Rock Biography – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 8

Glyn Johns

Sound Man

"A fantastic romp through the pages of Rock and Roll history." ---Sir Paul McCartneyIn 2012, legendary producer and sound engineer Glyn Johns was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Ov…

Preston Lauterbach

Before Elvis

In this thought-provoking book, the Black musicians who influenced Elvis Presley's music finally receive recognition and praise.After Baz Luhrmann's movie, Elvis, hit theaters, audiences and critics alike…

David De Sola

Alice in Chains

The first comprehensive biography of Alice In Chains from its genre-forging years on the hard edge of grunge to the tragic death of lead singer Layne Staley and the band's comeback. Alice in Chains were a…

John Krajicek

Patience for the Ride

Jason Isbell describes Will Johnson's songs as a poetic manipulation of language that employs "multi-syllable words used almost as musical instruments [and] detailed images flying at the listener wit…

Don Powell Powell, Lise Lyng Falkenberg

Look Wot I Dun

Look What I Dun is the story of Slade told through the eyes of drummer Don Powell whose life was shattered when, in 1973 at the height of the group's fame, he was involved in a horrific car crash.Unflinch…

Simon Goddard

Bowie Odyssey 76

Bowie--in 1976, the Berlin Years"My favorite Bowie books of all and the only ones that make me regularly laugh out loud." - Marc RileyBook by book, year by year, the ultimate literary trip throu…

David Leaf

God Only Knows

'For thirty years, I've trusted David Leaf with my music and my story' Brian WilsonOriginally published in 1978, this groundbreaking study was both the first full-length book on the band and the first to …

Steven Hyden

There Was Nothing You Could Do

A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen's iconic album, Born in the U.S.A.---a record that both chronicled and foreshadowed the changing tides of modern AmericaOn June 4, 1984, Columbia Recor…

Brian Sweet

Steely Dan

Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, a couple of cynical New York jazz fans wormed their way into a record contract and astonished critics with their first album 'Can't Buy a Thrill' in 1973. Nine albums later…

Daryl Sanders

That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound

That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound is the definitive treatment of Bob Dylan's magnum opus, Blonde on Blonde.Author Daryl Sanders not only provides the most extensive account of the sessions that produced the t…

Melissa Strong

Climbing Through

In Climbing Through , Melissa Strong, a rock climber and restaurateur, unveils her remarkable journey of survival and resilience in the face of mortality after being horrifically injured by electricity.Tr…

Tracey Thorn

My Rock 'n' Roll Friend

'Entertaining, affectionate and righteous' Guardian 'Says so much about being a woman' Cosey Fanni TuttiIn 1983, backstage at the Lyceum in London, Tracey Thorn and Lindy Morrison first met. Tracey's musi…

Craig Harris

Last Waltz

A wide-ranging account of one of the most influential and popular music groups, interweaving content from original interviews with band members and other key people

Simon Goddard

Bowie Odyssey 75

Book by book, year by year, the ultimate literary trip through Bowie's greatest decade.With his first starring role in a feature film and his first number 1s on both sides of the Atlantic, 1975 ought to b…

P J Harrison

Gallagher

'Brilliant...an absolute classic' Paul Ross'Harrison usefully tracks the brothers' post-Oasis careers and the toxifying feud between them' Ludovic Hunter Tilney, Financial Times'Harrison...goes further th…

Jeffrey McDonald, Steven McDonald

Now You're One of Us

Now You're One of Us is the definitive statement about Redd Kross, an in-depth and riveting tale told in the voices of the talented and tempestuous brothers at the core of this iconic outfit.Emerging from…

Ian Hunter

Diary of a Rock 'n' Roll Star

First published in 1974, Ian Hunter's Diary of a Rock 'n' Roll Star is an unfiltered chronicle of Mott the Hoople's 1972 US tour that captures the raw energy, chaos, and charm of life on the road in the S…

John Howard

Collected: The Best Of John Howard

Niko Stratis

The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman

A memoir-in-essays on transness, dad rock, and the music that saves us.