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The Lyrics

1956 to the Present

de Paul McCartney, Paul Muldoon ...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Washington Post Notable BookExcerpted in The New YorkerA work of unparalleled candor and splendorous beauty, The Lyrics celebrates the creative life and the musical genius of Paul McCartney through his most meaningful songs.Finally in paperback and featuring seven new song commentaries, the #1 New York Times bestseller celebrates the creative life and unparalleled ... Leer más

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Washington Post Notable BookExcerpted in The New YorkerA work of unparalleled candor and splendorous beauty, The Lyrics celebrates the creative life and the musical genius of Paul McCartney through his most meaningful songs.Finally in paperback and featuring seven new song commentaries, the #1 New York Times bestseller celebrates the creative life and unparalleled
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Where Are Your Boys Tonight?

The Oral History of Emo’s Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008

de Chris Payne ...

A "vivid and breathless" (Billboard)oral history of emo’s takeover from 1999 to 2008, featuring My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Panic! At the Disco, Taking Back Sunday, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional.If Meet Me in the Bathroom traced New York City's early 2000’s rock scene, Where Are Your Boys Tonight? is an essential music biography that gives the inside story of the turn-of ... Leer más

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A "vivid and breathless" (Billboard)oral history of emo’s takeover from 1999 to 2008, featuring My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Panic! At the Disco, Taking Back Sunday, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional.If Meet Me in the Bathroom traced New York City's early 2000’s rock scene, Where Are Your Boys Tonight? is an essential music biography that gives the inside story of the turn-of
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Our Band Could Be Your Life

Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991

de Michael Azerrad ...

The definitive chronicle of underground music in the 1980s tells the stories of Black Flag, Sonic Youth, The Replacements, and other seminal bands whose DIY revolution changed American music forever.Our Band Could Be Your Life is the never-before-told story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of the Reagan Eighties -- when a small but sprawling network of bands, labels, ... Leer más

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The definitive chronicle of underground music in the 1980s tells the stories of Black Flag, Sonic Youth, The Replacements, and other seminal bands whose DIY revolution changed American music forever.Our Band Could Be Your Life is the never-before-told story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of the Reagan Eighties -- when a small but sprawling network of bands, labels,
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Prince: All the Songs

The Story Behind Every Track

de Benoît Clerc ...

"Prince: All the Songs is a major achievement...[It] may be the definitive single-volume book about Prince for both its breadth and the way it views his life through the songs that were the true essence of his being." - PsychobabbleSpanning nearly 50 years of albums, EPs, B-sides, and more, read the full story behind all of the songs that Prince ever released. Moving chronologically through his ... Leer más

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"Prince: All the Songs is a major achievement...[It] may be the definitive single-volume book about Prince for both its breadth and the way it views his life through the songs that were the true essence of his being." - PsychobabbleSpanning nearly 50 years of albums, EPs, B-sides, and more, read the full story behind all of the songs that Prince ever released. Moving chronologically through his
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Rip It Up and Start Again

Postpunk 1978-1984

de Simon Reynolds ...

A landmark history of post-punk and the basis of the documentary film directed by Nikolaos KatranisRenowned music journalist Simon Reynolds celebrates the futurist sound and spirit of such bands as Joy Division, Gang of Four, Talking Heads, and Devo, which resulted in endless innovations in music, lyrics, performance, and style. Reynolds explores these influences which continued into the early ... Leer más

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A landmark history of post-punk and the basis of the documentary film directed by Nikolaos KatranisRenowned music journalist Simon Reynolds celebrates the futurist sound and spirit of such bands as Joy Division, Gang of Four, Talking Heads, and Devo, which resulted in endless innovations in music, lyrics, performance, and style. Reynolds explores these influences which continued into the early
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All Shook Up

How Rock 'n' Roll Changed America

de Glenn C. Altschuler ...

Series series Pivotal Moments in American History
The birth of rock 'n roll ignited a firestorm of controversy--one critic called it "musical riots put to a switchblade beat"--but if it generated much sound and fury, what, if anything, did it signify? As Glenn Altschuler reveals in All Shook Up, the rise of rock 'n roll--and the outraged reception to it--in fact can tell us a lot about the values of the United States in the 1950s, a decade that ... Leer más

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The birth of rock 'n roll ignited a firestorm of controversy--one critic called it "musical riots put to a switchblade beat"--but if it generated much sound and fury, what, if anything, did it signify? As Glenn Altschuler reveals in All Shook Up, the rise of rock 'n roll--and the outraged reception to it--in fact can tell us a lot about the values of the United States in the 1950s, a decade that
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Even the Good Girls Will Cry

