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80s Redux: Your Favorite Musicians Today
The influence of 80s culture is undeniable, perhaps most popularly in music. So what are the musicians who built the sonic landscape of the 80s up to? Photographer Mike Hipple...
Fall Out Boy: The Biography
Fall Out Boy were front-and-centre of the emo scene of the mid-2000s, gaining a devoted following with their infectious brand of pop-punk. After a tumultuous decade, the band are now...
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....
Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd
UPDATED FOR 2017 WITH A NEW CHAPTERThe definitive history of Pink Floyd, one of the world's great bands, by founder member Nick Mason.Pink Floyd is one of the most creative,...
Different Every Time: The Authorised Biography of Robert Wyatt
Robert Wyatt started out as the drummer and singer for Soft Machine, who shared a residency at Middle Earth with Pink Floyd and toured America with Jimi Hendrix. He brought...
Pigs Might Fly: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd
Interest in Pink Floyd remains as intense as ever even 40 years after the release of Dark Side of the Moon, with lavish box-sets collecting demos and out-takes, and Roger...
AC/DC: Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be
AC/DC moved to Britain from Sydney in 1975, and soon set up a residency at London's Marquee Club. Their short hair (including the odd mullet), loud rock and attitude chimed...
Duke Ellington and His World
Based on lengthy interviews with Ellington's bandmates, family, and friends, Duke Ellington and His World offers a fresh look at this legendary composer. The first biography of the composer written...
Just a Shot Away: Peace, Love, and Tragedy with the Rolling Stones at
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"The most blisteringly impassioned music book of the season." --New York Times Book Review A thrilling account of the Altamont Festival--and the dark side of the '60s. If Woodstock tied...
Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass
Globe and Mail National Bestseller"It's not surprising that sooner or later I'd dive down the proverbial rabbit hole into the world of vintage bass guitars."-Geddy LeeFrom Rush frontman Geddy Lee's...
The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll: The Illustrated Story of Sun Records and
A fascinating look at the history of Sun Records, the label that started Rock n' Roll, told through 70 of its iconic recordings.In Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1950s, there was...
Ace Records: Labels Unlimited
To read Ace Records is to explore the history of modern music and to discover the stories of the people that made it. Visually stunning and hugely entertaining, the book...
Get the Led Out: How Led Zeppelin Became the Biggest Band in the World
Get the Led Out is the ultimate book on the ultimate band. This lushly illustrated volume starts with a unique day-by-day timeline based on Carol Miller's radio show, revealing quirky...
The Overrated Book
This work deals with hip lampoons of the music industry by comedians. Put together by the staff of "Chunklet Magazine", this work is a paragon of satire for the holy...
Highway to Hell: The Little Guide to AC/DC
Giving Satan tinnitus since 1973!Jacked up to the max with plenty of juice left to squeeze, AC/DC can still ignite their excitable audiences with their supercharged, power-cord hungry rock, even...
Rock on Film: The Movies That Rocked the Big Screen
When the use of Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" turned 1955's Blackboard Jungle into a teen sensation and a box-office smash, it proved the opening shot in a cinematic...
Desolation: A Heavy Metal Memoir
A gritty, revealing heavy metal memoir by Lamb of God's lead guitarist and co-lyricist, which explores both his life in music and his tumultuous path through addiction and into recovery.DESOLATION...
Bedsit Disco Queen: How I grew up and tried to be a pop star
I was only sixteen when I bought an electric guitar and joined a band. A year later, I formed an all-girl band called the Marine Girls and played gigs, and...
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 the...
Desolation: A Heavy Metal Memoir
A gritty, revealing heavy metal memoir by Lamb of God's lead guitarist and co-lyricist, which explores both his life in music and his tumultuous path through addiction and into recovery.DESOLATION...
Come My Fanatics: A Journey into the World of Electric Wizard
In 1993, in the market town of Wimborne Minster in Dorset, England, the heaviest band in the world was born: Electric Wizard. Led by guitarist and singer Jus Oborn, the...
Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain
AN UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024For 5 years after they'd swapped sought-after apprenticeships for life on the dole, brothers William and Jim Reid sat up till the early hours...
Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath - and Beyond
A Rough Trade Book of the YearThe Sunday Times bestsellerThe much-anticipated first book from Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler With over 70 million records sold, heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath...
Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath - and Beyond
A Rough Trade Book of the YearThe Sunday Times bestsellerThe much-anticipated first book from Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler With over 70 million records sold, heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath...
