Rock, Pop & Music Biography

Gary Barlow / A Better Me : The Sunday Times Number 1 Bestseller (Hardback)

 **The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller****Audiobook shortlisted for the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018**Gary Barlow is one of the most successful British musicians and songwriters of...

Gary Barlow / My Take

Take That were the original British boy band. They sold out arenas in less time than it took to play one of their chart-topping singles. Gary Barlow was the band's gifted front man who not only...

Gary Barlow / My Take (Hardback)

 Take That was the original and the best British boy band ever. Their records sold millions, and they sold out arenas in less time than it took to play one of their singles. Gary Barlow was the...

George Jacobs / Mr.S: The Last Word On Frank Sinatra (Hardback)

George Jacobs is generally considered 'the last of the Rat Pack', a member of the exclusive club that has fascinated us for decades. He worked as Sinatra's valet and confidant from 1953, when Ava...

Geri Halliwell / If Only (Hardback)

 Like many starstruck girls, Geri Halliwell grew up with one ambition. She wanted to be famous. She had the drive, the energy, the fierce determination to succeed. If only she could get that one...

Girls Aloud / Dreams That Glitter: Our Story (Large Paperback)

Fun, feisty, drop-dead gorgeous, incredibly talented, and the life and soul of the party, Girls Aloud are the most successful girl band the UK has ever seen. Since winning ITV's The Rivals in...

Greg Milner / METALLICA THIS MONSTER LIVES (Large Paperback)

 The story behind the most revealing rockumentary in history - an inside look at a band in turmoil Metallica have currently sold 90 million albums worldwide The most honest and deeply probing...

Guy Peellaert & Nik Cohn - Rock Dreams - PB - Taschen - Art

This reprint edition published by Taschen, Cologne, 2003. This is a 'Large Quarto' Paperback (33.5cm x 25cm) ( almost A3 size). White wrappers (paperback) with pink titling on cover; illustrated in...

Huey Morgan / Huey Morgan's Rebel Heroes: The Renegades of Music & Why We Still Need Them (Hardback)

The defining sounds of popular music - blues, rock 'n' roll, punk, hip-hop - were shaped and driven by rebel whether that was Robert Johnson and Billie Holiday in the 1920-40s, or the likes of Jimi...

Iain Robertson / Oasis: What's The Story?

Oasis was a band like bands used to be. Hard-drinking and substance abusing. If they liked you, they loved you. If they didn't, you had to be prepared for confrontation. They were also the most...

J. Randy Taraborrelli / Becoming Beyonce : The Untold Story (Hardback)

 She's adored by her millions of fans, writes and performs songs that move and inspire, but Beyonce is truly known by very few. Now highly acclaimed biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli reveals the...

James Rhodes / Instrumental: A Memoir of Madness, Medication and Music (Hardback)

James Rhodes' passion for music has been his absolute lifeline. It has been the thread that has held him together through a life that has encompassed abuse, breakdown and addiction. Listening to...

Jean MacColl / Sun on the Water: The Brilliant Life and Tragic Death of Kirsty Maccoll (Hardback)

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may...

Jeff Apter / Fornication: The "Red Hot Chili Peppers" Story

 Softcover edition. How can a band that started as a joke become of music's most unstoppable forces? These sonic soulmates have endured death, addiction, an unstable line-up and have stilled...

Jenny Huston / In Bloom : Irish Bands Now (Coffee Table Book)

The early 2000's have been an exceptionally healthy time in Irish music. Hundreds of bands are playing all around the country and many are touring and making headway internationally. The aim of this...

Jim Driver / The Mammoth Book of Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll

 Over 60 gripping accounts tracking the dark side of rock 'n' roll from the early days of the drugs-and-drink culture, and the birth of rock 'n' roll, through The Beatles, Stones, Sex Pistols,...

Jimmy Ramsay / The 'Streets

Mike Skinner aka The Streets is arguably the most acclaimed new talent to emerge in the UK in the past five years. A Birmingham native who later ventured into the the murky depths of the...

Joan Peyser / Leonard Bernstein - A Biography

Although Peyser does not write a hagiography of Leonard Bernstein as some of his fans would prefer, neither does she tear him apart unfairly. I adore Leonard Bernstein. Yet finding out he was an...

Joe Nick Patoski, Bill Crawford / Stevie Ray Vaughan : Caught in the Crossfire (Large Paperback)

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Joe Shooman / Bruce Dickinson: Flashing Metal with Maiden and Flying Solo (Large Paperback)

 The story of Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson, told through exclusive interviews with those who know him best: from his formative days to all his time in Maiden, through his solo years,...

Joe Shooman / Trivium - The Mark of Perseverance (Large Paperback)

 The four members of Florida-based metal phenomenon Trivium have shaken the world of heavy metal since their inception in 2000 - yet this group of regular kids from Orlando had to work harder...

