The story of the Brian Wilson's legendary SMiLE album from Beach Boys authority David Leaf. This is the first book to tell the full story of Brian Wilson and SMiLE, including the details of the original SMiLE recording sessions and their increasingly legendary status as well as the final release of the album, the accompanying concerts and film, ......
Book by book, year by year, the ultimate literary trip through Bowie's greatest decade. Monsters! They're everywhere in 1975. Killer sharks on the big screen. Murderers stalking the streets of Chelsea. Masked rapists on the loose in Cambridge. Staring back at David Bowie from his mirror. . . Crucified by addiction, David must suffer his own ......
The sixth volume in Simon Goddards epic adventure through Bowies greatest decade, Bowie Odyssey 75 is an intricately plotted tour de force of rocknroll, crime, punishment, politics, punk - and a cautionary tale of tragicomic addiction.
More than a band, the Cramps are a uniquely special rock‘n’roll phenomenon that has endured for over 35 years. Formed in the creative maelstrom of late 1970’s New York by Ohio natives Lux Interior (Erick Purkhiser) and Poison Ivy Rorschach (Kirsty Wallace), the Cramps not only originated the psychobilly subgenre but also left behind an ......
Reelin' In The Years is the acclaimed biography of 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, they were among the biggest selling acts in the world. Steely Dan were different ......
A major new biography of Joe Meek, the legendary maverick engineer, songwriter, artist manager and record producer. Meek pioneered independent production, established one of the earliest independent labels - the first to aim its output entirely at teenagers - and created the blueprint for what would become the independent music industry. He was ......
A brutally honest chronicle of touring life in the Seventies, and a classic of the rock writing genre, Diary of a Rock `n Roll Star remains the gold standard for rock writing. This edition includes new content from Hunter. Ian Hunter is the lead singer in Mott the Hoople and a successful solo artist in his own right.
With commentary from key players including Vivienne Westwood, Paul Cook, Marco Pirroni, Holly Johnson and her partner behind the SEX/Seditionaries counter Michael Collins plus a wealth of never-before-seen images from Simon Barker, Sheila Rock and Harri Peccinotti Jordan finally reveals her outrageous life story.
