Rock category: 3054 books
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Funk, Sex, God and Genius in the Music of Prince
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Named one of the best music books of 2017 by The Wall Street Journal
A unique and kaleidoscopic look into the life, legacy, and electricity of the pop legend Prince and his wideranging impact on our culture
Ben Greenman, New York Times bestselling author, contributing writer to the New...
by Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack, Jason Schneider
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
"Trust Yourself" is excerpted from Have Note Been the Same: The CanRock Renaissance 1985-1995, available as a print or ebook. Published in autumn 2001, Have Not Been the Same became the first book to comprehensively document the rise of Canadian underground rock between the years 1985 and...
Sounds Like Teen Spirit
Stolen Melodies, Ripped-off Riffs, and the Secret History of Rock and Roll
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2016
Sounds Like Teen Spirit provides hundreds of pairings of songs that appear to have "borrowed" their melodies from earlier songs. Readers wil discover the music that influnced the songs of the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and many more. Sounds...
by Joe Gross
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2018
By June 1993, when Washington, D.C.'s Fugazi released their third full-length album In on the Kill Taker, the quartet was reaching a thunderous peak in popularity and influence. With two EPs (combined into the classic CD 13 songs) and two albums (1990's genre-defining Repeater and 1991's impressionistic...
by Steven Rosen
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2012
Were The Who the godfathers of Punk? They are certainly one of the most influential rock bands of all time, and they continue to impress audiences and gain new fans to this day. This is the true story of The Who in the words of those who knew best: the band themselves. With the help of a leading team...
They Call Me Supermensch
A Backstage Pass to the Amazing Worlds of Film, Food, and Rock’n’Roll
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
An eye-popping peek into entertainment industry from the magnetic force who has worked with an impeccable roster of stars throughout his storied career.
In the course of his legendary career as a manager, agent, and producer, Shep Gordon has worked with, and befriended, some of the biggest...
Kanye West Owes Me $300
And Other True Stories from a White Rapper Who Almost Made It Big
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
**“Kanye West Owes Me $300 might be the funniest rap memoir ever.” –LA Weekly
After Vanilla Ice, but before Eminem, there was "Hot Karl," the Jewish kid from the L.A. suburbs who became a rap battling legend—and then almost became a star.**
When 12-year old Jensen Karp...
by Jerry Bloom
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2012
This is a comprehensive in-depth exploration of the career and work of one of the worlds greatest hard rock bands.With the likes of Richie Blackmore, Ian Gillan and David Coverdale passing through their ranks, Deep Purple was always destined to produce extraordinary music - what was less predictable...
by Dennis Munday
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2009
The inside story of The Jam and The Style Council by the man who oversaw their careers!
Record industry executive Dennis Munday's frank account reveals the trials and triumphs of Paul Weller's career, from The Jam's first single in 1977 to the break-up of The Style Council in 1989. He also...
80s Chart-Toppers
Every Chart-Topper Tells a Story
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2012
The '80s were a decade of musical change. As the '70s disco stranglehold was broken, rock, gay, dance and pop music competed with funk and soul, romantic ballads and political protest, computerised music and controversy.
The glamour of costume, greasepaint and cross-dressing was put to good...
by David Nichols
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
When Robert Forster and Grant McLennan formed the Go-Betweens in Brisbane in 1977, they were determined to be different. They were angular, spare, and poetic when crashing directness was the prevailing style. Their heroes were Dylan, Creedence, and Television, when it was more fashionable to cite...
Sound Pictures
The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, The Later Years, 1966–2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
More than anyone besides the bandmates themselves, George Martin was the man who created the unique sound of the Beatles. Sound Pictures offers a powerful and intimate account of how he did so.
The second and final volume of the definitive biography of the man, Sound Pictures traces the story of the...
The Never-Ending Present
The Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
The biography of “Canada’s band”
In the summer of 2016, more than a third of Canadians tuned in to watch what was likely the Tragically Hip’s final performance, broadcast from their hometown of Kingston, Ontario. Why? Because these five men were always more than just a band. They sold...
Lobotomy
Surviving the Ramones
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Lobotomy is a lurid and unlikely temperance tract from the underbelly of rock 'n' roll. Taking readers on a wild rollercoaster ride from his crazy childhood in Berlin and Munich to his lonely methadone-soaked stay at a cheap hotel in Earl's Court and newfound peace on the straight and narrow, Dee...