A '90s Rock Memoir

de Melissa Auf der Maur ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA remarkably open-hearted, clear-eyed memoir of the '90s Alternative era by the bassist of Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins.**Even the Good Girls Will Cry begins with Melissa Auf der Maur’s bohemian upbringing in Montreal, where her early, deep connection to art and music gave her entry to the colorful and thriving local creative scene. Working as a ... Leer más

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLERINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA remarkably open-hearted, clear-eyed memoir of the '90s Alternative era by the bassist of Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins.**Even the Good Girls Will Cry begins with Melissa Auf der Maur’s bohemian upbringing in Montreal, where her early, deep connection to art and music gave her entry to the colorful and thriving local creative scene. Working as a
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Your Band Sucks

What I Saw at Indie Rock's Failed Revolution (But Can No Longer Hear)

de Jon Fine ...

**• A New York Times Summer Reading List selection • A Publishers Weekly Best Summer Book of 2015 *•*A Business Insider Best Summer Read • An Esquire Father’s Day Book selection • A New York Observer Best Music Book of 2015 •A memoir charting thirty years of the American independent rock underground by a musician who knows it intimately**Jon Fine spent nearly thirty years performing an... ... Leer más

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**• A New York Times Summer Reading List selection • A Publishers Weekly Best Summer Book of 2015 *•*A Business Insider Best Summer Read • An Esquire Father’s Day Book selection • A New York Observer Best Music Book of 2015 •A memoir charting thirty years of the American independent rock underground by a musician who knows it intimately**Jon Fine spent nearly thirty years performing an...
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Still in a Dream

Shoegaze, Slackers, and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984-1994

de Simon Reynolds ...

The thrilling story of underground rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s, tracing the emergence of shoegaze and grunge as the era’s defining sounds, from acclaimed music writer Simon Reynolds, author of Rip It Up and Start Again**.**Twenty years after his celebrated postpunk best-seller, Rip It Up and Start Again, Simon Reynolds tells the tale of what happened next: the underground explosion of ... Leer más

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The thrilling story of underground rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s, tracing the emergence of shoegaze and grunge as the era’s defining sounds, from acclaimed music writer Simon Reynolds, author of Rip It Up and Start Again**.**Twenty years after his celebrated postpunk best-seller, Rip It Up and Start Again, Simon Reynolds tells the tale of what happened next: the underground explosion of
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Dark Star

The Roy Orbison Story

de Ellis Amburn ...

This biography reveals the rock music legend's dramatic life story, from his Texas youth and rise to stardom to his personal tragedies and untimely death.A true legend of American popular music, Roy Orbison perfected the soulful rock ballad, recording such perennial hits as "Only the Lonely" and "Crying." In Dark Star, biographer Ellis Amburn reveals the stories behind his achingly beautiful sound ... Leer más

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This biography reveals the rock music legend's dramatic life story, from his Texas youth and rise to stardom to his personal tragedies and untimely death.A true legend of American popular music, Roy Orbison perfected the soulful rock ballad, recording such perennial hits as "Only the Lonely" and "Crying." In Dark Star, biographer Ellis Amburn reveals the stories behind his achingly beautiful sound
... Leer más
Heavier Than Heaven

A Biography of Kurt Cobain

de Charles R. Cross ...

The New York Times bestseller and the definitive portrait of Kurt Cobain--as relevant as ever, as we remember the impact of Cobain on our culture twenty-five years after his death--now with a new preface and an additional final chapter from acclaimed author Charles R. Cross.It has been twenty-five years since Kurt Cobain died by his own hand in April 1994; it was an act of will that typified his ... Leer más

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The New York Times bestseller and the definitive portrait of Kurt Cobain--as relevant as ever, as we remember the impact of Cobain on our culture twenty-five years after his death--now with a new preface and an additional final chapter from acclaimed author Charles R. Cross.It has been twenty-five years since Kurt Cobain died by his own hand in April 1994; it was an act of will that typified his
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Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me from Success

Rough Trade Book of the Year

de Miki Berenyi ...

Rough Trade Book of the YearResident Book of the YearA Rolling Stone Book of the YearA Mojo Book of the YearA Sunday Times Book of the YearFormed in 1988, Lush were part of the London gig scene during one of the most vibrant and creative periods in UK music. Now, Miki Berenyi tells all.From the bohemian ways of her father's social circle to the privileged glamour... ... Leer más

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Rough Trade Book of the YearResident Book of the YearA Rolling Stone Book of the YearA Mojo Book of the YearA Sunday Times Book of the YearFormed in 1988, Lush were part of the London gig scene during one of the most vibrant and creative periods in UK music. Now, Miki Berenyi tells all.From the bohemian ways of her father's social circle to the privileged glamour...
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The Beatles

1967-1970 & Beyond.Every Album, Every Song

de Alberto Bravin, Andrew Wild ...

