Chris Welch: 9 books

Yes have now been on the rock circuit for an incredible 34 years. Jon Anderson Steve Howe Rick Wakeman Chris Squire and Bill Bruford are just some of the star players who helped to make the band one of the greatest-ever names in classic rock. Their turbulent story spans the early days of pub and club...

An unforgettable history of the 'fifth' member of Led Zeppelin and the toughest rock manager of them all. Chris Welch separates fact from myth and uncovers his complete story from childhood in war torn London to becoming a bouncer doorman and wrestler and helping turn Zep into rocks biggest attraction of the 70s. Paperback edition.

Written by Chris Welch former ÊMelody MakerÊ journalist and Cream confidante this newly-researched book is the first full account of rock's premiere three-man supergroup: guitarist Eric Clapton bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker. From Cream's formation in 1966 to their breakup in 1968 the...

Eine Analyse ihrer Musik, die im Laufe ihres Aufstiegs von einer naiven, schüchternen Schülerband zur Supergroup, entstanden ist. In das ambitioniert geschriebene Buch des Progressive-Rock-Experten Chris Welch fließen neben detaillierten Kommentaren auch O-Töne der Mitglieder ein. Der Text wird...

The extraordinary story of Vivian Stanshall, lead singer of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, true British eccentric. Charismatic and flamboyant, Vivian Stanshall was a natural frontman for The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. The eccentric group who satirised trad jazz, pop and rock, reached Number five with ‘I’m...

The indispensable consumers' guide to the music of Genesis, one of the most commercially successful rock bands of the 1980s. An album by album, track by track rundown of the music of Genesis, including special sections detailing the work of members Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks, Steve...

Led Zeppelins music has thrilled generations of rock fans. Arising from the blues-rock movement of the late Sixties, it quickly expanded into something enormous, more potent and more simply monumental musical experience, a meeting of and intelligence with a riot of filling out the textures of a formidable repertoire.differing influences, from folk to funk,

Das unentbehrliche Handbuch, vollgepackt mit Informationen zur Musik von The Police und Sting. Album für Album informiert es detailreich über sämtliche Songs, die Gordon Sumner mit seiner Band sowie als Solokünstler produziert hat - angefangen mit 'Outlandos d'Amour', auf dem die Klassiker...

Dubbed the Bulb Hunter in a 2006 New York Times feature story, Chris Wiesinger took his passion for bulbs to vacant lots, abandoned houses, cemeteries, and construction sites throughout the South in search of botanical survivors whose descendants had never seen the inside of a big-box chain store....