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By Stuart Coupe. 2018
This is your backstage pass to the hidden side of the music industry - the tantrums, the fights, the tensions,…
the indulgence, the sex, the alcohol, the drugs. The roadies see it all, and now they are sharing their secrets. Roadies are the unsung heroes of the Australian music industry. They unload the PAs and equipment, they set it all up, they make sure everything is running smoothly before, during and after the gigs. Then they pack everything up in the middle of the night, put it in the back of the truck and hit the road to another town - to do it all over again. They know everything about the pre- and post-show excesses. They bear witness to overdoses, the groupies, the obsessive fans. They are part of - and often organise - all the craziness that goes on behind the scenes of the concerts and pub gigs you go to. From The Rolling Stones to AC/DC, Bob Marley to Courtney Love, Sherbet to The Ted Mulry Gang, INXS to Blondie - these guys have seen it all. And now they're stepping onto the stage and talking.The Roadies' Creed: If it's wet, drink it. If it's dry, smoke it. If it moves, **** it. If it doesn't move, throw it in the back of the truck.'Fabulous . . . a bold portrait' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD on Stuart Coupe's GUDINSKIBy David N. Meyer. 2007
Born to a wealthy Southern-Gothic family of alcoholics and suicides, Gram Parsons possessed a genius for the American sound. He…
led the Byrds to create the first country-rock album and taught the joys of American roots music to Mick Jagger. His album, Grievous Angel, remains a haunting masterpiece, but before it was released, Parsons, aged twenty-six, died from a lethal mix of morphine and barbiturates. Author David N. Meyer paints an unprecedented portrait of the man who brought together country music and rock and roll. Masterfully told, Twenty Thousand Roadsis a dazzling evocation of an artist, his music and his times.By The Vamps. 2016
Since forming on YouTube in 2012, The Vamps have become one of the biggest bands in the UK. They have…
travelled the world with massive arena tours, sold hundreds of thousands of records, and gained legions of amazing and devoted fans. They have gone from schoolboys to superstardom in just a few years, and for the first time Connor, Brad, Tristan and James tell their story. From life on the road to dealing with their new-found fame, nothing is off-limits.Featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes photography, this is a fully-illustrated joint autobiography: the perfect book for any Vamps fan.By Dj Target. 2018
An explosive insider account of grime, from subculture to international phenomenon. *****A group of kids in the 2000s had a…
dream to make their voice heard - and this book documents their seminal impact on today's pop culture.DJ Target grew up in Bow under the shadow of Canary Wharf, with money looming close on the skyline. The 'Godfather of Grime' Wiley and Dizzee Rascal first met each other in his bedroom. They were all just grime kids on the block back then, and didn't realise they were to become pioneers of an international music revolution. A movement that permeates deep into British culture and beyond. Household names were borne out of those housing estates, and the music industry now jumps to the beat of their gritty reality rather than the tune of glossy aspiration. Grime has shaken the world and Target is revealing its explosive and expansive journey in full, using his own unique insight and drawing on the input of grime's greatest names.By Thomas O'Keefe. 2018
Long before the Grammy nominations, sold-out performances at Carnegie Hall, and Hollywood friends and lovers, Ryan Adams fronted a Raleigh,…
North Carolina, outfit called Whiskeytown. Lumped into the burgeoning alt-country movement, the band soon landed a major label deal and recorded an instant classic: Strangers Almanac. That's when tour manager Thomas O'Keefe met the young musician. For the next three years, Thomas was at Ryan's side: on the tour bus, in the hotels, backstage at the venues. Whiskeytown built a reputation for being, as the Detroit Free Press put it, "half band, half soap opera," and Thomas discovered that young Ryan was equal parts songwriting prodigy and drunken buffoon. Ninety percent of the time, Thomas could talk Ryan into doing the right thing. Five percent of the time, he could cover up whatever idiotic thing Ryan had done. But the final five percent? Whiskeytown was screwed. Twenty-plus years later, accounts of Ryan's legendary antics are still passed around in music circles. But only three people on the planet witnessed every Whiskeytown show from the release of Strangers Almanac to the band's eventual breakup: Ryan, fiddle player Caitlin Cary, and Thomas O'Keefe. Packed with behind-the-scenes road stories, and, yes, tales of rock star debauchery, Waiting to Derail provides a firsthand glimpse into Ryan Adams at the most meaningful and mythical stage of his career.By Saul Austerlitz. 2018
