Backbeat: 95 books
We Never Learn
The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Includes a code for free CD download of many of the bands featured in this book! Nirvana, the White Stripes, Hole, the Hives – all sprang from an underground music scene where similarly raw bands, enjoying various degrees of success and hard luck, played for throngs of fans in venues ranging from...
Exit Music
The Radiohead Story
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Radiohead doesn't play by the rules of rock stardom. When conventional wisdom urges a turn to the right, Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Colin Greenwood, and Phil Selway unfailingly turn left. Despite or perhaps because of this, Radiohead has become one of the world's most famous bands, and...
Pro Wrestling FAQ
All That's Left to Know About the World's Most Entertaining Spectacle
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Sport? Entertainment? Art form? Perhaps a bit of all three, with a certain intangible extra something thrown in for good measure, making professional wrestling a truly unique entity unto itself. From its origins in carnivals and sideshow attractions of the 19th century, right up to the multimillion-dollar,...
Million Dollar Mistakes
Steering Your Music Career Clear of Lies, Cons, Catastrophes, and Landmines
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2005
Everyone knows the success stories of the music industry – how Michael Jackson's Thriller blew the roof off and how Clive Davis helped orchestrate Carlos Santana's stunning comeback. But now you'll find out about people who were dead wrong. This book details some of the most expensive blunders ever...
Sinister Urge
The Life and Times of Rob Zombie
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Sinister Urge is the first in-depth, career-spanning biography of heavy-metal musician and filmmaker Rob Zombie. Born Robert Cummings in 1965, Zombie is now as well known for his movies as he is for his music, which he has released and performed both as a solo artist and as part of his early band...
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...
Django Reinhardt
Know the Man, Play the Music
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2005
The music of Django Reinhardt is as important today as it has ever been. Blending jazz and gypsy influences, his exuberant solos and incisive rhythm playing have fascinated – and tantalized – guitarists for half a century. In this book, leading jazz writer Dave Gelly considers Django's life and...
Prog Rock FAQ
All That's Left to Know About Rock's Most Progressive Music
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Prog Rock FAQ traces the controversial, but much misunderstood musical genre through its five-decade history, highlighting the rise, eventual decline, and recent resurgence of one of the most inventive and storied popular musical forms of the latter half of the 20th Century. Prog Rock FAQ digs deep...
Shred!
The Ultimate Guide to Warp-Speed Guitar
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2006
With knuckle-busting lessons covering surefire techniques, Shred! will light a napalm-hot blaze under your fingers and kick your playing up to ludicrous speed! Shredding is a challenge, but this book breaks it down, demystifying guitar solos that sound intimidating on record. Each chapter examines...
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...
Nirvana FAQ
All That's Left to Know About the Most Important Band of the 1990s
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Nirvana FAQ traces the band from its genesis to its end. Founded by friends Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic, Nirvana had a rocky start and a succession of drummers, but by the end of 1990, its debut album, Bleach, had garnered international attention and the group's sixth drummer, Dave Grohl, had...
The Smiths FAQ
All That's Left to Know About the Most Important British Band of the 1980s
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Revered and massively influential, the Smiths have been called the most important band of the fertile U.K. 1980s music scene. While the group was only active for five years (1982 to 1987), the cult of the Manchester-reared foursome has ballooned in the three decades since its dissolution. Despite...
Revolver
How the Beatles Re-Imagined Rock 'n' Roll
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Acquired wisdom has always put Sgt. Pepper at the head of the class, but it was Revolver that truly signaled The Beatles' sea change from a functional band to a studio-based ensemble. These changes began before Rubber Soul but came to fruition on Revolver, which took an astonishing 300 hours to produce,...
by Ernie Rideout
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
From its roots in 1970s New York disco and '80s Detroit techno to today's international, mainstream explosion of such genres as house, trance & dubstep, electronic dance music has reshaped the popular musical landscape. This book digs deep through the archives of Keyboard magazine to unearth the insider...