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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Personally compiled and curated by Yoko Ono, this beautiful and definitive volume reveals the complete inside story of the making of the critically acclaimed album, and all that surrounded it, at the home, Tittenhurst Park, and in London and New York during 1971. With a message as pertinent today as it was when the album was written, this landmark book is a tribute to one of the most important creative collaborations of the twentieth century."--Back...
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Series
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In The Clash: The Only Band That Matters, respected music critic Sean Egan examines The Clash's career and art through the prism of the uniquely interesting and fractious UK politics of the Seventies and Eighties, without which they simply would not have existed. Tackling subjects such as The Clash's self-conscious tussles with their record label, the accusations of sell-out that dogged their footsteps, their rivalry with the similarly leaning but...
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A visual history of The Beatles illustrates the evolution of their style and sound through infographics that examine the songs on every album, cover designs, chart positions, instruments used, and a wealth of other details.
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Language
English
Formats
Description
"An acclaimed rock and roll journalist evokes the legacy of The Rolling Stones--iconic, granitic, commercially unstoppable as a collective; and fascinating, contradictory, and occasionally disturbing as individuals. As Lesley-Ann Jones writes, the Rolling Stones are 'still roaming the globe like rusty tanks without a war to go to. Jumping, jacking, flashing, posturing, these septuagenarian caricatures with faces that might have been microwaved but...
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The longtime bassist for the legendary heavy metal band Black Sabbath looks back on their early days in working class England and their ascension to worldwide stardom as well as the band's later years"--
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Author
Publisher
Genesis Publications
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
This is the closest we will come to George Harrison's autobiography. This new volume has been significantly updated since the 1980 original, it covers the full span of George Harrison's life and work--exploring his upbringing in Liverpool, the growth of Beatlemania, his love of India, gardening, and racing cars. It also presents 141 of George Harrison's songs, with lyrics handwritten and reproduced in facsimile, accompanied by his unique commentary....
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Since the age of twenty-one, Paul McCartney has lived one of the ultimate rock-n-roll lives played out on the most public of stages. Now, Paul's story is told by rock music's foremost biographer, with McCartney's consent and access to family members and close friends who have never spoken on the record before. PAUL McCARTNEY reveals the complex character behind the façade and sheds new light on his childhood--blighted by his mother's death but redeemed...
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Peter Brian Gabriel may have started out as a high profile rock performer with a penchant for theatrical costumes, but he was never going to age in the traditional rock manner. Neither becoming a parody of his past self nor endlessly seeking self-consciously new images, instead he took his creativeness and perfectionism into fresh fields. Throughout his career, Gabriel has been a pioneer in the music industry, pushing pop music to new heights while...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
This rock biography is a revelaing, intimate look at the man who would be Queen. The lead vocalist for the iconic rock band Queen, Freddie Mercury's unmatched skills as a songwriter and his flamboyant showmanship made him a superstar and Queen a household name. But despite his worldwide fame, few people ever really glimpsed the man behind the glittering facade. Now, more than twenty years after his death, those closest to Mercury are finally opening...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Draws on first-person interviews to trace the iconic rock artist's meteoric rise in the 1970s, documenting his significant achievements and the private struggles that led to his suicide attempts and temporary retirement. By the author of Man on the Run, "--NoveList.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A journey through the 1980s and beyond: the story of a band, an era and how one small gathering of outsiders in London shaped the entire world's view of music and fashion. The film is not only a fascinating, often hard-hitting social and cultural document of the time, but a brutally honest story of how friendships can be won, lost and ultimately regained.
Publisher
Cassell Illustrated
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"HIS LIFE WAS A WORK OF ART Now, artists and musicians who worked with David Bowie throughout his life, or were his contemporaries, pay tribute to the icon through through their own words on what it was like to work in collaboration with a man whose fluid artistic genius repeatedly broke boundaries, right up until his death - and alongside these text tributes are 40 stunning illustrative and photographic portraits of Bowie throughout his life. The...
Author
Series
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Black Sabbath has often been credited with inventing heavy metal with their first album released in 1970. Their new style of music was loud, brutal, scary, innovative, and it has greatly influenced heavy metal bands since then. Their five decades of music cross generations of fans, and they remain relevant to this day, with their 2013 album charting #1 in the United States and at least five other countries. In Experiencing Black Sabbath: A Listener's...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"Do You Feel Like I Do? is the incredible story of Peter Frampton's positively resilient life and career told in his own words for the first time. His monumental album Frampton Comes Alive! spawned three top-twenty singles and sold eight million copies the year it was released (more than seventeen million to date), and it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in January 2020." -- Amazon.com
Frampton was on a path to stardom from an early age,...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Late on December 8th, 1980, the world abruptly stopped turning for millions, as news broke that the world's most beloved musician had been gunned down in cold blood in New York City. The most iconic Beatle left behind an unrivaled body of music and legions of faithful disciples--yet his profound legacy has brought with it as many questions and contradictions as his music has provided truths and certainties. In this compelling exploration, acclaimed...
Author
Publisher
Dey St
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The memoirs of the legendary guitarist and cofounder of seminal British band The Smiths recalls his childhood in working-class Manchester, his early collaborations with Stephen Morrissey, the ideological differences that triggered his departure and his influential solo career,"--NoveList.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
The story of one of rock's biggest legends, from his birth during a 1940 World War II air raid on Liverpool, through his turbulent childhood and teen years, to his celebrated life writing, recording, and performing with the Beatles and beyond.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
David Bowie-the iconic superstar of rock, fashion, art, design, and the quintessential sexual liberator-is a living legend. However, for the past five decades, he has managed to retain his Hollywood star mystique. Now, New York Times bestselling author Wendy Leigh reveals the real man behind the mythology. Through scores of interviews with Bowie's lovers (both male and female), his girlfriends, business associates, groupies, and band members, Leigh,...
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