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

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

by Danny Goldberg

A giant of the music industry grants an all-access pass to the world of rock and roll, with mesmerizing stories of thirty-five years spent working with legends from Led Zeppelin, to Stevie Nicks, to Nirvana. 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 Records, Mercury Records, and Warner Bros.... (more)

Rock and Roll: The MoviesRob Burt

Rock and Roll: The Movies

by Rob Burt

U2 by U2

by U2, Neil Mccormick

B format PB, 456pp, 32pp col & b/w ills + occ int b/w ills throughout 197 x 130mm, 580g

No One Here Gets Out Alive

by Jerry Hopkins, Daniel Sugerman, Jery Hopkins

Here is Jim Morrison in all his complexity: singer, philosopher, poet, delinquentthe brilliant, charis-matic, and obsessed seeker who rejected authority in any form, the explorer who probed the bounds of reality to see what would happen. Meticulously researched, this definitive biography tells the story of a genius who shot like a rocket across the musical horizon, then fell in burning fragments as his life... (more)

Pearl: The Obsessions and Passions of Janis Joplin

Pearl: The Obsessions and Passions of Janis Joplin

by Ellis Amburn

To those who knew and loved her, she was Pearl. To an enthralled generation of youth, she was Janis Joplin, the first rock superstar of the '60s--locked into a doomed search for satisfaction. Pearl gives readers the real Janis, including never-before-known facts about her death. 16 pages of rare photos.

Mix Tape: The Art of Cassette Culture

by Thurston Moore

Stop. Fast-forward. Pause. Rewind. It has become part of our vocabulary when talking about the momentum of our lives . . . . Over forty years ago Phillips launched the compact audio cassette at the 1963 Berlin Radio Show and our relationship with music has never been the same. Durable, inexpensive, and portable, the new format was an instant success. By the 1970s, we were voraciously recording music onto blank... (more)

Tales from the Rock 'n' Roll Highway

by Marley Brant

Tales from the Rock ‘n’ Roll Highway takes readers backstage, behind the scenes, into the studio, on the road, into the minds, and out on the street with anecdotes revealing what really goes on in living the rock and roll life. Included are some of the most famous names in popular music, among them Gram Parsons, The Doors, David Crosby, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Sex Pistols, Three Dog Night, Jefferson Airplane,... (more)

The Buzzard: Inside the Glory Days of Wmms and Cleveland Rock Radio--a Memoir

The Buzzard: Inside the Glory Days of Wmms and Cleveland Rock Radio--a Memoir

by John Gorman

This rock and roll radio memoir takes you behind the scenes at the nation's hottest station during FM's heyday, from 1973 to 1986. Sex and drugs, music and merchandising--it was a wild time when the FM airwaves were wide open for innovation. John Gorman led a small band of true believers who built Cleveland's WMMS from a neglected stepchild into an influential powerhouse. The station earned high praise from... (more)

Slash

by Slash

From one of the greatest rock guitarists of our era comes a memoir that redefines sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll He was born in England but reared in L.A., surrounded by the leading artists of the day amidst the vibrant hotbed of music and culture that was the early seventies. Slash spent his adolescence on the streets of Hollywood, discovering drugs, drinking, rock music, and girls, all while achieving... (more)

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