The most blisteringly impassioned music book of the season New York Times Book…
ReviewAn Amazon Best of the Month BookA thrilling account of the Altamont Festival and the dark side of the 60s If Woodstock tied the ideals of the 60s together Altamont unraveled them In Just a Shot Away writer and critic Saul Austerlitz tells the story of Woodstock West where the Rolling Stones hoped to end their 1969 American tour triumphantly with the help of the Grateful Dead the Jefferson Airplane and 300 000 fans Instead the concert featured a harrowing series of disasters starting with the concert s haphazard planning The bad acid kicked in early The Hells Angels hired to handle security began to prey on the concertgoers And not long after the Rolling Stones went on an 18-year-old African-American named Meredith Hunter was stabbed by the Angels in front of the stage The show and the Woodstock high were over Austerlitz shows how Hunter s death came to symbolize the end of an era while the trial of his accused murderer epitomized the racial tensions that still underlie America He also finds a silver lining in the concert in how Rolling Stone s coverage of it helped create a new form of music journalism while the making of the movie about Altamont Gimme Shelter birthed new forms of documentary Using scores of new interviews with Paul Kantner Jann Wenner journalist John Burks filmmaker Joan Churchill and many members of the Rolling Stones inner circle as well as Meredith Hunter s family Austerlitz shows that you can t understand the 60s or rock and roll if you don t come to grips with AltamontBy Megan Stine. 2015
Born in Gary, Indiana, on August 29, 1958, Michael Jackson was definitely not a regular kid. A superstar with The…
Jackson 5 before he was eight years old, he became the King of Pop as a solo artist. Michael was a creative--yet deeply troubled--genius who always remained devoted to his art right up until his death is 2009 before a much anticipated tour. He had a pitch-perfect voice and footwork that his idol Fred Astaire admired. Who will ever forget the Moonwalk? Kids today who only know Jackson through video performances are nevertheless fascinated by him. Megan Stine provides a sensitive, fair-minded depiction of this unique music legend.By Ra l Castro Breccia. 2019
Raúl Castro dialoga en estas páginas con su álter ego Tintabrava, y de esa charla surge un relato hermoso y…
poético que repasa las alternativas de una vida luminosa. La historia de Tintabrava es también la nuestra. Es el Uruguay de los 60, el fútbol, los Beatles, el barrio y la murga. Es la militancia estudiantil y los veranos en Solymar. Es el territorio inolvidable de la niñez, los grandes amigos y los primeros amores. Es el trabajo en la fábrica, la cara pintada arriba de un tablado y el vagabundeo por el mundo con una guitarra a cuestas. Es la emoción que surge en cada paso del camino, donde victorias y fracasos se encuentran para enseñarnos la lección más importante, la que guardamos y transmitimos. Desde la niñez de juegos en la calle hasta un presente que plantea desafíos a cada paso, el camino de Tintabrava es el de la lucha por ideales que evolucionan con el tiempo pero siguen siendo los mismos en esencia. Es también un repaso por los hechos fundamentales de nuestra historia como país, contado desde el punto de vista del prójimo y comprometido con la cultura popular. Recorriendo estas páginas, los lectores nos sorprendemos al encontrarnos con personajes entrañables y situaciones memorables, en un territorio donde la imaginación y la realidad se funden para dar paso a la emoción. Esa misma emoción que transmite Tintabrava, "el hombre que quería hacer cantar al mundo", en sus versos.By Why Don'T We. 2018
In the Limelight is the official Why Don’t We autobiography, full of never-before-seen photos and behind-the-scenes info about one of…
today’s hottest bands.When five guys decided to form a band, they never imagined that they would go from playing music online to playing tours across the world so quickly. Why Don’t We has been together for less than two years, and they’ve already headlined sold out shows, played at Madison Square Garden, and amassed millions of fans. And this is all just the beginning.This is the official Why Don’t We story, full of never-before-seen photos and everything you need to know about Corbyn, Daniel, Zach, Jonah, and Jack. Find out the secrets they’ve never shared with fans before, their embarrassing childhood stories, what they look for in a girlfriend, and how it felt to have their lives completely changed by this incredible journey.By Baby Ariel. 2018
Musical.ly megastar and recording artist Baby Ariel tells the inspiring story behind her empire of more than 35 million fans.…
