Rock category: 3054 books
Sticky Fingers
The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
A delicious romp through the heyday of rock and roll and a revealing portrait of the man at the helm of the iconic magazine that made it all possible, with candid look backs at the era from Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Elton John, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, and others.
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The story...
Grumpy Old Rock Star
and Other Wondrous Stories
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2009
Around about August 1948, Mr and Mrs Cyril Wakeman had an early night and some time later, at Perivale in Middlesex, Mrs Wakeman produced a bonny baby son. They named him Richard, but he quickly became known as Rick.
Rick was a likeable little fellow who had a talent for the piano and for making...
by James Hoag
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
The Everly Brothers were one of the most important and influential of the early rock and roll bands. They set the standard high with close two-part harmonies and were the first of the rockers who combined country with rock and roll and, surprisingly, impressed both sides of the fence.This book...
Night Beat
A Shadow History of Rock & Roll
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2000
Few journalists have staked a territory as definitively and passionately as Mikal Gilmore in his twenty-year career writing about rock and roll. Now, for the first time, this collection gathers his cultural criticism, interviews, reviews, and assorted musings. Beginning with Elvis and the birth of...
by Ava Lore
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Contains mature content. 17+ only!
PLEASE NOTE! Portions of this book have previously appeared in the serial novel Rock Arrangement.
Chronic loser Rebecca Alton is penniless, homeless, and sleeping on her sister’s couch. She needs a job, fast, but in this economy finding one...
Rockers and Rollers
A Full-Throttle Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011
From PinkCadillac to Low Rider to Little Red Corvette, rock music hasalways had a racy love affair with cars. And AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson isnot only a rock legend, second-to-none at infusing razor-sharp lyrics with thescreaming metal energy of a true rock and roller, but also a dyed-in-the-woolcar...
Classic Rock Stories
The Stories Behind the Greatest Songs of All Time
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 1998
The first time on the open road with Dad's beat-up clunker and a brand-new driver's lecense. That first kiss. Practicing Steve Tyler moves in the garage. Lazy summer days with nothing to do but hang out with a group of friends and the radio. Classic Rock. In Classic Rock Stories, classic rockers reveal...
by Eddie Trunk
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
In the much-anticipated sequel to the bestselling Eddie Trunk's Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal, Trunk picks up where he left off by featuring 35 new bands, both legendary and forgotten, and sharing his passion for all things metal. Complete with his favorite playlists, band discographies, memorabilia,...
SPIN: Greatest Hits
25 Years of Heretics, Heroes, and the New Rock 'n' Roll
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
The official book celebrating the 25th anniversary of SPIN magazine
From its first issue in 1985, SPIN has cultivated a reputation for brilliant writing and broad musical coverage, including genres and artists long abandoned by its competitors. From punk to electronica, goth to gangsta rap,...
by Graham Forbes Author
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2012
Graham Forbes loved to play guitar, whether it was with local rock groups pillaging village halls or on the big stages of the world with the Incredible String Band. But, like so many others, he enjoyed the gigs, groupies and booze too much. At 27, he found himself back in Glasgow, ears ringing, scratching...
Third Rail
The Poetry of Rock and Roll
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2007
"The poets who fill these pages have come to testify, to bear witness to the mysterious power of Rock and Roll. -- from the Foreword by Bono
"The thread or the theme That holds this tune Together is the same One that rips it open...." -- from Gimme Shelter by Bill Knott
"Chunky on the...
Cerphe's Up
A Musical Life with Bruce Springsteen, Little Feat, Frank Zappa, Tom Waits, CSNY, and Many More
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Cerphe’s Up is an incisive musical memoir by Cerphe Colwell, a renowned rock radio broadcaster for more than forty-five years in Washington, DC. Cerphe shares his life as a rock radio insider in rich detail and previously unpublished photographs. His story includes promotion and friendship with...
Adios, Motherfucker
A Gentleman's Progress Through Rock and Roll
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
A blend of This Is Spinal Tap and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, the cult classic confessions of a debauched rock ’n’ roller and his adventures in excess on the ’80s hair-metal nostalgia tour through Middle America, now in a revised and updated edition.
Once upon a time at the start...
by Jim Green
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
The Rock 'n' Pop Music Trivia book is an amazing and absorbing collection of facts, statistics, stories and gossip that will entertain for hours.
Which famous band started life as Starfish?
When did MTV first hit the airwaves?
Where and when was the first ever pop festival held?
This...