The Beatles 1967–1970 And Beyond picks up where The Beatles 1962–1966 left off, tracing the band’s most daring and transformative years. As the Beatles abandoned touring and turned the studio into a creative laboratory, they began an era of boundless invention—Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, The White Album, Abbey Road, and Let It Be—albums that reshaped popular music. Key songs from this ... Leer más

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The Beatles 1967–1970 And Beyond picks up where The Beatles 1962–1966 left off, tracing the band’s most daring and transformative years. As the Beatles abandoned touring and turned the studio into a creative laboratory, they began an era of boundless invention—Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, The White Album, Abbey Road, and Let It Be—albums that reshaped popular music. Key songs from this
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Killer Show

The Station Nightclub Fire, America’s Deadliest Rock Concert

de John Barylick ...

On February 20, 2003, the deadliest rock concert in U.S. history took place at a roadhouse called The Station in West Warwick, Rhode Island. That night, in the few minutes it takes to play a hard-rock standard, the fate of many of the unsuspecting nightclub patrons was determined with awful certainty. The blaze was ignited when pyrotechnics set off by Great White, a 1980s heavy-metal band, lit ... Leer más

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On February 20, 2003, the deadliest rock concert in U.S. history took place at a roadhouse called The Station in West Warwick, Rhode Island. That night, in the few minutes it takes to play a hard-rock standard, the fate of many of the unsuspecting nightclub patrons was determined with awful certainty. The blaze was ignited when pyrotechnics set off by Great White, a 1980s heavy-metal band, lit
... Leer más
What Do You Do When You're Lonesome

The Authorized Biography of Justin Townes Earle

de Jonathan Bernstein ...

**"A superb biography of a singular life."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)A Rolling Stone journalist presents the story of the late singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle.**When Justin Townes Earle died of an overdose alone in his Nashville apartment, his death sent waves of grief through the country-Americana music community. The son of alt-country hellraiser Steve Earle had long struggled with ... Leer más

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**"A superb biography of a singular life."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)A Rolling Stone journalist presents the story of the late singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle.**When Justin Townes Earle died of an overdose alone in his Nashville apartment, his death sent waves of grief through the country-Americana music community. The son of alt-country hellraiser Steve Earle had long struggled with
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Meet Me in the Bathroom

Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011

de Lizzy Goodman ...

Named a Best Book of 2017 by NPR and GQJoining the ranks of the classics Please Kill Me, Our Band Could Be Your Life, and Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, an intriguing oral history of the post-9/11 decline of the old-guard music industry and rebirth of the New York rock scene, led by a group of iconoclastic rock bands.In the second half of the twentieth-century New York was the source of new sounds, ... Leer más

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Named a Best Book of 2017 by NPR and GQJoining the ranks of the classics Please Kill Me, Our Band Could Be Your Life, and Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, an intriguing oral history of the post-9/11 decline of the old-guard music industry and rebirth of the New York rock scene, led by a group of iconoclastic rock bands.In the second half of the twentieth-century New York was the source of new sounds,
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168 Songs of Hatred and Failure

A History of Manic Street Preachers

de Keith Cameron ...

'Exhilarating . . . revelatory . . . superb' THE TIMES'A forensic exploration of their compositions and recordings, and everything that has been poured into them . . . completely definitive' MOJO ★★★★★'No one understands the inner workings and shared aesthetics of Manic Street Preachers like Keith Cameron . . . phenomenal' NICKY WIREAN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER<... ... Leer más

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'Exhilarating . . . revelatory . . . superb' THE TIMES'A forensic exploration of their compositions and recordings, and everything that has been poured into them . . . completely definitive' MOJO ★★★★★'No one understands the inner workings and shared aesthetics of Manic Street Preachers like Keith Cameron . . . phenomenal' NICKY WIREAN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER<...
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Woodstock 1969

The Lasting Impact of the Counterculture

de Jason Lauré, Jason Lauré, Ettagale Blauer ...

As the fiftieth anniversary of the Woodstock festival nears, Woodstock 1969 stands out for its singular voice. Photojournalist Jason Lauré followed his unerring instinct for being in the right place at the crucial moment. He and coauthor Ettagale Blauer trace the historic events that preceded the festival and then envelop the reader with photographs of the headliner rock stars that performed ... Leer más

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As the fiftieth anniversary of the Woodstock festival nears, Woodstock 1969 stands out for its singular voice. Photojournalist Jason Lauré followed his unerring instinct for being in the right place at the crucial moment. He and coauthor Ettagale Blauer trace the historic events that preceded the festival and then envelop the reader with photographs of the headliner rock stars that performed
... Leer más
50 Years: The Story of Woodstock Live

Relive the Magic, Artist by Artist

de Julien Bitoun ...

