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Vendor: Ian F. Svenonius
Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock 'n' Roll Group: Second Edition
"Like its author, Supernatural Strategies is part tongue-in-cheek, part deadly serious--a satire of rock's consumerist origins but also a thoughtful treatise on what it means to devote yourself to a collective . . . Drawing from the wisdom of rock 'n' roll's most famous...- $17.95
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Vendor: David Luhrssen
Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll 1944-1964
Who were the first giants of American rock and roll? Which songs and labels and performers drove rock's emergence and explosive growth in the mid-twentieth century? In what ways did the rhythm and blues sound created by African-American composers, singers, and musicians between the...- $100.00
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Vendor: Janine Warren
The World Was a Mess But His Hair Was Perfect: The Last Indie Music Scene 2000-2010
The first, cohesive account of a seminal period in UK music history affectionately referred to as 'Indie Sleaze'. This is the UK's answer to Meet Me in the Bathroom--Lizzy Goodman's seminal oral history of the New York indie scene.At the turn of the millennium,...- $34.00
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Vendor: Aaron Poehler
Encore: The Anthology of Music Writing by Aaron Poehler
From Bobby Fuller to The Monks, from The Creation to Soul Asylum, Aaron Poehler covered the most interesting corners of the music world during a time of unprecedented upheaval and change in the music industry.ENCORE: THE ANTHOLOGY OF MUSIC WRITING BY AARON POEHLER is...- $17.99
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Vendor: Anna McKerrow
Girls, Girls, Girls: A reconstructive surgery for misogyny in 8 songs
Mötley Crüe's fourth studio album, Girls, Girls, Girls, was released on my tenth birthday in 1987. It reached number 2 in the US Billboard 200 Chart that year and sold over 4 million copies in the US, and 60,000 in the UK. In it,...- $12.99
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Vendor: Robert Day-Webb
Badfinger: Every Album Every Song
Generally regarded as one of the most tragic tales in the history of rock music, the story of Badfinger does indeed make for an impressively sombre Hollywood-style film script. A Welsh and Liverpudlian musical hybrid, the band was signed to Apple Records, became protégés...- $22.95
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Vendor: Don Powell Powell
Look Wot I Dun: My Life in Slade
Look What I Dun is the story of Slade told through the eyes of drummer Don Powell whose life was shattered when, in 1973 at the height of the group's fame, he was involved in a horrific car crash.Unflinching in his honesty, Powell deals...- $20.00
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Vendor: Mark ''Hoss'' Amans
Where the Action Was
Author: Mark ''Hoss'' AmansISBN-10: 1456815903ISBN-13: 9781456815905Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/18/2010Pages: 286Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.27lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d- $29.99
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Vendor: Pierre Hecker
Turkish Metal: Music, Meaning, and Morality in a Muslim Society
Turkish Metal uncovers the emergence, evolution, and especially the social implications of this controversial musical genre in a Muslim society. Above all, the book investigates the Turkish metal scene's potential for contesting Islamic concepts of morality, its relevance within the field of female emancipation,...- $79.99
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Vendor: Ben Swank
Language Lessons: Volume I
A mighty object to behold . . . enchanting . . . a complicated, intriguing development in the power struggle between the analog and the digital.--Los Angeles Review of BooksThe Third Man project originated from a weekly poetry series in Nashville that attracted both...- $60.00
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Vendor: Glenn Pillsbury
Damage Incorporated: Metallica and the Production of Musical Identity
"Damage Incorporated" is the first book about the legendary heavy metal band Metallica that provides a detailed exploration of the group's music and its place within the wider popular music landscape. Written with a broad readership in mind, it offers an interdisciplinary study that...- $63.99
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Vendor: Dave Mustaine
In My Darkest Hour: A Memoir
From King of Metal Dave Mustaine, a powerful reflection on the harsh truths and raw realizations that can only come from confronting death. Dave Mustaine is no stranger to pain and suffering. He battled demons all his life--including an alcoholic father, addiction, and black...- $30.00
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Vendor: Chuck Klosterman
Rock*: A Mainstream Alternative History of Alternative Mainstream Music
