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Before there was Star Wars before there was Close Encounters there was The Man Who Fell To Earth.

At a time in rock and pop history when almost everything has been done before, few artists have proved as restlessly innovative as Beck.

When Laughter In The Rain, Bad Blood, and Love Will Keep Us Together all reached number one in 1975, they said, Sedakas back.

Read & Burn is the first serious, in-depth appraisal of one of the most influential British bands to emerge during the punk era.

Heroic and absurd, scurrilous and profound, Who Killed Mister Moonlight?

Devo may have become synonymous with the crass commercialism of 80s new wave, but many of their guiding principles are firmly rooted in the idealism of the 60s.

Suddenly, this skinny, longhaired kid who had been lounging against the wall inside sprang forward to confront me, rolling and popping his eyes, intensely vibing me with his own personal voodoo.

When I first heard about this Faith No More biography, I didnt know what to think.

We didnt know what the film was about.

How do you define success?

I have been seeking P.

In 1992, Johnny Cash was battered and bruised.

Updated US edition, new chapters on Kim Gordon from Sonic Youth, Kim Deal from the Pixies and the Breeders and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs front woman Karen.

Long Promised Road: Carl Wilson, Soul Of The Beach Boys tells the story of the youngest of the three Wilson brothers, a consummate musician and singer and a natural peacemaker.

My Bloody Roots is the brutally honest story of life in two of the worlds best-known heavy metal bands, Sepultura and Soulfly, by one of the global metal scenes most respected musicians.

If I had a name like Wyndham Wallace I would not associate or correspond with anyone with a simple name like mine.

We developed reputations real fast.

There were only a handful of people in the world who still really believed in Suede at the time, and five of them were in the band.

On February 16 1969, John McLaughlin flew into New York, from London, in a snowstorm.

Ive never seen a Bob Dylan smile, except in photos or on the stage.

Its 1967, the Summer of Love, and Bob Dylan is holed up in Woodstock with a group of musicians once known as The Hawks, laying down a set of recordings that will soon turn the music world on its head.

Before #MeToo, before Riot Grrl, there was Lydia Lunch.

REBELLION IS A PART OF YOUTH.

Singer, bassist, and songwriter Glenn Hughes is a living, breathing embodiment of British rock, and his is a compelling story.

Step Inside the Intricate World of Child CelebritiesAre you intrigued by the glitz and glamour of Hollywood?

He was known as The Golden Torso, the underwear model who famously dated Keira Knightley.

Its the 80s just before the advent of AIDS, and we are behind the scenes at the entrancing Mitchell Brothers OFarrell Theater, which gonzo journalist Hunter S.

Between 1926 and his untimely death in 1929, Blind Lemon Jefferson was the largest-selling African-American blues singer in the United States.

When he was nine years old, Paul Polson lay on his bed in his family home, burning up with fever.

Dies ist die weltweit meistverkaufte Biografie Syd Barretts, des legendaren Grunders von Pink Floyd, der nach einer nur allzu kurzen Karriere zum Idol wurde.

Peter Brown is best known as Deputy Johnny McKay on Lawman and Texas Ranger Chad Cooper on Laredo, but his show business career has spanned five decades from theatre to prime time television to movies to daytime soap operas.

"Elmar Kraushaar gelingt es, dem Faszinosum Freddy näher zu kommen und ein in der Tat 'unwahrscheinliches Leben' auszuleuchten.

En la que sin duda es su crónica más emocionante, Juan Villoro cuenta cómo estuvo en condiciones de comparar la intensidad de dos de los terremotos más terribles que ha sufrido América Latina: el de 1985 en la ciudad de México y el de 2010 en Santiago de Chile.

Gente que cuenta reúne a algunas de las personalidades más relevantes de nuestro tiempo con una trayectoria detrás en muchas disciplinas: literatura, diseño, música o deporte.

During the whole of his writing career August Strindberg was a restless canon-maker.

El cantante italiano Jovanotti nos contaba su pasión por la moto en una de sus canciones más conocidas: "Eres como mi moto, eres igual a ella".

Lola Mora, escultora, esculpió" su propia vida como una perfecta obra de arte.

"e;Through her art, Herrera writes, Kahlo made of herself both performer and icon.

From the MTV trailblazer, stand-up comedian, and actor, a hilariously candid memoir that is an intimate, entertaining, and heartfelt tour through the exclusive, elusive, and eternally iconic world of 90s pop culture.

ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARCHOSEN BY PITCHFORK AS ONE OF THE TEN BEST MUSIC BOOKS OF 2023ONE OF LOUDER THAN WAR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE PLUTARCH AWARDINCLUDED IN PUBLISHERS WEEKLY'S SEVEN BOOKS FROM 2023 YOU SHOULDN'T OVERLOOK"e;It takes a great journalist to find the stories behind the mysteries we carry.

A New York Times bestseller.

An astonishing memoir about how song saved a lifeSinger/songwriter Tara MacLean has had an extraordinary musical career.

The must-read book for fans everywhere 'How rare and nourishing this sort of roaming thought is and what a joy to read'MEGAN NOLAN, Sunday Times'An exhilarating, shape-shifting exploration of the perilous boundaries between art and life'JENNY OFFILLPablo Picasso beat his partners.

From the outset, Caroline Lamb had a rebellious nature.

WHEN legendary music journalist Billy Sloan was fifteen years old he saw The Who play an incendiary live show at Green's Playhouse in Glasgow.

For more than seven decades Nick Lucas was an entertainer, beginning as a child street musician and becoming one of the most popular singer-guitarists of all time.

Uncover the riveting tale of one of the most notorious criminal gangs of the late 19th century with Tom McGrath's Vicente Silva and his Forty Thieves: The Vice Criminals of the 80's and 90's.

Una mañana de marzo de 2021, Mark Lanegan se despertó sordo y sin apenas poder respirar en su casa de Irlanda.

Ontario-born jazz pianist Lou Hooper (1894-1977) began his professional career in Detroit, accompanying blues singers such as Ma Rainey at the legendary Koppin Theatre.