The Autobiography of multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and composer, Lee Thompson, perhaps best-known as one of the founding members of English ska band Madness.
Tom Petty was one of the greatest songwriters in rock n roll history, as well as a standard bearer for integrity in the music business. This expanded edition of the first authorized book on Tom Petty, and the only one in his own words, includes additional interviews, articles and reviews.
He had it all: the scars, the swagger, the stage presence. As the highly visible and charismatic singer of Dragon, Marc Hunter was the voice behind such timeless hits as ‘April Sun in Cuba. Yet Hunter was also a maverick whose destructive genius and serious heroin addiction led to a turbulent relationship with his bandmates and an early death.
An American drummer, a bass player from Newcastle and a guitarist a decade older than the other two, with little in common other than their musical brilliance and towering ambition, formed one of the most successful bands in history. Covering the years 1977–1986 and the brief reincarnation in 2007– 2008, acclaimed biographers Caroline and David ......
This lavishly illustrated biography tells the story of Dua Lipa who has gone from viral sensation to Grammy award-winning global superstar. In just a few years the British/Kosovan singer-songwriter has established herself as the doyenne of ' dark pop' with a succession of upbeat catchy hit tracks with dark lyrics and undertones. She's also the ......
Salad Daze is an unflinchingly honest portrayal of the peaks and pitfalls of a life in the music industry, told with plenty of Wayne's wit and charm qualities that helped him survive his own unrestrained ambitions to still be making music today.
This is the incredible illustrated story of the Bee Gees, the band that Barry, Maurice and Robin, the brothers Gibb, formed in 1958. The trio were especially successful as a popular music act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and later as prominent performers of the disco music era in the mid-to-late1970s with the soundtrack album ’Saturday Night ......
George Michael was an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist who rose to fame as a member of the music duo Wham! and later embarked on a solo career. Michael has sold over 115 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. His first solo single "Careless Whisper" reached number one ......
An intimate, coming-of-age memoir by legendary guitarist Kid Congo Powers, detailing his experiences as a young, queer Mexican-American in 1970s Los Angeles through his rise in the glam rock and punk rock scenes.
Kid Congo Powers has been described as a "legendary guitarist and paragon of cool" with "the greatest ......