Kaleidoscopic culture critic Chuck Klosterman rewrites the history of reality, built off a question that has never been asked or (in all likelihood) even considered: What if Phillip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle was actually about rock music? The Velvet Underground...- $32.50
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Vendor: Brett Alan Dewing
I Too Once Thought . . .: Problematizing Identity and Ordering the So-Called Chaos in Alanis Morissette's Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
We find ourselves at a transitional time in culture, encouraged from the youngest age to apply defining labels to ourselves. Sometimes it seems that everybody is fighting for the smallest pigeonhole. An alternative paradigm, celebrating complexity and multiplicity in personal identity, may be found...- $12.00
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Vendor: Pat Gilbert
Passion Is a Fashion: The Real Story of the Clash - Revised and Updated
The definitive biography of The Clash--now fully revised and expanded for the band's 50th anniversary. First published to universal acclaim and widely regarded as the essential account of The Clash, Passion Is a Fashion returns in a major new edition to mark fifty years...- $19.99
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Vendor: Spencer 100 Quotes Series
The Jimi Hendrix Book of Quotes: Intuition, Innovation, and the Electric Church
Journey into the mind of the Sonic Mystic with The Jimi Hendrix Book of Quotes. Explore the philosophy of the Electric Church, the art of the guitar, and the wisdom of the 1960s counter-culture. Perfect for fans of Jimi Hendrix biographies, music history, and...- $9.99
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Vendor: Ihor Junyk
Gorillaz' Plastic Beach
Gorillaz were, from the very beginning, as much conceptual art as they were a musical group. A collaboration between Albarn and visual artist Jaimie Hewlett, the project was conceived as a "virtual band" that could comment on the empty and manufactured nature of popular...- $14.95
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Vendor: Simon Goddard
The Comeback: Elvis and the Story of the 68 Special
The incredible story of the resurrection of Elvis, from 50's crooner to late 60's King of Rock n Roll."Goddard not only knows his Elvis, but deftly weaves in the cultural background of theera." -MOJOAs 1968 dawns, the once King of rock'n'roll faces cultural oblivion....- $22.00
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Vendor: Jonathan Downes
The Gonzo Annual 2015
Welcome to the first ever Gonzo Annual; a compendium of interesting, thought-provoking, and above all uplifting articles from the pages of The Gonzo Weekly from the Year of Our Lord 2014. Being the decent Godfearing company that we are, we are proud to bring...- $14.96
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Vendor: Michael A. Budnik
Like Shards of Glass
When you encounter someone with "obvious" mental health issues or what I refer to as "Throw Aways", what do you think, feel, how do you "deal" with this encounter? For many, it's get away quickly, like if this person before them has leprosy or...- $11.95
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Vendor: Shelton Waldrep
Future Nostalgia: Performing David Bowie
Although David Bowie has famously characterized himself as a "leper messiah," a more appropriate moniker might be "rock god" someone whose influence has crossed numerous sub-genres of popular and classical music and can at times seem ubiquitous. By looking at key moments in his...- $160.00
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Vendor: Anonymous
Music '69. Now Sounds & Golden Goodies
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...- $15.95
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Vendor: Rockett
Ghost Notes: My Life in Poison
From the suburbs of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, to the neon glare of Los Angeles, Rikki Rockett's journey is as raw and relentless as the beat of his drums. Before becoming the flamboyant, fire-breathing drummer of Poison, Rockett was a restless kid with a taste for...- $30.00
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Vendor: Christian Carvajal
Magicaleidoscope
In Magicaleidoscope, the thrilling second volume of Christian Carvajal's spacefaring ROCK STARS trilogy, Khutulun "Calamity" Khan has been recruited as a singer for The Force, a band steeped in the prog and arena rock of the late 20th century. Thrust into the depths of...- $22.00
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Vendor: Jim Windolf
Where the Music Had to Go: How Bob Dylan and the Beatles Changed Each Other--And the World
Persuasive, captivating, and bursting with insight, this dual biography by acclaimed New York Times journalist Jim Windolf dives into the surprisingly supportive, occasionally rivalrous, and always fertile relationship between Bob Dylan and the Beatles, uncovering how they inspired and transformed each other as songwriters,...- $44.99
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Vendor: Paul Sterling
Guitar TABs Mastery for Beginners: No-Guesswork Guide to Reading Guitar TABs in Under a Day
