Best Rock And Roll Biographies - April 2024

Petty: The Biography

The New York Times Bestseller*One of Rolling Stone's 10 Best Music Books of 2015*An exhilarating and intimate account of the life of music legend Tom Petty, by an accomplished writer and musician who toured with PettyNo one other than Warren Zanes, rocker and writer and friend, could author a book about Tom Petty that is as honest and evocative of Petty's music and the remarkable rock and roll history he and his band helped to write.Born in Gainesville, Florida, with more than a little hillbilly in his blood, Tom Petty was a Southern shit kicker, a kid without a whole lot of promise. Rock and ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250105196
• ASIN: 1250105196
• ISBN: 9781250105196
• Brand: St Martin s Griffin
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin

Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story

The frontman of one of the greatest bands of all time tells the story of his rise from nothing to rock 'n' roll megastar, and his wild journey as the voice of The Who.“It’s taken me three years to unpack the events of my life, to remember who did what when and why, to separate the myths from the reality, to unravel what really happened at the Holiday Inn on Keith Moon’s 21st birthday,” says Roger Daltrey, the powerhouse vocalist of The Who. The result of this introspection is a remarkable memoir, instantly captivating, funny and frank, chock-full of well-earned wisdom and one-of-a-kind... [Read More]

• ASIN: 125029603X
• ASIN: 125029603X
• ISBN: 125029603X
• Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.

Runnin' with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen

The manager who shepherded Van Halen from obscurity to rock stardom goes behind the scenes to tell the complete, unadulterated story of David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, and the legendary band that changed rock music.Van Halen’s rise in the 1980s was one of the most thrilling the music world had ever seen—their mythos an epic party, a sweaty, sexy, never-ending rock extravaganza. During this unparalleled run of success, debauchery, and drama, no one was closer to the band than Noel Monk. A man who’d worked with some of rock’s biggest and most notorious names, Monk spent seven years with... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062474103
• ASIN: 0062474103
• ISBN: 0062474103
• Brand: DEY STREET
• Manufacturer: Dey Street Books

The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret

Winner of the Oregon Book Award for General Nonfiction and Los Angeles Times bestseller"It makes good music sound better."-Janet Maslin in The New York Times"A fascinating look into the West Coast recording studio scene of the '60s and the inside story of the music you heard on the radio. If you always assumed the musicians you listened to were the same people you saw onstage, you are in for a big surprise!"-Dusty Street, host of Classic Vinyl on Sirius XM Satellite RadioIf you were a fan of popular music in the 1960s and early '70s, you were a fan of the Wrecking Crew-whether you knew it or n... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250030463
• ASIN: 1250030463
• ISBN: 1250030463
• Brand: Griffin
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin

Gold Dust Woman: The Biography of Stevie Nicks

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!“All you ever wanted to know about Fleetwood Mac’s mesmerizing frontwoman.” - People Magazine"Davis is astute and respectful...adept in his literary analysis." - The New York Times Book ReviewStevie Nicks is a legend of rock, but her energy and magnetism sparked new interest in this icon. At sixty-nine, she's one of the most glamorous creatures rock has known, and the rare woman who's a real rock ‘n' roller.Gold Dust Woman gives "the gold standard of rock biographers" (The Boston Globe) his ideal topic: Nicks' work and life are equally sexy and interesting, ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 125003289X
• ASIN: 125003289X
• ISBN: 9781250032898
• Brand: ST MARTINS
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

Bumping Into Geniuses: My Life Inside the Rock and Roll Business

A giant of the music industry grants an all-access pass to the world of rock and roll, with mesmerizing stories of thirty0five years spent working with legends Danny Goldberg has been a hugely influential figure in the world of rock and roll. He did PR for Led Zeppelin; he managed the career of Nirvana; he ran Atlantic, Mercury, and Warner Brothers; he launched Stevie Nick?s solo career. In Bumping into Geniuses, Goldberg grants an all-access pass to the world of rock and roll, with mesmerizing stories of forty years spent working with legends, including Patti Smith, Warren Zevon, Bruce Sprin... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1592404839
• ASIN: 1592404839
• ISBN: 1592404839
• Manufacturer: Avery

Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of The Rock Stars

Named one of the best music books of 2017 by The Wall Street JournalAn elegy to the age of the Rock Star, featuring Chuck Berry, Elvis, Madonna, Bowie, Prince, and more, uncommon people whose lives were transformed by rock and who, in turn, shaped our cultureRecklessness, thy name is rock.The age of the rock star, like the age of the cowboy, has passed. Like the cowboy, the idea of the rock star lives on in our imaginations. What did we see in them? Swagger. Recklessness. Sexual charisma. Damn-the-torpedoes self-belief. A certain way of carrying themselves. Good hair. Interesting shoes. Talent... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250124123
• ASIN: 1250124123
• ISBN: 1250124123
• Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.

Rocks: My Life in and out of Aerosmith

Joe Perry’s New York Times bestselling memoir of life in the rock-and-roll band Aerosmith: “An insightful and harrowing roller coaster ride through the career of one of rock and roll’s greatest guitarists. Strap yourself in” (Slash).Before the platinum records or the Super Bowl half-time show or the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Joe Perry was a boy growing up in small-town Massachusetts. He idolized Jacques Cousteau and built his own diving rig that he used to explore a local lake. He dreamed of becoming a marine biologist. But Perry’s neighbors had teenage sons, and those sons had ele... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00FNVSVQG
• ASIN: B00FNVSVQG
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Punk Avenue: Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982

Finalist, 2017 Indie Book Awards for Autobiography/Memoir, Foreword Reviews Punk Avenue: The New York City Underground 1972-1982 is an intimate look at author Paris-born Phil Marcade’s first ten years in the United States where drifted from Boston to the West Coast and back, before winding up in New York City and becoming immersed in the early punk rock scene. From backrooms of Max’s and CBGB’s to the Tropicana Hotel in Los Angeles and back, Punk Avenue is a tour de force of stories from someone at the heart of the era. With brilliant, often hilarious prose, Marcade relays first-hand ta... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1941110495
• ASIN: 1941110495
• ISBN: 1941110495
• Brand: THREE ROOMS
• Manufacturer: Three Rooms Press

Beastie Boys Book

• ASIN: 0812995546
• ASIN: 0812995546
• ISBN: 0812995546
• Manufacturer: Spiegel & Grau

Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock and Roll

The story of Heart is a story of heart and soul and rock ’n’ roll. Since finding their love of music and performing as teenagers in Seattle, Washington, Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson, have been part of the American rock music landscape. From 70s classics like “Magic Man” and “Barracuda” to chart- topping 80s ballads like “Alone,” and all the way up to 2012, when they will release their latest studio album, Fanatic, Heart has been thrilling their fans and producing hit after hit. In Kicking and Dreaming, the Wilsons recount their story as two sisters who have a shared over three ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B007HB8GWE
• ASIN: B007HB8GWE
• Manufacturer: It Books

The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL MOVIE STARRING MACHINE GUN KELLY, DANIEL WEBBER, DOUGLAS BOOTH, AND IWAN RHEON, DIRECTED BY JEFF TREMAINE.Celebrate thirty years of the world's most notorious rock band with the deluxe collectors' edition of The Dirt—the outrageous, legendary, no-holds-barred autobiography of Mötley Crüe. Fans have gotten glimpses into the band's crazy world of backstage scandals, celebrity love affairs, rollercoaster drug addictions, and immortal music in Mötley Crüe books like Tommyland and The Heroin Diaries, but now the full spectrum of sin and success by Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx,... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0060989157
• ASIN: 0060989157
• ISBN: 9780060989156
• Brand: Tommy Lee
• Manufacturer: Dey Street Books

Light My Fire: My Life with The Doors

"The best book yet about The Doors." --BooklistThe inside story of the Doors, by cofounder and keyboard player Ray Manzarek. Includes 16 pages of photos."A refreshingly candid read...a Doors bio worth opening." --Entertainment WeeklyNo other band has ever sounded quite like the Doors, and no other frontman has ever transfixed an audience quite the way Jim Morrison did. Ray Manzarek, the band's co-founder and keyboard player, was there from the very start--and until the sad dissolution--of the Doors. In this heartfelt and colorfully detailed memoir, complete with 16 pages of photographs, he bri... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0425170454
• ASIN: 0425170454
• ISBN: 0425170454
• Brand: Manzarek, Ray
• Manufacturer: Berkley

Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits with The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, the Eagles , Eric Clapton, the Faces . . .