Foreword by Woodstock co-founder, Michael Lang.3 days. 33 concerts. 2 deaths. 2 births. 500,000 people. And another 250,000 stuck in traffic trying to get in. Woodstock was a festival like no other. Now, on its 50th anniversary, relive every moment.Detailed text and evocative photographs tell the full story of every single act that performed - when they took to the stage, what songs they played, ... Leer más

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Foreword by Woodstock co-founder, Michael Lang.3 days. 33 concerts. 2 deaths. 2 births. 500,000 people. And another 250,000 stuck in traffic trying to get in. Woodstock was a festival like no other. Now, on its 50th anniversary, relive every moment.Detailed text and evocative photographs tell the full story of every single act that performed - when they took to the stage, what songs they played,
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Tim Book Two

Vinyl Adventures from Istanbul to San Francisco

de Tim Burgess ...

Tim Book Two is the follow-up to Telling Stories, the hugely successful memoir of Tim Burgess, singer of the Charlatans.In 2012, Tim published his hugely successful and critically acclaimed memoir, Telling Stories. Tim really enjoyed his new role as an author, and so here it is: Tim Book Two - a tale of Tim's lifelong passion for records, the shops that sell them, and the people who make them.In ... Leer más

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Tim Book Two is the follow-up to Telling Stories, the hugely successful memoir of Tim Burgess, singer of the Charlatans.In 2012, Tim published his hugely successful and critically acclaimed memoir, Telling Stories. Tim really enjoyed his new role as an author, and so here it is: Tim Book Two - a tale of Tim's lifelong passion for records, the shops that sell them, and the people who make them.In
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Letters to Kurt

de Eric Erlandson ...

A poetic elegy for Kurt Cobain from the man who created the band Hole with Cobain's wife Courtney Love."Nearly two decades after the death of Kurt Cobain, a friend and fellow musician not only continues to mourn his suicide, but also rages against the culture that he holds responsible. These 52 'letters' . . . combine the subject matter of the Byrds' 'So You Wanna Be a Rock and Roll Star' with the ... Leer más

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A poetic elegy for Kurt Cobain from the man who created the band Hole with Cobain's wife Courtney Love."Nearly two decades after the death of Kurt Cobain, a friend and fellow musician not only continues to mourn his suicide, but also rages against the culture that he holds responsible. These 52 'letters' . . . combine the subject matter of the Byrds' 'So You Wanna Be a Rock and Roll Star' with the
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Goth

A History

de Lol Tolhurst ...

Following his memoir Cured, a fascinating deep dive into the dark Romanticism of Goth music, a misunderstood genre and culture, by co-founder of The Cure, Lol TolhurstGOTH is an entertaining and engaging historical memoir, a journey through Goth music and culture, and an exploration of a place that offered refuge for the misfits of the 1980s and ever since. Written by Lol Tolhurst, cofounder of ... Leer más

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Following his memoir Cured, a fascinating deep dive into the dark Romanticism of Goth music, a misunderstood genre and culture, by co-founder of The Cure, Lol TolhurstGOTH is an entertaining and engaging historical memoir, a journey through Goth music and culture, and an exploration of a place that offered refuge for the misfits of the 1980s and ever since. Written by Lol Tolhurst, cofounder of
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Endless Endless

A Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery

de Adam Clair ...

An inspiring, revelatory exploration of the genesis and impact of the fabled Elephant 6 collective and the baffling exodus of its larger-than-life luminary, Neutral Milk Hotel frontman Jeff MangumYears after its release, Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea remains one of the most beloved and best-selling albums in all of indie music, hailed as a classic so influential as to be ... Leer más

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An inspiring, revelatory exploration of the genesis and impact of the fabled Elephant 6 collective and the baffling exodus of its larger-than-life luminary, Neutral Milk Hotel frontman Jeff MangumYears after its release, Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea remains one of the most beloved and best-selling albums in all of indie music, hailed as a classic so influential as to be
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Stranded in the Future

de Robyn Hitchcock ...

Hitchcock’s second memoir explores the formation of his seminal 1970s band the Soft Boys, and the obsessions that fueled his early creative output"British singer-songwriter Hitchcock wistfully reflects on boarding school and the music that shaped him in this captivating chronicle of the year he credits with sculpting his artistic sensibility . . . Readers need not be fans of Hitchcock’s music to ... Leer más

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Hitchcock’s second memoir explores the formation of his seminal 1970s band the Soft Boys, and the obsessions that fueled his early creative output"British singer-songwriter Hitchcock wistfully reflects on boarding school and the music that shaped him in this captivating chronicle of the year he credits with sculpting his artistic sensibility . . . Readers need not be fans of Hitchcock’s music to
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