Full of revealing personal anecdotes, advice, doodles, and never-before-seen photos! Ariel is all about opening up and being goofy, funny, and completely herself. In her debut book, she talks about every step of her amazing journey: from the good (like being on the cover of Billboard, filming music videos for her original songs, and meeting her amazing fans) to the bad (like overcoming anxiety, handling breakups, and dealing with haters and bullies). Through it all, Ariel has learned one important lesson that she wants her fans to learn, too: You gotta be you, babies.Fierce, funny, and real, Dreaming Out Loud goes behind the scenes in the life of one of today’s most popular influencers, giving you Baby Ariel like you’ve never seen her before.By Maximiliano Poter. 2018
Maxi Poter (re)descubre a esos músicos a los que el destino les jugó una broma pesada que los dejó en…
el backstage de la gloria. Los artistas que -por azar, tragedias, desencuentros, traiciones, pifies, pelotas en el palo, confusiones y tropiezos cósmicos- se quedaron viendo la consagración desde afuera. Alguna vez The Police fue un desastroso cuarteto. Los Rolling Stones eran seis, pero a uno lo echaron por "feo". En varios países, los Beatles fueron John, Paul, George y un tal "Jimmie". Kiss tuvo un guitarrista con artrosis y Led Zeppelin casi elige al cantante más desafortunado del mundo. La biografía de los más grandes íconos del rock está llena de ilustres desconocidos que, por diversas razones, se quedaron al borde de la fama y hoy son ocultas notas al pie de mitos y leyendas. Maximiliano Poter (re)descubre y (re)valoriza a los otros "Pete Best" de la historia: esos músicos que aun teniendo todo lo que hace falta (talento, carisma, atractivo, dedicación, oportunismo, contactos y hasta la imprescindible "suerte") se quedaron en el backstage de la gloria. Losers reúne las maravillosas y agridulces vidas de esos desdichados que son parte fundamental de la crónica universal del rock pero que -por azar, tragedias, peleas, traiciones, pifies, confusiones, macanas, pelotas en el palo y hasta injusticias cósmicas- no recibieron su merecida consagración. Estos son los más exitosos "casi famosos".By Juan Carlos Diez. 2018
Convertido en un objeto de culto, este libro reúne incontables horas de conversaciones que durante cinco años mantuvieron el Flaco…
Spinetta y Juan Carlos Diez. El fruto de esos encuentros es esta hoja de ruta arbitraria que nos permite asomarnos al universo de este artista singular. Con más de treinta y cinco años de trayectoria y cerca de cuarenta discos grabados (en grupo o como solista), Luis Alberto Spinetta es sin lugar a dudas uno de los representantes más significativos de la música popular argentina. Creador de letras de hondo lirismo y compositor que abreva en las armonías del jazz y en la esencia melódica de Buenos Aires, Spinetta es también uno de los integrantes más destacados de esa generación mítica que dio vida al rock nacional. Sus influencias musicales, sus vivencias y sensaciones, sus obsesiones, su música y sus pensamientos sobre la realidad de hoy conviven con Castaneda y El Bosco, Jimi Hendrix y Los Beatles, Artaud y Bataille, Piazzolla y el capitán Beto. La discografía completa y una selección de letras de canciones, que incluye tres temas inéditos, integran esta obra ineludible para quienes quieran conocer en profundidad al artista y para todos aquellos que, conociéndolo, busquen reconocerse en su trayectoria. La crítica ha dicho... «Una suerte de mapa cósmico del universo de Spinetta.»Juan Rapacioli, Télam «Un libro destinado a conmover.»Cristian Vitale, Página/12 «Luis Alberto Spinetta fue un artista de notables condiciones que lo hicieron único. Martropía refleja esto con amplitud y especial sensibilidad.»Rodolfo García, músico e integrante de Almendra y Los Amigo. «En este preciso momento hay dos cosas muy importantes para hacer: una es escuchar algún temita de Luis Alberto y la otra leer estas conversaciones entre Juan Carlos y el propio Flaco.»Hugo Fattoruso «Llegué a casa y no pude parar de leerlo, lo devoré. Martropía es realmente profundo, abordando múltiples aspectos de la vida de Luis tanto en el plano personal como en lo referente a su obra.»Sergio Verdinelli, baterista de la banda de SpinettaBy Pete Salgado. 2017
The untold story of the iconic Jenni Rivera through the perspective of her former managers, Pete Salgado and Gabriel Vazquez…
