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Nicholas Tochka analyzes the role of rock music in the life of Charles Manson, the Family, and the August 1969 Tate-LaBianca killings, which also gives larger insight into Sixties counterculture....

How did Melbourne earn its place as one of the world's 'music cities'? Beginning with the arrival of rock 'n' roll in the 1950s, this book explores the development of...

There has never been a band like Pearl Jam. The Seattle quintet has recorded eleven studio albums; sold some 85 million records; played over a thousand shows, in fifty countries;...

Revolution is a detailed exploration into the era of Prince's most prolific and groundbreaking music made with considerable inspiration and performed by a unique cadre of musicians he gathered and...

P-Funk keyboardist Daniel Bedrosian brings to life the recording and musical activity of Parliament-Funkadelic in 1975, an epoch-making year marked by the release of three seminal albums: Chocolate City, Let's...

Intertextual, passionate and personal throughout, Crowded House's Together Alone is a key addition to the surprisingly limited range of scholarship on one of Australasia's most successful and adored bands. Fusing...

This latest entry in Backbeat's best-selling handbook series starts by exploring the humble beginnings of blues guitar through the early decades of the 20th century, moving into profiles of such...

From her early days as a Disney darling to the fully-fledged pop powerhouse we see today, Sabrina Carpenter has spent over a decade proving she's a force to be reckoned...

Authoritatively written and featuring rare photography and memorabilia, this beautiful slipcased hardcover is the only illustrated gift book to examine Queen's most iconic album, A Night at the Opera. In...

From Sunday Times bestselling author Lesley-Ann Jones Scandalous affairs and public divorce. Addiction and fiery passion. And of course, the iconic song writing... Christine McVie - born Christine Perfect -...

Stuart Wood's love of music was ignited at fourteen when he, along with three schoolmates, formed a band. By the time he turned fifteen, he had left school to pursue...

'Hugely entertaining history' - Mojo Between the late '60s and early '80s, design house Hipgnosis created some of the most iconic and ubiquitous album artwork of all time. Their original...

Welcome Daydreamers to this all-encompassing superfan book on everything there is to know and love about the modern icon that is Adele. From being raised by a superwoman single mother...

Discover music that dared to be different, risked reputations and put careers in jeopardy - causing fascination and intrigue in some and rejection and scorn in others. This is what...

From her early days as a Disney darling to the fully-fledged pop powerhouse we see today, Sabrina Carpenter has spent over a decade proving she's a force to be reckoned...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A fascinating perspective on a great pop story.' Sunday Times 'A career this packed with highs - and personal lows - makes for dream memoir fodder.'...

Featuring fresh insights from all eleven studio albums-from Taylor Swift to The Tortured Poets Department-Taylor Swift: Album by Album mines her life, lyrics, and music like nothing else before it....

'A sensational book. Chan roves across her vast subject with confidence and grace, thrilling the reader with one eye-opening insight after another. I will never see art, and hear music,...

Kurt Cobain's life-story, from his deprived and manic childhood, to international stardom, wild sex, heroin addiction, alcoholism and violent death, is one of the most chilling in rock music history....

The worlds of pop and rock owe a much greater debt to the classical canon than we realise. A direct and fascinating lineage draws from the experimentalism of Pierre Henry...

Stuart Wood's love of music was ignited at fourteen when he, along with three schoolmates, formed a band. By the time he turned fifteen, he had left school to pursue...

The book titled Lyrics on Several Occasions: Gershwin Lyrics by the author Ira Gershwin. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Featuring fresh insights from all eleven studio albums-from Taylor Swift to The Tortured Poets Department-Taylor Swift: Album by Album mines her life, lyrics, and music like nothing else before it....

The book titled Unforgettable: The Life and Mystique of Nat King Cole by the author Leslie Gourse. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

Thanks to a thrown beer bottle and a fan letter to a P.O. box, Melissa Auf der Maur's first band scored an opening slot for the Smashing Pumpkins in her...

This biography of Paul McCartney examines his childhood, the early days of the Beatles, the arrival of Epstein, and the development of Beatlemania. It reveals much about the powerplay among...

The book titled The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Jazz: An Indispensable A-Z of the by the author Brian Case. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

Johnny Cash cuts an iconic figure in music history. With his humble demeanour, sombre outfits and that distinctive deep voice, he crossed multiple genres with great success gospel, rock and...

The image of Thelonious Sphere Monk (1917-1982), with his trademark goatee, dark glasses, and hat, is today a poster-image of coolness just as Che Guevara's face once was an image...

It's the early 1990s in Glasgow, and Stephen - music loving romantic - has emerged from a lengthy hospital stay diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, a little-understood disease that has...

Ask the gangsta rap devotee. Ask the grizzled blues fanatic and the bearded folk fan. Ask the goth and the indie kid. Ask and they will all tell you the...

Grunge, also known as the 'Seattle sound', is the sludgy fusion of punk rock and heavy metal that emerged from the Pacific Northwest in the early part of the 1980s....

The book titled Who's Who of Jazz by the author John Chilton. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Bob Thiele has been a producer of popular music in America since the 1940s. Recounting his life in the music industry, Thiele relates his personal and professional relationships with Buddy...

"Darius has always been one of my favorite people to sing with and to call a friend in this industry and yet even knowing him well for as long as...

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller * Named one of Variety's Best Music Books of 2021 * Included in Audible's Best of The Year list * A Business Insider Best...

A unique photographic look at America's greatest musical art forms-blues, jazz, R&B, soul, rock, Cajun, and zydeco-and the musical greats who keep the music alive today. Fans of blues, soul,...

The book titled Outside is America: "U2" in U.S. by the author Alan Carter. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Winner of the American Library Association Alex Award One woman's extraordinary journey from child bride to global changemaker At just 10 years old, Sonita Alizada was nearly sold into marriage....

A special collectors edition packed with never-before-seen archival material, this is the definitive inside story of grime: raw, unfiltered, and impossible to ignore. 'A definitive history of the genre' -...

A dive into music history, from Joan Baez and Jimi Hendrix to Rihanna and Lady Gaga, exploring the eclectic interpretation of fashion and society. Frida Giannini's book travels through time,...

With pieces drawn from the extensive personal collection of Pharrell Williams, this is a stunning and unprecedented exploration of the "bling" in hip-hop culture and fashion. Few recording artists have...

If you've seen images of the biggest entertainers-Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Lil Kim, Britney Spears, Rihanna, J. Lo, or Madonna-on stage in a crystallized costume, you've seen the...

Finding the right rhyme can be excruciating, songwriters too often choosing ridiculous words in desperation. This is an invaluable resource for any budding songwriter or even an experienced lyricist with...

Pink Floyd are one of the most iconic and influential rock bands in the world: their sonic ambition, lyrical dexterity and structural ability are unparalleled in rock music. Since their...

Taylor Swift for Adults is a tantalising opening salvo in Swiftology - the study of the work of Taylor Swift. While Swift's private life has been covered to death, her...

"Darius has always been one of my favorite people to sing with and to call a friend in this industry and yet even knowing him well for as long as...

Women played crucial roles in the history of rock music. Without Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a gospel-singing electric guitarist, rock might never have been born. Janis Joplin and Grace Slick were...