''Incredibly detailed' - The GuardianAs a core member of Kraftwerk, some of the most beautiful, era-defining music has been co-composed by Karl Bartos. From 'Computer Love', to 'Autobahn', 'Tour de France' to Kraftwerk's 1982 number one single 'The Model', Bartos's deft musical hand has shaped the contemporary musical landscape we know today. ......
An entertaining, definitive and in-depth study of prog rock, with a new cover and a foreword by Steve Hackett (Genesis). Progressive rock, a genre formed out of a creative surge in the late Sixties and throughout the Seventies. Made by young musicians for a young audience, prog music looked towards new horizons by synthesising rock, jazz, folk, ......
Bright Lights Dark Shadows is the ultimate account of the rise and fall of a legendary group and a biography of great perception.
This new paperback edition of the best-selling ABBA book includes details of ABBA Voyage: the phenomenal ninth and final album and the revelatory concert experience in London.
Slade were the most iconic group of the 1970s glam rock era. Although the original quartet - Dave Hill, Noddy Holder, Jim Lea and Don Powell - ceased working as a unit in the nineties, memories of the group remain strong, thanks mainly to their remarkable, enduring, festive single, 'Merry Xmas Everybody'. But there is so much more to the band than ......
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.
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.
Newly published in paperback, in The Sound of the Machine, Bartos speaks candidly and with wit and humour about his life in Kraftwerk, a band widely acknowledged as being one of the most important in modern music.
The Story of Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys and the California Myth
An intimate look at Brian's rollercoaster of a life and career, it's told through the eyes of those who were there during Wilson's most legendary productions including Pet Sounds and Good Vibrations.
Anita Pallenberg, instantly recognisable as a member of The Rolling Stones rock n roll circus in the Sixties and Seventies, was no docile groupie. Fluent in four languages, she partied with the jet set in Rome, met Warhol, Ginsberg and Ferlinghetti in New York, was at home with London s leading lights of popular culture and went on to star in over ......