and it will be the basis for a TV series that airs on Univision. This book will take us into the boiler room and offer a behind-the-scenes look into the strategies and moments that lead to national headlines. Pete Salgado was Jenn’s longstanding manager, considered by Jenn her fifth bother, he worked with her for nearly a decade, and helped negotiate many of her deals. She shared things with him she did not with others, and he came to know her in ways no one else did. The months before Jenni’s death were filled with betrayals and disappointments from those she most loved and trusted. Salgado addresses that and takes readers deep inside some cryptic tweets Jenni posted as well of answering very difficult questions such as: Did Chiquis have an affair with Jenni’s husband, Esteban? Who really was the person Jenni called El Pelón and tweeted about, and what did he mean to her? Was Jenni embroiled with the drug cartel? Did the notorious narco El Barbie mistreat her? Was she going to buy a plane? Was Jenni’s death truly an accident? This book describes everything that went into that final moment, and for the first time, truly depict the beauty, love, complexity, and pain of Jenni’s relationship with Chiquis – which was much different and went much deeper than a traditional mother-daughter relationship. Salgado shares who Dolores really was that her fans did not know and did not see on stage… Salgado and Vasquez give readers a better perspective of the life of the “Diva de la banda” from the two people most deeply involved in helping build her career, and who knew her in ways that no one else did.By Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz. 2018
A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself—by band members…
ADROCK and Mike D, with contributions from Amy Poehler, Colson Whitehead, Spike Jonze, Wes Anderson, Luc Sante, and more. Formed as a New York City hardcore band in 1981, Beastie Boys struck an unlikely path to global hip hop superstardom. Here is their story, told for the first time in the words of the band. Adam “ADROCK” Horovitz and Michael “Mike D” Diamond offer revealing and very funny accounts of their transition from teenage punks to budding rappers; their early collaboration with Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin; the debut album that became the first hip hop record ever to hit #1, Licensed to Ill—and the album’s messy fallout as the band broke with Def Jam; their move to Los Angeles and rebirth with the genre-defying masterpiece Paul’s Boutique; their evolution as musicians and social activists over the course of the classic albums Check Your Head, Ill Communication, and Hello Nasty and the Tibetan Freedom Concert benefits conceived by the late Adam “MCA” Yauch; and more. For more than thirty years, this band has had an inescapable and indelible influence on popular culture. With a style as distinctive and eclectic as a Beastie Boys album, Beastie Boys Book upends the typical music memoir. Alongside the band narrative you will find rare photos, original illustrations, a cookbook by chef Roy Choi, a graphic novel, a map of Beastie Boys’ New York, mixtape playlists, pieces by guest contributors, and many more surprises. A New York Times BestsellerBy Pattie Boyd, Penny Junor. 2007
For the first time, rock music's most famous muse tells her incredible story Pattie Boyd, former wife of both George…
Harrison and Eric Clapton, finally breaks a forty-year silence and tells the story of how she found herself bound to two of the most addictive, promiscuous musical geniuses of the twentieth century and became the most legendary muse in the history of rock and roll. The woman who inspired Harrison's song "Something" and Clapton's anthem "Layla," Pattie Boyd has written a book that is rich and raw, funny and heartbreaking--and totally honest.By Jeff Tweedy. 2018
The singer, guitarist, and songwriter—best known for his work with Wilco—opens up about his past, his songs, the music, and…
the people that have inspired him.Few bands have inspired as much devotion as the Chicago rock band Wilco, and it's thanks, in large part, to the band's singer, songwriter, and guiding light: Jeff Tweedy. But while his songs and music have been endlessly discussed and analyzed, Jeff has rarely talked so directly about himself, his life, and his artistic process.Until now. In his long-awaited memoir, Jeff will tell stories about his childhood in Belleville, Illinois; the St. Louis record store, rock clubs, and live-music circuit that sparked his songwriting and performing career; and the Chicago scene that brought it all together. He'll also talk in-depth about his collaborators in Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, and more; and write lovingly about his parents, wife Susie, and sons, Spencer and Sammy. Honest, funny, and disarming, Tweedy's memoir will bring readers inside both his life and his musical process, illuminating his singular genius and sharing his story, voice, and perspective for the first time.By Nico Medina, Gregory Copeland, Who Hq. 2018
There is only one QUEEN OF SOUL! Discover why Aretha Franklin garners so much R-E-S-P-E-C-T.Aretha Franklin is a musical and…
cultural icon who created an amazing legacy spanning six decades! Born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1942, Aretha got her start singing in front of her father's Baptist congregation and found minor success as a gospel singer. She then set her sights on becoming a pop music artist and used her powerful voice and impressive skills on the piano to get a record deal. Aretha released her first of many celebrated albums at the age of 18. In 1987, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, making her the first female artist to grace the prestigious list. With iconic hits such as "Respect" and "Think," and countless awards to her name including eighteen Grammys, Aretha Franklin is one of the bestselling artists of all time.By Carrie Brownstein. 2015
