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Eye Mind

The Saga of Roky Erickson and The 13th Floor Elevators, The Pioneers of Psychedelic Sound

by Paul Drummond
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007

“One of the most exhilarating and important rock ’n’ roll stories ever told.”—Julian CopeThe trailblazing 13th Floor Elevators released the first “psychedelic” rock album in America, transforming culture throughout the 1960s and beyond. The Elevators followed their own spiritual...
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by Rev. Keith A. Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013

During his lifetime and a musical career that spanned five decades, Frank Zappa released almost 60 albums of rock, jazz-rock, and classical music. The Frank Zappa Buying Guide is an album by album guide to navigating the often daunting Zappa catalog, with cover photos for each album, as well as descriptions, band history, and much more.
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Van Halen

A Visual History: 1978 - 1984

by Neil Zlozower
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012

From their eponymous 1978 debut through their colossal 1984 album (they've sold over 75 million albums worldwide), Van Halen rewrote all the rules. Nobody rockedor partiedharder. Photographer Neil Zlozower first met the band in 1978, worked with them again on Van Halen II, and soon became their friend,...
Cover of Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion I and II
by Eric Weisbard
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...
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From the Velvets to the Voidoids

The Birth of American Punk Rock

by Clinton Heylin
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2005

Exhaustively researched and packed with unique insights, this history journeys from the punk scene's roots in the mid-1960s to the arrival of "new wave" in the early 1980s. With a cast that includes Patti Smith, Pere Ubu, Television, Blondie, the Ramones, the MC5, the Stooges, Talking Heads,...
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by Stevie Chick
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2009

In the early 80s Sonic Youth regenerated the spirit of punk by creating their own spectacular brand of noise rock. Without them, much of the independent rock community that followed would never have come into being and it was a direct result of their influence that Nirvana releases Nevermind on a...
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by Joe Bonomo
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2010

Released in 1979, AC/DC's Highway To Hell was the infamous last album recorded with singer Bon Scott, who died of alcohol poisoning in London in February of 1980. Officially chalked up to "Death by Misadventure," Scott's demise has forever secured the album's reputation as a partying primer...
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by Zoë Howe
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2014

Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks is a musical visionary, a poet and an enduring style icon with a truly phenomenal life story. The Omnibus enhanced Stevie Nicks: Dreams, Visions & Rumours is a celebratory examination of this tale, tracing Stevie’s life from her Arizona childhood, the magic moment when...
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Hey Buddy

In Pursuit of Buddy Holly, My New Buddy John, and My Lost Decade of Music

by Gary W. Moore
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011

The “thoroughly fun . . . [and] crazy good” memoir about one man’s life and how it was changed by the legacy of a rockabilly legend (Chicago Sun-Times). Buddy Holly, icon: black horn-rimmed glasses, blue jeans, a white T-shirt, white socks, loafers, and “Peggy Sue.” Not so much to...
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Capitol Contingency

Post-Punk, Indie Rock, and Noise Pop in Washington, D.C., 1991-99

by Brandon Gentry
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....
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Smoke Snort Swallow Shoot

Legendary Binges, Lost Weekends, and Other Feats of Rock 'n' Roll Incoherence

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Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017

"This frenzied and harrowing roller coaster ride brings together some of the wildest and craziest drug stories ever told between the covers of one book. . . . About as addicting as some of the drug addled personalities that inhabit these grimy pages. . . . Bottom line, pick this one up and if...
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Barred for Life

How Black Flag's Iconic Logo Became Punk Rock's Secret Handshake

by Stewart Dean Ebersole, Jared Castaldi
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013

Cataloging the legacy of the American punk rock pioneers Black Flag, this photo documentary uses stark, contrasting portraits to share the stories of the die-hard fans who wear the iconic four-barred logo tattooed on their skin. From doctors to homeless punks, stories range from the intensely personal...
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Siren Song

My Life in Music

by Seymour Stein, Gareth Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018

The autobiography of America’s greatest living record man: the founder of Sire Records and spotter of rock talent from the Ramones to Madonna. Seymour Stein is America's greatest living record man. Not only has he signed and nurtured more important artists than anyone alive, now sixty years...
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Trouble Boys

The True Story of the Replacements

by Bob Mehr
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Based on a decade of research and reporting--as well as access to the Replacements' key principals, Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson--author Bob Mehr has fashioned something far more compelling than a conventional band bio. Trouble Boys is a deeply intimate portrait,...
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