Jeff Apter: 15 books

Uno charming man capace di incantare il pubblico, un musicista eclettico, un punk affascinato da voci femminili senza tempo, come quelle di Billie Holiday e Nina Simone, dall’energia dei Led Zeppelin e dalla sfrontatezza dei Dead Kennedys, un artista in costante conflitto con le logiche di mercato...

Teen idol. King of Pop. Voice of the common man. Australian of the Year. Friend. Icon. Superstar. John Farnham is the quintessential Aussie legend. As a teenager he gave up an apprenticeship to chase his musical dreams, hitting the big time with ‘Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)’. A family man...

Dave Grohl ist für Viele der beste Schlagzeuger, Gitarrist und Sänger auf dem Planeten. Ein musikalisches Schwergewicht, das mit Nirvana Musikgeschichte geschrieben hat und mit seiner aktuellen Band Foo Fighters riesige Stadien rockt. Ganz nebenbei sammelt er auch noch mit Gold und Platin veredelte...

Here is the extreme story of the indestructible LA group from their early funk days to eventual success as one of America's top-selling bands. Despite an epic reputation for exhibitionism, drug taking and debauchery, through it all the Chili Peppers have continued to produce records that shock, challenge...

A história do The Cure começa como a de tantas outras bandas de rock ao redor do planeta. Um grupo de amigos entediados, numa pacata cidade, com uma ideia na cabeça: liberar o tédio e a frustração adolescentes através de música melancólica com guitarras. Um enredo bastante comum. Mas o aspecto...

Die definitive Geschichte des klassischen post-punk/gothic Pop-Gruppe aus Crawley, der globale Superstars unwahrscheinlich geworden - The Cure. Jeff Apter Charts die Entwicklung und den Aufstieg der Band, Detaillierung die Höhen und Tiefen - darunter, wie ihren ersten "großen" Album...

A pure drop explores all of Buckley's fascinating facets and seeks to explain why he became so extraordinarily influential. It was his take on John Cale's cover version of Leonard Cohen's rather obscure song 'Hallelujah' that made the number famous and one solitary album - Grace - that caused everyone...

The Cure emerged in the post-punk 70s and defied all expectations to launch a marathon career marked by hit records and a string of sell-out arena shows. Never Enough traces The Cure's roots in middle-class Crawley, Sussex, and tracks their gradual rise, revealing how their first major album Pornography,...

The eclectic Orange County band No Doubt was formed in 1986 by Eric Stefani and John Spence who soon recruited Eric’s younger sister Gwen as co-vocalist. With the addition of Tony Kanal on Bass, they launched a 20 year career that would fuse ska, grunge, alt. rock and shades of several other musical...

The unauthorised biography of Australia’s most successful country music star, Keith Urban.Keith Urban – suburban loner, gifted guitarist, drug addict, platinum-plated superstar – has squeezed a lot of living into his 44 years. He now ranks with Kylie Minogue, INXS, Silverchair and Savage Garden...

Teenage punk self-taught musician bandleader session man smoker drinker multi-millionaire David Grohl has achieved a rare feat a rock n roll double crown having been a member of two hugely successful and influential bands Nirvana and The Foo Fighters. Loaded with candid interviews and hard truths...

Angus Young, the founder and the last original member of AC/DC still in the band, has for more than forty years been the face, sound, and sometimes the exposed backside of the trailblazing rock band. In his trademark schoolboy outfit, guitar in hand, Angus has applied his signature style to songs...

Chippie, surfie, glam rocker in bib n braces, kids show host, breakfast DJ and straight-talking superstar, Graeme Ronald Strachan was many things to many people. But he was always Shirley, from the time his teenage surfie mates re-christened him to the day he died in a helicopter crash in 2001, aged...

A story of breakthroughs, breakdowns, sibling rivalry and respect - and some of the best pop songs this side of Lennon and McCartney. To rattle off the hits of Neil and Tim Finn reads like a checklist of recent pop history. And to think it all began in sleepy rural Te Awamutu - a town whose...