Finally Learn Real Songs on Guitar. No Music Theory Required.Struggling to play your favorite tunes? You're not alone.Most new guitarists give up or get stuck because traditional methods are slow, confusing, and overloaded with theory. But here's the secret: you don't need to read...- $15.99
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Music Video Mischief: Ozzy to Britney, Oasis to Gn'r, McCartney to Cher: A Lifetime of Rock and Chaos
In this boisterous and entertaining memoir, Nigel Dick recounts his wild ride from record company motorcycle messenger to one of the world's leading music video directors. After a brief stint busking in the Paris Metro, Nigel Dick got his start in the music business...- $22.95
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Vendor: Mitchell Cohen
Wake Me, Shake Me: New York City, the '60s and the Pop-Rock Youthquake
New York City in the 1960s was a musical melting pot, in which folk, R&B, rock and roll, blues, girl groups and Brill Building pop produced a wealth of great artists and records. This book tells their story. Using numerous new interviews with major...- $22.95
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Vendor: Chad Knowlton
Is This Thing On?: The Transformative Story of Alex and Tess Novak
What happens when life as you know it unravels, and you're left with nothing but yourself to rediscover? Is This Thing On is the compelling and heartwarming story of Alex and Tess Novak, a couple who, after years of building a life together, find...- $13.99
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Vendor: Rachel Brodsky
Lessons & Lace: Everything I Know about Dreams, Heartbreak, and Magic I Learned from Stevie Nicks
Immerse yourself in Stevie Nicks's incredible life to learn invaluable pearls of wisdom from this portrait of one of today's most resilient music icons. "Just dance. This will pass. Love will find a way. It always does." Written by music journalist Rachel Brodsky and...- $28.00
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Vendor: Richard D. Driver
That Was Me: Paul McCartney's Career and the Legacy of the Beatles
This book explores the phenomena of Paul McCartney's career and his legacy in popular music and culture. Paul McCartney has lived an extraordinary life in popular music and popular culture. His careers as a Beatle, as a solo musician and band leader in Wings,...- $39.95
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Vendor: Erin Riley
The Mighty Wmmr: An Oral History of Philadelphia's Rock Radio Revolution
In the early 1980s, the scrappy radio station 93.3 WMMR was on the verge of a major takeover of the Philadelphia airwaves. Erin Riley, who had her finger on the pulse of new artists like Bon Jovi, whose music would define a generation, was...- $30.00
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Vendor: Nicolas Pethes
Springsteen Fandom: A Lifetime Conversation
Springsteen Fandom: "A Lifetime Conversation" explores the experience of the Bruce Springsteen musical fandom as a mutual exchange between artist and audience. Choosing significant stops of the Springsteen and E Street Band 2023 Tour as a narrative guideline, the book presents a thorough analysis...- $24.95
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Fresh at Twenty: The Oral History of Mint Records
Fresh at Twenty: The Oral History of Mint Records is first and foremost the story of an independent record label and the people who helped build it. But it's also the story of a place and time in popular music -- Vancouver through the...- $19.95
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Vendor: Mark Barsotti
Yakety Yak: Rock's Greatest Quotes Sex, Drugs & Everything Else
"...captures all the raw, throbbing... electrifying power and vitality of an audiovisual medium and blasted it onto the printed page... you can dip in anywhere and not emerge until after many hours of fascinating revelations and amusements, edifications and bewilderments... Barsotti's book fully merits...- $15.99
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Mentoring
Author: Lesly JulesISBN-10: 1436353386ISBN-13: 9781436353380Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/12/2008Pages: 100Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.24d- $15.99
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Vendor: Dave Thompson
What Do I Do Now? Listening to Britpop - 20 Years Back
Throughout the 1990s, Brit-in-America Dave Thompson was among that hardy handful of journalists writing and fighting to introduce the US to the glories of Britpop - Oasis, Suede, Blur, Pulp, Elastica, Supergrass, Sleeper and many, many more. This collection brings together around 100 reviews...- $19.98
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Vendor: Brent Jensen
Leftover People: A Journey Through Post-Rock & Roll America
Leftover People: A Journey Through Post-Rock and Roll America is the latest non-fiction work from rock critic Brent Jensen. It recounts in graphic detail the events that take place during a promotional book tour of the southeastern United States in support of his rock...- $18.99