“A fantastic romp through the pages of Rock and Roll history.” —Sir Paul McCartney In 2012, legendary producer and sound engineer Glyn Johns was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Over the course of his incredible career, Johns helped create some of rock’s most iconic albums, including those by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, the Eagles, the Who, the Clash, and, more recently, Ryan Adams and Band of Horses. In this one-of-a-kind memoir, Johns shares incredible stories about the musicians he’s worked with from the freewheeling sixties to the present. Sound M... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0147516579
• ASIN: 0147516579
• ISBN: 0147516579
• Brand: Plume Books
• Manufacturer: Plume

To the Limit: The Untold Story of the Eagles

The definitive, unauthorized biography of The Eagles by the New York Times bestselling biographerTo the Limit is the unauthorized account of the group from its earliest years through the breakup, solo careers, and reunions. Blending the country and folk music of the late sixties with the melodic seductiveness of Detroit-style roots rock, the Eagles brought a new sound to a stagnant music scene. Under the brilliant management of David Geffen, the Eagles projected a public image of unshakable camaraderie--embodied by the cerebral, brooding Don Henley and the intuitive, self-destructive Glenn Fre... [Read More]

• ASIN: 030681398X
• ASIN: 030681398X
• ISBN: 030681398X
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Da Capo Press

Boom Boom Rock N Roll: The Best of Freddy Cannon

Freddys long overdue, first comprehensive collection includes his hits Tallahassee Lassie; Way Down Yonder in New Orleans; Palisades Park; Action; Abigail Beecher; Jump Over; Transistor Sister 24

• UPC: 29499906
• Rating: 5.0

100 Hits: The Best Rock & Roll Album / Various (CD)

5 CDs featuring the defining tracks of ROCK! This collection includes songs from Fleetwood Mac, Alice Cooper, Toto, the Stone Roses, Ram Jam, Blue Oyster Cult, Survivor, Europe, Boston, Meat Loaf, Santana and many

• UPC: 550596820

The Best Of: 20 Years Of Rock (CD)

The Best Of Poison: 20 Years Of Rock (Limited

• UPC: 4837060
• Rating: 5.0

Best Of Southern Rock

Best Of Southern Rock (Rhino

• UPC: 929358
• Rating: 3.667

Very Best of the Rolling Stones 1964-1971

The Very Best Of The Rolling Stones 1964-1971 Bullet Points (Walmart

• UPC: 17129028
• Model: 88692
• Rating: 5.0

Rock N Roll Fantasy: The Very Best of Bad Company (CD)

Rock N Roll Fantasy - The Very Best Of Bad

• UPC: 47515343

The Very Best and Beyond (CD)

The Very Best... And Beyond

• UPC: 5692171
• Rating: 4.5

The Best Of Nickelback, Vol. 1

The Best Of Nickelback, Vol. 1

• UPC: 30823381
• Rating: 5.0

The Best Of Everything - The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection (CD)

Two CDs. This collection of personal favorites and important milestones is the first anthology to span Pettys entire career, from the first album to Mudcrutch 2. The album contains 38 tracks including the hits quot;Free

• UPC: 136928324
• Rating: 5.0

Kissworld: The Best Of Kiss (Vinyl)

Double 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Kiss, Americas #1 Gold Record Award winning group of all time in every category, have a stunning catalogue of rock n roll classics. Kissworld - The Best OF Kiss brings

• UPC: 619473963
• Rating: 1.0