Rock category: 3054 books
Love Him Madly
An Intimate Memoir of Jim Morrison
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Chronicling a young woman’s four-year relationship with the lead singer of the Doors, this intensely intimate memoir provides a direct and unprecedented view of the late-1960s Los Angeles subculture. When Judy Huddleston's parents got divorced, she spent her last year of high school attending concerts....
by Tori Amos, Ann Powers
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
I choose to fight my battles through my music . . . I was born a feminist. And then at age five, when my strict Christian grandmother punished me, I realized, I’m not penetrating here. I’m just pissing people off. So I had to find another way to penetrate. I had to redefine what that word means....
by Henry Rollins
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2009
Henry Rollins is an artist whose legendary, no-holds-barred performances encompasses music, acting, and written and spoken word. As Details magazine said when it named Rollins the 1994 Man of the Year: "through two decades of rage and discipline, Henry Rollins has transformed himself from an...
One Train Later
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
"The train jerks to a halt, and as I get out at Oxford Circus, Stewart gets out with me. We look at each other, laugh, and make the standard remark about it being a small world. But this is the brilliant collision, one train later and it might all have turned out differently."
In...
The Beatles: The BBC Archives
1962-1970
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
A carefully curated collection of the surviving transcripts of the Beatles’ appearances on BBC Radio and Television from 1962 to 1970, featuring commentary from author and Beatles expert Kevin Howlett and rare photographs and memorabilia from the BBC.
The year 2013 marks the fiftieth anniversary...
Fare Thee Well
The Final Chapter of the Grateful Dead's Long, Strange Trip
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
A tell-all biography of the epic in-fighting of the Grateful Dead in the years following band leader Jerry Garcia's death in 1995
The Grateful Dead rose to greatness under the inspired leadership of guitarist Jerry Garcia, but the band very nearly died along with him. When Garcia passed away...
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Album, the Beatles, and the World in 1967
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
A carefully crafted and collectible volume celebrates the 50th anniversary of a legendary and groundbreaking Beatles album. Expert Brian Southall's unique edition recounts the story behind the music and the cultural climate of 1967 when Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band debuted.
The...
by Martin Power
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014
This new, revised edition of Hot Wired Guitar brings Beck's story bang up to date, from his adventures at The White House in December 2012 with Mick Jagger and US President Barack Obama, to touring the world with Beach Boy Brian Wilson and the 2014 release of Jeff's latest solo disc.The definitive...
No Simple Highway
A Cultural History of the Grateful Dead
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
For almost three decades, the Grateful Dead was America's most popular touring band. No Simple Highway is the first book to ask the simple question of why—and attempt to answer it. Drawing on new research, interviews, and a fresh supply of material from the Grateful Dead archives, author Peter Richardson...
by Nick Hasted
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
You Really Got Me is Nick Hasted’s illuminating biography of The Kinks, drawing on years of in-depth interviews with Ray and Dave Davies and shedding new light on a turbulent 30-year career scarred by suicide attempts, on-stage fights and recurring mental breakdowns.
The Kinks’ distorted...
Never Fade Away
The Kurt Cobain Story
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 1994
Never Fade Away is Dave Thompson's inside look at the life of one of the most thought-provoking men of all time - Kurt Cobain. Examining an artisitic genius who was light years ahead of his time, this is an unfailing account of Nirvana's rise and Cobain eventual descent.
Is This the Real Life?
The Untold Story of Queen
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2011
The definitive biography of Queen and Freddie Mercury, by the author of Comfortably Numb and Bring It On Home
Despite the death of their exuberant front man Freddie Mercury in 1991, Queen remains one of the most popular bands on the planet, with 300 million global album sales and the biopic...
And They All Sang
Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
The Pulitzer Prize–winning historian talks with some of twentieth century’s most iconic musicians—“Riveting . . . Just about every interview has a revelation” (San Francisco Chronicle).
Through the second half of the twentieth century, Studs Terkel hosted the legendary radio show...
Mad World
An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs That Defined the 1980s
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Mad World is a highly entertaining oral history that celebrates the New Wave music phenomenon of the 1980s via new interviews with 35 of the most notable artists of the period. Each chapter begins with a discussion of their most popular song but leads to stories of their history and place in the scene,...