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Vendor: Richard Crouse
Big Bang, Baby: Rock Trivia
In the middle of the conservative 1950s, rock and roll hit popular culture like an explosion a Big Bang, Baby! And the fallout from that explosion is still electrifying music fans today. Popular music expert Richard Crouse has ventured deep into the far reaches...- $16.99
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Vendor: Sylvia Patterson
I'm Not with the Band: A Writer's Life Lost in Music
DON'T MISS SYLVIA PATTERSON'S BRAND NEW MEMOIR, SAME OLD GIRL, COMING SPRING 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2016 'Celebratory and elegiac' Guardian 'A roller-coaster memoir' Sunday Times 'Funny, anecdote-packed, nostalgic but also very touching'The Pool 'Patterson fillets out the pretentious bones of pop,...- $15.99
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Vendor: John Lingan
Backbeats: A History of Rock and Roll in Fifteen Drummers
A Rolling Stone Best Music Book of 2025, this is an electrifying, "superb" (Atlantic), and "entirely fresh" (Rolling Stone) journey through the history of rock and roll, told through the lives of fifteen iconic drummers and their percussion rivals--from John Bonham and Charlie Watts...- $20.00
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Vendor: Ken Sharp
Kiss Destroyer: The Definitive Visual History: Making and Touring the Legendary Album, Official and Authorized
Have a "Rock and Roll Party" with this incredible chronicle of KISS's first platinum studio album and one of the greatest rock records in history. In 1976, Gene, Paul, Ace, and Peter stomped their platform heels into the mainstream with Destroyer, which catapulted them...- $60.00
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Vendor: Joe Sins
Elvis in 55
Elvis in 55 is a rigorously researched, chronological reconstruction of Elvis Presley's pivotal year on the road, when regional success accelerated into national inevitability just before worldwide stardom. Built from documented performance records, contemporary newspaper coverage and advertisements, and verified historical sources, the book...- $31.99
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Meat the Beatles: The Butcher Cover: The Complete, Untold Story of the Fab Four's Most Controversial Album Artwork
It's grotesque, iconic, and infamous--and the story behind it is even crazier. Discover all the drama hidden beneath one of the most notorious and collectible record covers by the best-selling band of all time. In June 1966, Beatles fans lined up to buy Yesterday...- $34.99
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Vendor: Richard Ward
Iconic Albums Electric Light Orchestra The Electric Light Orchestra Era (1971): A Track-by-Track Journey Through Strings, Prog and the Birth of ELO
Before the spaceship. Before the symphonic polish. Before the global hits.The Electric Light Orchestra (1971) is where the experiment began.In this deep-dive installment of the Iconic Albums series, Richard Ward explores ELO's extraordinary debut album-an ambitious, uneasy, and fascinating blueprint for what would become...- $17.69
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Iconic Albums Paul McCartney The Venus and Mars Era (1975-1976): A Track-by-Track Journey through Pop Cosmic and Imagination
Venus and Mars is often remembered as the album that followed Band on the Run.This book argues it is something far more important.Released in 1975, Venus and Mars captures a rare moment in Paul McCartney's career: a period where survival is no longer the...- $17.40
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Vendor: Gregory D. West
The 12-String Guitar: History, Design, and the Art of Playing
The 12-string guitar has always stood apart.From its early roots in folk and blues to its unmistakable role in rock, country, and acoustic music, it has been used to create depth, motion, and resonance unlike any other guitar. Yet it is often misunderstood-treated as...- $22.99
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Vendor: Graley Herren
Dylan in Cincinnati
Dylan in Cincinnati takes a fresh approach to Bob Dylan's performance art by asking what happens when we focus on a single city across six decades. When we think of Dylan in concert, we imagine Newport, New York, or London. But most of his...- $110.00
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Vendor: Bloom
Down To Donington
According to Don Airey, who writes this book's foreword, it was Cozy Powell who initially suggested the idea for what became the first "Monsters Of Rock Festival" in 1980.Held at Donington Park motor circuit it was the first major event that focused on one...- $22.99
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Vendor: Andy Crofts
Paul
Music and photography have always gone hand in hand for Andy Crofts. In his teens he discovered a passion for taking pictures and described it as a life changing feeling. With a few brief encounters through playing live and sending demos of his music,...- $49.99
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