Neil Young: Reflections in Broken Glass (Updated and Revised)
An unpretentious, effective profile by an author unafraid to voice her own opinions. In 1966 a young singer-songwriter drives an old battered hearse 2000 miles from Canada to L.A to seek his fortune. Sixty years later he is still making music, the survivor of an astonishing career that has taken in the Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Crazy Horse, numerous collaborations and a staggering number of albums. Written by the legendary rock writer Sylvie Simmons.
Made On Earth for Rising Stars: The Electro-Harmonix Story
Made On Earth For Rising Stars is the definitive visual history of Electro-Harmonix from 1968 till now — a massive book exploring everything from circuit designers to those seeking to cure death, from flying machines to mass ESP experiments. Featuring Jack White, J Mascis, John Mayer, Wes Borland, Billy Corgan, Bill Frisell, Nels Cline, Adrien Belew, Vernon Reid, and more.
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On? and the Last Days of the Motown Sound
The story behind the groundbreaking album by one of Motown’s most important artists.
HOLLYWOOD DREAM: The Thunderclap Newman Story
This is the story of one of the most unlikely combos in popular music history, and of the four disparate characters who formed its core: Pete Townshend, principal songwriter and guitarist for The Who; his best friend and driver, the singer/songwriter/drummer John ‘Speedy’ Keen; a fifteen-year-old wunderkind guitarist named Jimmy McCulloch; and finally, an enigmatic telephone engineer who also happened to be a brilliant improvisational jazz pianist: Andy ‘Thunderclap’ Newman.
Needles and Plastic: Flying Nun Records, 1981–1988
In this remarkable tale of creativity and chaos, do-it-yourself innovation and extraordinary attempts at world domination, Matthey Goody tells the inside story of one of New Zealand – and the world’s – great independent music labels, Flying Nun Records introduced groups such as The Clean, The Verlaines. and Tall Dwarfs to the world. Hundreds of full color & black and white photos illustrate the story in this high quality paperback art book!
Total Chaos: The Story of The Stooges / As Told by Iggy Pop (NEW UPDATED AND REVISED PAPERBACK)
TOTAL CHAOS: The Story of the Stooges / As Told by Iggy Pop (UPDATED AND REVISED) features more new, never before seen photos plus an additional chapter from legendary vocalist of Black Flag, Henry Rollins. TOTAL CHAOS is the definitive oral history via Iggy Pop of his legendary group The Stooges. The 9.5" x 7" high quality paperback art book features hundreds of full color photos of one of the USA’s most influential bands.
TENEMENT KID: From the Streets of Glasgow in the 1960s to Drummer in Jesus and Mary Chain and Frontman in Primal Scream
Fizzing with an infectious passion for the magic of rock music, Bobby Gillespie’s vivid and evocative new memoir traces the Primal Scream frontman’s path from a post-war Glasgow tenement to the release of Screamadelica, the band’s psychedelic award-winning masterpiece that helped usher in the 1990s.