Being Britney: Pieces of a Modern Icon
With her canon of best-selling singles, electrifying stage performances and iconic music videos, Britney Spears is undoubtedly a modern pop superstar. But her story has long been clouded by society's...
The Little Guide to Prince: Wisdom and Wonder from the Lovesexy
Remembered for his flamboyant stage presence and his innovative and distinctive music videos, Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson) is still widely regarded as one of the greatest musicians of all...
A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene:
The first biography of the thriving and influential rock scene in Chapel Hill, which gave the world artists like Ben Folds Five, Superchunk, and Squirrel Nut ZippersNorth Carolina has always...
Hercules!: The A to Z of Elton John
Comprising a vivid and varied series of miniature biographies, revealing profiles, thought-provoking essays and a multitude of previously unknown anecdotes and quotes, Hercules!: The A to Z of Elton John...
In Perfect Harmony: Singalong Pop in '70s Britain
A Telegraph Book of the YearA Guardian Book of the YearA Shindig Book of the Year A Virgin Radio Book of the YearAwarded the certificate of merit in the 2023...
Futuromania: Electronic Dreams, Desiring Machines and Tomorrow's Music
Simon Reynolds's first book in eight years is a celebration of music that feels like a taste of tomorrow. Sounds that prefigure pop music's future - the vanguard genres and...
Futuromania: Electronic Dreams, Desiring Machines and Tomorrow's Music
Simon Reynolds's first book in eight years is a celebration of music that feels like a taste of tomorrow. Sounds that prefigure pop music's future - the vanguard genres and...
Don't You Leave Me Here: My Life
'Man, there's nothing like being told you're dying to make you feel alive.' - Wilko JohnsonIn 2013, Dr Feelgood founder, Blockheads member and musical legend Wilko Johnson was diagnosed with...
The Rejects: An Alternative History of Popular Music
Imagine you've made it. You and your friends have hit the big time in music and you're going to be a star. But then, quite suddenly, it's over. Your best...
Dusty: The Classic Biography Revised and Updated
The story of pop legend Dusty Springfield from the people who knew her, from her troubled childhood to 60s mod queen and enduring music icon. Dusty Springfield was one of...
The Rejects: An Alternative History of Popular Music
Imagine you've made it. You and your friends have hit the big time in music and you're going to be a star. But then, quite suddenly, it's over. Your best...
Bono on Bono: Conversations with Michka Assayas
Bono is one of the most influential musicians at work today. Over the past twenty-five years his band, U2, have sold a staggering 130 million albums and collected 14 Grammys....
What's Your Era?: A celebration of Taylor Swift
As Taylor Swift releases her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poet's Department, catch up on all her previous eras through the ultimate fan book. Are you a Fearless enthusiast or...
Life's Too Short: A Memoir
"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...
Dirty Blvd.: The Life and Music of Lou Reed
Lou Reed made it his mission to rub people the wrong way, whether it was with the noise rock he produced with the Velvet Underground in the late 1960s or...
Travelling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell
Time Must-Read Books of 2024Independent Best Non-Fiction Books 2024Mojo Books of the Year 2024"A vibrant, multifaceted portrait of a music enigma" Guardian"A powerful portrait" Irish Independent"Displays a bracing rigour and...
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...
Travelling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell
An Independent Best Non-Fiction Book 2024A Mojo Book of the Year 2024"A vibrant, multifaceted portrait of a music enigma" Guardian"A powerful portrait" Irish Independent"Displays a bracing rigour and an exhilarating...
What's Your Era?: A celebration of Taylor Swift
As Taylor Swift releases her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poet's Department, catch up on all her previous eras through the ultimate fan book. Are you a Fearless enthusiast or...
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...
My Name is Barbra: The Sunday Times Bestselling Autobiography and Music Book of the Year
Author: Barbra StreisandFormat: Hardback, 165mm x 242mm, 1320g, 992 pagesPublished: Cornerstone, United Kingdom, 2023The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and...
Life's Too Short: A Memoir
Author: Darius RuckerFormat: Paperback, 152mm x 230mm, 350g, 256 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2024 "Darius has always been one of my favorite people to sing with and to...
Dusty: The Classic Biography Revised and Updated
Author: Lucy O'BrienFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 290g, 304 pagesPublished: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2024The story of pop legend Dusty Springfield from the people who knew her, from...