Dave Thompson: 38 books
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...
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...
Dancing Barefoot
The Patti Smith Story
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Offering a unique analysis and discussion of her life, career, and work, this is the true story of Patti Smith. Widely acknowledged as one of the most significant American artists of the rock age, an acclaimed poet, and a figurehead for many liberal political causes, Patti Smith went from an ugly-duckling...
by Dave Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
On Halloween night 1983, at an ROTC dance on a college campus deep in the heart of Vermont, the band subsequently known as Phish played their very first gig.
It was a total disaster.
But it was the beginning of an era. Here's the whole story.
by Dave Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2010
All Aboard the Crazy Train
This is Ozzy Osbourne in all his raw and unfiltered glory; four decades worth of his best quotes, oddest observations, risqué retorts, and yes, even articulate ponderings. Ozzy might come across as a nutter (and rightly so), but when you sit down and seriously consider...
by Dave Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
The films that society has termed pornographic movies have been with us for over a century now, since the first flickering kinetoscopes stumbled into life in 1889. Yet beyond a handful of scholarly tracts, and a few glancing references in certain Hollywood histories, there is no modern history of...
by Dave Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
The Bayou is a world of its own - a marshy, sometimes treacherous, oft-times sinister land of creeping darkness and living shadows, secret legends and vivid mythology. It is that darkness and those shadows that permeate Bayou Underground, the first study of the Louisiana music scene ever to leave...
by Dave Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
From tips for evaluating recordings, to lively discussions of bootlegs and piracy, to the history of recording formats, to collectible artists and more, The Music Lover's Guide to Record Collecting covers all the tracks. Designed for anyone who collects records for pleasure or profit, at garage sales...
by Dave Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
Your Vinyl Answer
Goldmine's Essential Guide to Record Collecting celebrates some of the finest vinyl ever pressed by music’s greatest artists. You'll find the royalty of Rock (Elvis, The Beatles, the Rolling Stones), the pioneers of Punk (The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones), Motown's...
Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell
The Dangerous Glitter of David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
When Lou Reed and Iggy Pop first met David Bowie in the fall of 1971, Bowie was just another English musician passing through New York City. Lou was still recovering from the collapse of the Velvet Underground, and Iggy had already been branded a loser... Yet within two years they completely changed...
The Rocky Horror Picture Show FAQ
Everything Left to Know About the Campy Cult Classic
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
The Rocky Horror Picture Show FAQ is the in-depth story of not only the legendary stage show and movie but of a unique period in theatrical history – in the movie's UK homeland as well as overseas. Rocky Horror has been performed worldwide for more than 40 years in over 30 countries and has been...
Haunted America FAQ
All That's Left to Know About the Most Haunted Houses, Cemeteries, Battlefields, and More
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Take a fast-paced survey of the ghosties, ghouls, and associated denizens of the country's haunted history with Haunted America FAQ. Tracing local ghost stories back to Native American legends and then forward through horror tales both ancient and modern, the book revisits some of the best known haunted...
by Dave Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
The films that society has termed pornographic movies have been with us for over a century now, since the first flickering kinetoscopes stumbled into life in 1889. Yet beyond a handful of scholarly tracts, and a few glancing references in certain Hollywood histories, there is no modern history of...
South Park FAQ
All That's Left to Know About The Who, What, Where, When of America's Favorite Mountain Town
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
There are few modern animated television shows that could survive over a decade and a half and remain as funny... or as stupid... or as sick... or as depraved... today as when they started. Even fewer can claim to cater to “mature” audiences, while their critics complain that everything about...