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Everybody Loves Our Town: A History of Grunge
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....
Extremophile: SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD 2025
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DRAGON AWARDS 2025 FINANCIAL TIMES' BEST SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS OF 2024 Charlie and Parker are punks by night, biohackers by day, living in the stuttering decay of...
Year of the Monkey
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids 'Magical' GUARDIAN 'A gripping tale of the search for meaning in times of turbulence -...
M Train
'So honest and pure as to count as a true rapture' JOAN DIDION 'A poetic masterpiece' JOHNNY DEPP 'Our St John of the Cross, a mystic full of compassion' EDMUND...
Just Kids: the National Book Award-winning memoir
Winner of the Non-Fiction National Book Award Patti Smith's definitive memoir is an evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe. 'Sharp, elegiac...
Tearing Down the Orange Curtain: How Punk Rock Brought Orange County
The untold story of OC punk-the loud, rebellious force behind the '90s explosion of the Orange County music scene, featuring stories about legendary bands like Social Distortion, The Offspring, No...
Factory: The Story of the Record Label
NOW UPDATED, THE STORY OF THE RISE AND FALL OF ONE OF THE UK'S MOST INFLUENTIAL RECORD LABELS Factory Records' fame and fortune were based on two bands - Joy...
Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That
On the 50 th anniversary of Talking Heads, acclaimed music biographer Jonathan Gould presents the long-overdue, definitive story of this singular band, capturing the gritty energy of 1970s New York...
Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That
"Definitive...Not just for Talking Heads fans-it's a masterful dive into downtown New York in the 70s, and the changing face of rock music."- Town & Country " Riveting" - New...
Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain
A TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR AN UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR A RESIDENT MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR In Never Understood...
Goth: A History
'Goth can plausibly claim to be the near-definitive word on the subject' - Guardian Goth is an entertaining and evocative personal history of Goth music and culture, told by a...
Shouting Out Loud: Lives of The Raincoats
'A must-read about these punk trailblazers' KATHLEEN HANNA Art students Gina Birch and Ana da Silva formed The Raincoats in 1977. Since the release of their seminal early records, the...
Walking Disaster
This candid memoir of punk rock, fame, and endurance from Deryck Whibley, lead singer of Sum 41, follows Whibley's rise from a punk kid in Canada to an international star....
A Thousand Threads
The joyous and electric, Women's Prize for Non-Fiction-longlisted memoir from beloved music icon Neneh Cherry A SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN, EVENING STANDARD, UNCUT AND ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE...
Acid For The Children - The autobiography of Flea, the Red Hot Chili
Flea, the iconic bassist and co-founder , alongside Anthony Kiedis, of the immortal Red Hot Chili Peppers finally tells his fascinating origin story, complete with all the dizzying highs and...
Hey Hi Hello: Five Decades of Pop Culture from Britain's First Female
A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A joy to read' Guardian 'I loved this book' Irvine Welsh 'What a story! I adored it' Lauren Laverne As a DJ and...
Rebel Musix, Scribe on a Vibe: Frontline Adventures Linking Punk,
Rebel Musix, Scribe on a Vibe collects the extraordinary output of Vivien Goldman from 1975 onwards; spanning a time when punk burnt its scalding flame to scorch our musical earth...
Rebel Musix, Scribe on a Vibe: Frontline Adventures Linking Punk, Reggae, Afrobeat and Jazz
Rebel Musix, Scribe on a Vibe collects the extraordinary output of Vivien Goldman from 1975 onwards; spanning a time when punk burnt its scalding flame to scorch our musical earth...
Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
'A roadmap for a new generation' VOGUE'Radical, funny and fearless' VANITY FAIR'Gripping' NYLONAn electric, searing memoir by the original Riot Grrrl and legendary frontwoman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre...
Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
'A roadmap for a new generation' VOGUE'Radical, funny and fearless' VANITY FAIR'Gripping' NYLONAn electric, searing memoir by the original Riot Grrrl and legendary frontwoman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre...
The Amplified Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana
A downright revolutionary 30th-anniversary deluxe edition of the iconic bestselling biography of Nirvana, updated with exclusive new content exploring the personal and cultural forces that inspired the music, the author's...
The Amplified Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana
Author: Michael AzerradFormat: Hardback, 178mm x 229mm, 1100g, 624 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2024 A downright revolutionary 30th-anniversary deluxe edition of the iconic bestselling biography of Nirvana, updated...