Rock category: 3054 books
Corn Flakes with John Lennon
And Other Tales from a Rock 'n' Roll Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Robert Hilburn's storied career as a rock critic has allowed him a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of some of the most iconic figures of our time. He was the only music critic to visit Folsom Prison with Johnny Cash. He met John Lennon during his lost weekend period in Los Angeles and they became...
by Mark Duffett
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Bryan Adams is a one man rock’n’roll success story: he went from washing dishes for $2.50 per hour to becoming a multi-millionaire by making music that people liked. Adams’ ‘Reckless’ album sold over 10 million units globally whilst his ballad ‘Everything I Do (I Do It For You)’ cleared...
Johnny's Jukebox Trivia
1,001 Fantastic Questions from the Golden Age of Rock and Roll
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2002
Jukebox Johnny presents 1,001 of his best trivia questions about all of your favorite performers from the Golden Age of Rock & Roll. The questions in this book will thrill, entertain, amuse, and stump you! Even hard core fans will learn new tidbits about their favorite performers and how they...
by Blackie Dammett
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
'Ashley took me to the Roxy one afternoon to meet John Lennon. The Roxy was a new Elmer Valentine and Lou Adler club on the hallowed ground of the old Largo Strip Club, next door to the Rainbow. In the middle of the day, it was normally closed and empty, but today John Lennon was up in the private...
London's Burning
True Adventures on the Front Lines of Punk, 19761977
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
The summer of 1976 through the summer of 1977 was the most significant year in British rock history, when punk rock rose from a murmur on the streets to a roar of defiance that still reverberates today. This collection of vivid memories of concerts and cultural flash points focuses on what was happening...
Music Express
The Rise, Fall & Resurrection of Canada's Music Magazine
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
The glory days of rock from the perspective of Canada’s original music magazine.
The story of Music Express is told through the unique perspective of Keith Sharp, the magazine’s founder and editor. During its seventeen-year existence, Music Express rose from a small, Calgary-based regional...
Children of the Revolution
The Glam Rock Story 1970–1975
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
The definitive A-to-Z guide to a period of pomp, glitz, glamour, and parent-worrying fashion unlike any other Despite its disposable appearance, glam rock has survived and thrived for four decades, and is now viewed as one the best loved and most productive periods for pop music. From the UK, its...
Exploring U2
Is This Rock 'n' Roll?: Essays on the Music, Work, and Influence of U2
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011
Exploring U2: Is This Rock 'n' Roll? features new writing in the growing field of U2 studies. Edited by Scott Calhoun, with a foreword by Anthony DeCurtis, Exploring U2 contains selections from the 2009 inaugural gathering of "The Hype and The Feedback: A Conference Exploring The Music, Work...
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Stories from a Hard Rock Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
Entertaining, crazy, and hilarious stories from Scott Ian of Anthrax
Scott Ian, famous for cofounding legendary thrash metal band Anthrax and only slightly less so for his iconic beard, has done and seen a lot in his decades of touring. Those of you who have read Scott's memoir I'm the Man...
Becoming Jimi Hendrix
From Southern Crossroads to Psychedelic London, the Untold Story of a Musical Genius
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
Becoming Jimi Hendrix traces “Jimmy’s” early musical roots, from a harrowing, hand-to-mouth upbringing in a poverty-stricken, broken Seattle home to his early discovery of the blues to his stint as a reluctant recruit of the 101st Airborne who was magnetically drawn to the rhythm and blues scene...
by Jason Schneider
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
"Urge for Going" is excerpted from Whispering Pines: The Northern Roots of American Music ... From Hank Snow to The Band, available as a print or ebook. Canadian songwriters have always struggled to create work that reflects the environment in which they were raised, while simultaneously...
Everybody Wants Some
The Van Halen Saga
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2009
The first definitive biography of the ultimate American rock band
How did a pair of little Dutch boys trained in classical music grow up to become the nucleus of the most popular heavy metal band of all time? What's the secret behind Eddie Van Halen's incredible fast and furious guitar solos?...
by Jeff Perkins
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
This is the ultimate critical review of a legendary band, from the early days playing obscure clubs to conquering the world. For many fans, Bon Scott was a legendary front man without equal, and his powerful voice was the key to a host of classic hits from Whole Lotta Rosie to Let There Be Rock. After...
Punk Rock
An Oral History
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Vibrant and volatile, the punk scene left an extraordinary legacy of music and cultural change, and this work talks to those who cultivated the movement, weaving together their accounts to create a raw and unprecedented oral history of punk in the United Kingdom. From the Clash, Crass, Henry Rollins,...