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Metallica grew from the fledgling thrash metal scene of the early 1980s to become one of the biggest metal acts in the history of music. They still play sell out concerts around the globe and their music is critically acclaimed.

For centuries Irish people expressed their deepest feeling through song. Emigrants carried songs to America and wrote new songs to express the frustrations and sorrows of life in a new country. These became part of life, performed on every occasion from family gatherings to community events and the vaudeville ...

Changes charts Bowie''s career from working class beginnings as a balladeer, the awakenings of Bowie the entertainer, the disposable idol of the glitter years, the experimental albums, and his renaissance in 1980 with Scary Monsters.'

Explores the evolution of jazz singing with profiles of great performers, discussing how they learned their craft and the experiences that shaped their careers

An unofficial and unauthorized account of the rise of the Beatles and how they changed the world of music.

Without London band Wire, punk rock might never have developed beyond primitive three-chord thrash and cliched songs. This book tells the story of this crucial transitional band, from their early days dodging hostile crowds, up to their split in 1981 and beyond their mid-80s return and their various solo projects.

Between the awards ceremonies, world tours, writing and making hit records, Mick Hucknall has found the time to lead a colorful private life. He has attracted more than his fair share of attention from the world's tabloid press. But he is a famously private man, and up to now has revealed little about ...

Discover the true-life tales and people that inspired the music of one of the most spectacular rock bands of all time What were "The Houses of the Holy?" Where was the "Stairway to Heaven?" Which strange encounters led to such classics as "Kashmir" and "Tramples Underfoot?" This in-depth look at Led ...

A rollercoaster new history for the 50th anniversary of the 'Summer of Love', from a music business veteran who was actually there.

In their fifth decade together, the Rolling Stones are still the world's best rock band-and they're not slowing down. Fueled by the songwriting talents of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, they've created countless number-one singles and albums; produced the highest-grossing concert series ever ("Voodoo ...

In their fifth decade together, the Rolling Stones are still the world's best rock band-and they're not slowing down. Fueled by the songwriting talents of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, they've created countless number-one singles and albums; produced the highest-grossing concert series ever ("Voodoo ...

The revised and updated, complete illustrated history of rock 'n' roll's most dynamic band--Queen. They were renowned for stunning live performances, envied for rumors of their rock 'n' roll excess, and beloved for their occasionally anthemic and always virtuosic music. Nearly twenty years after the ...

Judy Parkinson combines an accurate and impressive knowledge with extensive research to produce an authoritative account of the private and public life of an extraordinary man. Chronicling his childhood, teenage years, early music, success in the music world, marriage, sexuality, football chairmanship, ...

A consumers' guide to the music of Metallica.

Autumn de Wilde is unique among modern music photographers for the way she creates her intimate and arresting images---through friendships and close bonds with the musicians that she documents. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE could not have been created by any other photographer.

Following a hugely successful touring exhibition throughout 2011-12, Paul Harries, Britain's pre-eminent rock photographer, has now selected the best of his stunning Slipknot photographs for a new book.

One of the most successful, influential and provocative bands of all time, Black Sabbath - dubbed "The Beatles of Heavy Metal" by Rolling Stone magazine - changed the landscape of popular music forever.

A musician looks at Wonder's life and career and explores the artist's writing and performing techniques with special emphasis on his early 1970s recordings.

Presents every aspect of the world's most popular musical instrument