From the guitarist of the pioneering band Sleater-Kinney, the book Kim Gordon says "everyone has been waiting for" -- a…
candid, funny, and deeply personal look at making a life--and finding yourself--in music. Before Carrie Brownstein became a music icon, she was a young girl growing up in the Pacific Northwest just as it was becoming the setting for one the most important movements in rock history. Seeking a sense of home and identity, she would discover both while moving from spectator to creator in experiencing the power and mystery of a live performance. With Sleater-Kinney, Brownstein and her bandmates rose to prominence in the burgeoning underground feminist punk-rock movement that would define music and pop culture in the 1990s. They would be cited as "America's best rock band" by legendary music critic Greil Marcus for their defiant, exuberant brand of punk that resisted labels and limitations, and redefined notions of gender in rock. HUNGER MAKES ME A MODERN GIRL is an intimate and revealing narrative of her escape from a turbulent family life into a world where music was the means toward self-invention, community, and rescue. Along the way, Brownstein chronicles the excitement and contradictions within the era's flourishing and fiercely independent music subculture, including experiences that sowed the seeds for the observational satire of the popular television series Portlandia years later. With deft, lucid prose Brownstein proves herself as formidable on the page as on the stage. Accessibly raw, honest and heartfelt, this book captures the experience of being a young woman, a born performer and an outsider, and ultimately finding one's true calling through hard work, courage and the intoxicating power of rock and roll.By The RZA. 2009
A unique book of wisdom and experience that reaches from the most violent slums of New York City to the…
highest planes of spiritual thought by the RZA, founder of the Wu-Tang Clan and hip-hop's most exalted wise man.The RZA, the Abbot of the Wu-Tang Clan and hip-hop culture's most dynamic genius, imparts the lessons he's learned on the journey that's taken him from the Staten Island projects to international superstar, all along the way a devout student of knowledge in every form he's found it-on the streets, in religion, in martial arts, in chess, in popular culture. Part chronicle of an extraordinary life and part spiritual and philosophical discourse, The Tao of Wu is a nonfiction Siddhartha for the hip-hop generation-an engaging, seeking book that will enlighten, entertain, and inspire.The legions of Wu-Tang fans are accustomed to this heady mix-their obsession with the band's puzzlelike lyrics and elaborate mythology has propelled the group through fifteen years of dazzling, multiplatform success. In his 2005 bestseller The Wu-Tang Manual, the RZA provided the barest glimpse of how that mythology worked. In The Tao of Wu, he takes us deep inside the complex sense of wisdom and spirituality that has been at the core of his commercial and creative success.The book is built around major moments in the RZA's life when he was faced with a dramatic turning point, either bad (a potential prison sentence) or good (a record deal that could pull his family out of poverty), and the lessons he took from each experience. His points of view are always surprising and provocative, and reveal a profound, genuine, and abiding wisdom-consistently tempered with humor and peppered with unique, colloquial phraseology. It is a spiritual memoir as the world has never seen before, and will never see again.By Charles R. Cross. 2012
It has been twenty years since Kurt Cobain died by his own hand in April 1994; it was an act…
of will that typified his short, angry, inspired life. Veteran music journalist Charles R. Cross fuses his intimate knowledge of the Seattle music scene with his deep compassion for his subject in this extraordinary story of artistic brilliance and the pain that extinguished it. Based on more than four hundred interviews; four years of research; exclusive access to Cobain's unpublished diaries, lyrics, and family photos; and a wealth of documentation, Heavier Than Heaven traces Cobain's life from his early days in a double-wide trailer outside of Aberdeen, Washington, to his rise to fame, success, and the adulation of a generation. Charles Cross has written a preface for this new edition, in which he recounts some of the events regarding Kurt Cobain and this book in the past two decades since his death.Cobain's health struggles and his tragic final days. More than the history of a rock and roll star, Heavier Than Heaven is a portrait of creative genius and the will to turn pain into art.