In one of the most unique memoirs of addiction ever published, Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx shares mesmerizing diary entries from the year he spiraled out of control in a haze of heroin and cocaine, presented alongside riveting commentary from people who were there at the time, and from Nikki himself. When Motley Crue was at the height of its fame, ...
Based on more than 400 interviews; four years of research; exclusive access to Cobain's unpublished diaries; and a wealth of documentation, Heavier Than Heaven traces Cobain's life from his early days in a trailer to his rise to fame and the adulation of a generation. Cross reveals the familial turmoil that fuelled Cobain's creativity and the ...
The Eagles wrote the soundtrack to the seventies and eighties, but backstage there were no peaceful, easy feelings. For the first time ever, a member of the band tells what life in the fast lane was really like. Two 16-page photo inserts.
Not since Greta Garbo and Jackie Onassis has any celebrity worked so diligently to protect his privacy. But here bestselling author J. Randy Taraborrelli cracks Jackson's carefully constructed show biz facade--a persona that he has methodically manufactured to hide his private life. 16 pages of photographs.
Bob Dylan's classic 1974 anthem Forever Young is reimagined by award-willing illustrator Rogers. In this picture book, the lyrics follow the story of a young boy who travels through Dylan's life, living in the footsteps of a musical legend. Full color.
In this humorous autobiography, former Van Halen singer David Lee Roth shares his outrageous experiences as a superstar. He relives the thrills of smashing guitars on stage, sleeping with groupies, and literally rolling in dollar bills. He also dishes out the dirt on his ex-band mates Eddie and Alex Van Halen. Black-and-white photographs that bear ...
The final volume of Peter Guralnick's two-part Elvis Presley biography begins and ends with two Elvis departures: the first in 1958 for a two year stint in Germany with the US Army, the second his final exit in 1977, on the floor of the bathroom of his Graceland mansion, following an overdose of barbiturates. CARELESS LOVE is a revealingly ...
Told in the words of his musical accomplices, fellow-travelers, friends, and lovers, "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" is an intimate and unusual biography of fabled singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, the musical force behind such dark, witty rock-and-roll classics as "Werewolves of London" and "Roland, the Headless Thompson Gunner." Narrated by Crystal ...
From Black Flag to Mudhoney, Michael Azerrad's OUR BAND COULD BE YOUR LIFE is a comprehensive overview of the most influential post-punk bands of the 1980s. Packed with intelligent insights, revealing interviews with key players like Mike Watt of the Minutemen and Firehose and Black Flag's Henry Rollins, and useful analysis of influential bands ...
As the author of the Led Zeppelin biography HAMMER OF THE GODS, one of the great rock books about one of the great rock bands, Stephen Davis is perhaps uniquely qualified as a chronicler of rock & roll intemperance. His Aerosmith bio, co-authored with the band's members, is a detailed history of the roots, the music, and the druggy dissipation of ...
The legendary Frank Zappa, one of the most influential, innovative and controversial musical artists for the past 20 years, takes us on a wild, funny trip through his life and times. Along the way, Zappa offers his inimitable views on many things such as art, politics and beer.
The story of the American rock band, The Doors, by its drummer. John Densmore remembers how the music grew, but cannot forget how Jim Morrison tore himself, and the band, apart. Here, Densmore wrestles with the demons that have haunted him since Morrison's death in 1971.
From Grace Slick's epiphany at the age of nine watching a Betty Grable movie (winningly titled THE BEAUTIFUL BLONDE FROM BASHFUL BEND) to her later romantic dalliances with most of the Jefferson Airplane and the Doors' Jim Morrison, among a host of others, the singer who was to become an icon for a generation of music fans followed her own muse. ...
As one of the Grateful Dead's founder members, bassist Phil Lesh knows his audience-- only a few brief pages into his autobiography, SEARCHING FOR THE SOUND, he's already on his first acid trip and being chauffeured around San Francisco by Merry Prankster Neal Cassady. There are Acid Tests, subsequent instances of telepathy, as well as mayhem ...
"Play All Night!" details Duane Allman's childhood, adolescence, and adulthood (brief though it was), exploring his musical influences, his early bands, his relationship with Gregg Allman (his equally famous brother), his sessions as a sideman in Muscle Shoals and New York, his monumental work on Eric Clapton's "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs ...
'Good band, even better book ...Essential reading' - "Record Collector". One of 2007's Most Intriguing Books - "LA Weekly". 'Highly recommended for Van Halen completists' - Chuck Klosterman, "Esquire". 'Respect is due to author Ian Christe. His book is perfectly pitched, capturing both the flamboyant excitement and inherent absurdity of the ...
Go on tour in the 1960s with Don Nix as he travels from his roots in Memphis. Along the way readers will meet the likes of Elvis, Joe Cocker, Leon Russell, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, and Paul Simon. And they'll eat--Eagles drummer Don Henley's renowned texas Chili one night and bluesman John Mayall's Shepherd's Pie the next. 44 photos.
This is a rock 'n roll classic - back in print, updated and revised. One of the funniest rock memoirs ever! Al Kooper's legendary "Backstage Passes" is available again. Al's quirkly life from would'be teenage rocker, to crashing Bob Dylan's recording session and playing the organ on Highway 61, to forming Blood, Sweat and Tears, and masterminding ...
From a "New York Times"-bestselling author comes the complete story of Guns N' Roses--from their drug-fueled blast-off in the 1980s to the turbulent life of infamous singer Axl Rose and his 15-year, multimillion-dollar effort to make the perfect rock album. Two 8-page b&w photo inserts.
This deluxe gift book is the first and only authorized Jonas Brothers book featuring more than 250 never-before-seen photos and exclusive commentary by the brothers. Includes such tour memorabilia as set lists, concert programs, and guitar picks as well as Polaroids taken on the tour by Joe Jonas. Full color. Consumable.
David Crosby's long-awaited autobiography chronicles the rock era from the '60s through the '80s, while telling the gripping and brutally frank tale of his life from the heights of superstardom with the group Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young to the depths of his drug-related imprisonment.
He disliked marmalade and cold sheets. His likes included music, mountains, hair, and strawberry shortcake. He immortalized his penis in plaster, set fire to his guitar, and choked to death on his own vomit at the age of 27. Charles R. Cross's biography of seismic rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix is packed both with small details and riveting testimony ...
The Band, who backed Bob Dylan when he went electric in 1965 and then turned out a half-dozen albums of beautifully crafted, image-rich songs, is now regarded as one of the most influential rock groups of the '60s. But while their music evoked a Southern mythology, only their Arkansawyer drummer, Levon Helm, was the genuine article. From the ...
The meteoric rise and eventual crash-landing of the Jefferson Airplane is chronicled in Jeff Tamarkin's book, GOT A REVOLUTION!, which follows the band from its start in San Francisco in 1965, up until its mid-'80s pop hits as Starship. One of the most influential groups to come out of a remarkable musical and cultural revolution that included the ...
Authorized by Bruce Springsteen, written by his longtime biographer Dave Marsh, and packed with photos from Bruce's personal collection, this retrospective is a glorious full-color tribute to one of America's best-loved musicians.
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