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From a Battle of the Bands contest in Teignmouth, to the first band ever to sell out the new Wembley Stadium, the story of Muse's stratospheric rise is one of UK rock's most fascinating and incendiary tales. As three unassuming kids from Devon plot a course to become the biggest British rock...

Decades before reality television was invented, Ozzy Osbourne was subversive and dark. Ozzy was the singer in the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and they meant business. In an era when rock bands were measured by how 'heavy' they were, no one was weightier than Black Sabbath. All four founding members...

The biography of the extraordinary career of Dave Grohl, drummer of Nirvana, front man of the Foo Fighters, based on original and exclusive interviews ("A rich history"--New York Times Book Review) This Is a Call, the first in-depth, definitive biography of Dave Grohl, tells the epic...

Siamo nel 1985 e a Los Angeles, due band, gli LA Guns e gli Hollywood Rose, decidono di dar vita alla band più influente degli anni ‘90 dal suono grezzo che ricorda il caro e vecchio rock n’ roll: i GUNS N‘ ROSES. Durante il loro percorso, la rock band ha conosciuto problemi legati a sostanze...

**"Poetic musings on a life well-lived—one that is still moving forward, always creating, always luminous. This isn't your typical autobiography. Garfunkel's history is told in flowing prose, bounding from present to past, far from a linear rags-to-riches story." —Bookreporter "It's hard...

Best known for his unique musical style and blindingly fast hybrid picking technique, English guitarist Albert Lee is often referred to within the music industry as the “guitar player’s guitar player,” renowned for his work across several genres of music and for the respect that he has garnered...

Aufgeschrieben von Thomas Zimmer. Jürgen Zöller ist der Drummer von BAP - einer der erfolgreichsten Rockbands Deutschlands. Jürgen Zöller steht aber auch für viereinhalb Jahrzehnte gelebten Rock'n'Roll in Deutschland: Er hat mit Jimi Hendrix Wein getrunken, und mit Chuck Berry gespielt....

Sedici anni dopo la raccolta di scritti "The Dark Stuff," Nick Kent torna a raccontare gli anni Settanta, l'era dorata del rock. Ma questa volta lo fa in prima persona, spalancando i suoi ricordi personali su quegli anni belli e difficili, eccitanti e turbolenti. Lui era lì, almostfamous,...

Charting the wayward tale of the UK's most notorious group and written with full co-operation of the band this is the ultimate rock and roll story and is destined to become a classic of the genre. From rehab in a Thai monastery to riots at the Astoria, the tabloid exposé of Kate Moss to countless...

More than any other band, Pearl Jam embodies the alternative style that dominates rock today. From their early days as fame-ducking grunge pioneers, through their headline-making battle with Ticketmaster, to their current status as self-assured survivors, Five Against One brings to life Pearl Jam's...

Biography of legendary singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, spanning his nomadic youth and early recording career to his substance abuse, final album, and posthumous Grammy Awards As is the case with so many musicians, the life of Warren Zevon was blessed with talent and opportunity yet also beset...

The Cher Bible, Vol. 1: Essentials "Let's call it what it is, before Britney, before Madonna, there was only Cher." - Gene Simmons, KISS. Rightfully coined the "Goddess of Pop", Cher has conquered music, film and television during her 50-year showbiz career, selling...

Bruce Springsteen has always taken interviews seriously. As he told critic Neil Strauss in 1995, "If I have some work that I've done and want to talk about, that's why I end up doing interviews". Here is an unprecedented collection of Springsteen on Springsteen, spanning the past...

Written by Chris Welch former ÊMelody MakerÊ journalist and Cream confidante this newly-researched book is the first full account of rock's premiere three-man supergroup: guitarist Eric Clapton bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker. From Cream's formation in 1966 to their breakup in 1968 the...