gross, sometimes mean and occasionally touching . . . Resounds with authenticity.”-*The New York Times*
No volume serves juicier dish on punk’s...
Laurel Canyon
The Inside Story of Rock-and-Roll's Legendary Neighborhood
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
In the late sixties and early seventies, an impromptu collection of musicians colonized a eucalyptus-scented canyon deep in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles and melded folk, rock, and savvy American pop into a sound that conquered the world as thoroughly as the songs of the Beatles and the Rolling...
by John Seabrook
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
"An utterly satisfying examination of the business of popular music." —Nathaniel Rich, The Atlantic
There’s a reason today’s ubiquitous pop hits are so hard to ignore—they’re designed that way. The Song Machine goes behind the scenes to offer an insider’s look at the global hit...
Eminem
Crossing the Line
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2000
"God sent me to piss the world off," Eminem boasts on his breakthrough hit "My Name Is." A grandiose claim to be sure, but it's hard to imagine another rapper generating as much controversy and outrage as this bleach-blonde Detroit MC outlaw while still selling millions of records...
A Man Called Destruction
The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, From Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
The first biography of the artist who “essentially invented indie and alternative rock” (Spin)
A brilliant and influential songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist, the charismatic Alex Chilton was more than a rock star—he was a true cult icon. Awardwinning music writer Holly George-Warren’s...
by Eric Weisbard
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2006
It was the season of the blockbuster. Between August 12 and November 26 1991, a whole slew of acts released albums that were supposed to sell millions of copies in the run-up to Christmas. Metallica, Michael Jackson, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Garth Brooks, MC Hammer, and U2 - all were competing for the...
Capitol Contingency
Post-Punk, Indie Rock, and Noise Pop in Washington, D.C., 1991-99
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2012
Capitol Contingency chronicles a unique time in a uniquely vibrant music scene: Washington, D.C., 1991-1999. Punk was broken; the Internet had yet to engulf society; the major label compact disc marketing system was in its greatest -- and final -- era of dominance before its file-sharing-imposed collapse....
by Chloe Govan
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Charting the controversial journey of a shy, chaste child star from America's Deep South: from early fame on the Disney TV series Hannah Montana to her sexually liberated pop image that later made headlines worldwide. Will reveal Miley's secret battle with a genetic heart condition and offer a behind-the-scenes...
Split Personality
Pink
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
An updated edition of the bestselling biography to include details of her sixth studio album The Truth About Love which was a worldwide number one hit and the birth of her first child in 2011. Paul Lester traces the extraordinary career of Alicia Beth Moore from Pennsylvania through her stint in the...
Anatomy of a Song
The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
“A winning look at the stories behind 45 pop, punk, folk, soul and country classics” in the words of Mick Jagger, Stevie Wonder, Cyndi Lauper and more (The Washington Post).
Every great song has a fascinating backstory. And here, writer and music historian Marc Myers brings to life five decades...
by James Hoag
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
Roy Orbison had one of the best voices in pop music. It was a forceful, almost operatic bel canto tenor that is unlike anyone else in music. When you hear a Roy Orbison song, you almost immediately know who it is. Roy had a wonderful career that was cut short at what could be called, the prime of...
Managing Artists in Pop Music
What Every Artist and Manager Must Know to Succeed
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
Music managers and artists will learn the secrets of successful management with scenarios from a manager’s work life along with the legal and business skills to master them. Through stories of real-life famous artist-manager teams, the authors analyze, criticize, and detail what a manager ought...
Sing to Me
My Story of Making Music, Finding Magic, and Searching for Who's Next
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
In this long-awaited memoir, illustrated with over 100 never-before-seen photos from his personal collection, the groundbreaking record producer chronicles his struggles, his success, and the celebrated artists that made him a legend.
Over the last twenty-five years, legendary music producer...
by Patrick Humphries
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2013
'It's Number One... it's Top Of The Pops', for every generation from 1964, until the show ended in 2006, that was the sentence every young television viewer sat down to hear. At its peak, a quarter of the UKs entire population was watching. 'Top Of The Pops' was the pivotal pop television programme...