Joe Thorley / Avril Lavigne: The Unofficial Book (Coffee Table Book)

Avril Lavigne is rock's hottest singer-songwriter. Still only eighteen years old, she has shot to fame with her own unique blend of teenage attitude and rebellious songwriting. Her debut album, Let...

johan Bakker / Behind The Rainbow: The Tragic Life of Eva Cassidy : The Tragic Life of EVA Cassidy (Hardback)

  Eva Cassidy's story if one of the most compelling and poignant in recent music history. In this thoughtful and probing biography Johan Bakker re-evaluates her brief performing career and...

John Harris - Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll: The Ultimate Guide to the Music, the Myths and the Madness (Hardback)

This amusing miscellany delves into hundreds of interesting corners of rock 'n' roll history, from Keith Moon's drum kit set- up to the relative quality of ex-Beatles' solo albums...

John J. Goldrosen / Buddy Holly: His Life and Music (Vintage Paperback)

      All of our Vintage books are Pre barcode the picture shown is the actual book you will receive.

John L. Williams / Miss Shirley Bassey (Large Paperback)

 From 'Hot from Harlem' to 'Goldfinger', the story of how a two-bit jazz singer from Cardiff became an immortal icon.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get...

John Lydon / Anger is an Energy: My Life Uncensored (Large Paperback)

John Lydon has secured prime position as one of the most recognizable icons in the annals of music history. As Johnny Rotten, he was the lead singer of the Sex Pistols - the world's most notorious...

Johnny Cash / Cash - The Autobiography

 This fascinating autobiography of the country music legend recounts the highs and lows, the struggles and hard-won triumphs of his remarkable life. The story takes us from Johnny Cash's...

Jonathan Lethem, Paul Bresnick / Da Capo Best Music Writing 2002 (Large Paperback)

It's the third and latest volume in the series that you have come to rely upon for your music-reading fix. The 2002 volume will celebrate the year's best writing about music and its culture, as...

Juliet Peel / Michael Bublé : The Biography

Michael Bublé is an international singing sensation. Since his debut in 2003, he has sold 18 million albums, won numerous awards (including a Grammy), reached the top 10 in the UK charts with his...

Keith Richards / Life

   Once-in-a-generation memoir of a rock legend - the No. 1 SUNDAY TIMES bestseller.With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics and the songs that roused the...

Keith Richards / Life: Keith Richards (Hardback)

With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics and the songs that roused the world, and over four decades he lived the original rock and roll life: taking the chances he...

Keith Topping / The Complete Clash (Large Paperback)

They were fast, they were loud, and they were notorious?and they are considered by many to be the defining punk band of the post-60s era. This complete illustrated chronicle features a detailed,...

Laura Jackson / Bono : The Biography (Hardback)

  U2's lead singer, Bono, has been one of rock music's biggest stars since the 1980s. This biography gives an insight into his life and music, as well as his strong social conscience and...

Laura Jackson / The Eagles : Flying High

The Eagles have enjoyed colossal success spanning three decades. They are a remarkable mesh of lyrical and musical talent, twined with an explosive blend of personalities. They are a group of...

Lauren St. John / Hardcore Troubadour: The Life And Near Death Of Steve Earle

If Steve Earle weren't a living, breathing person, he'd be a character in a blues song -- a raucous ballad about a gifted rebel who drank too much, lost most of his women in a blizzard of crack...

Lesley-Ann Jones / Bohemian Rhapsody : The Definitive Biography of Freddie Mercury

 *** ***THE TRUE STORY BEHIND THE OSCAR-WINNING, GOLDEN-GLOBE-WINNING FILM.'Exactly the sort of tribute Mercury himself would have wanted'Spectator'No one has captured better than Lesley-Ann...

Lisa Peters / Celine Dion : The Complete Biography (Hardback)

  Born the youngest of 14 children, into a poor French Canadian family, Celine Dion began to sing at the age of five, soon she was a child star spending most of her teenage years on stage...

Luciano Pavarotti / Pavarotti : My World (Hardback)

   The operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti has attained the kind of superstardom usually only reached by film and pop stars. He is the most celebrated tenor today, his concerts attended by...

Marie Osmond & Marcia Wilkie / Might As Well Laugh About It Now (Hardback)

Recollections, wisdom, and advice from the beloved entertainer, American icon, mother of eight children, and New York Times bestselling author.When the Donny and Marie show ended...

Marilyn Manson, Neil Strauss / Long Hard Road Out of Hell (Large Paperback)

 From the world's most controversial rock star comes his shocking, confessional and revealing life story. In The Long Hard Road Out of Hell, Marilyn Manson candidly and vividly recounts his...

Mark Kermode / How Does It Feel?: A Life of Musical Misadventures (Large Paperback)

Following a formative encounter with the British pop movie Slade in Flame in 1975 , Mark Kermode decided that musical superstardom was totally attainable. And so, armed with a homemade electric...

Mark Putterford / Metallica: "Talking" (Large Paperback)

Brand leaders of ultra-metal for over two decades, Metallica have survived and thrived where others have failed by treating triumph and disaster with equal disdain. Heading happily into the new...

Mark Ribowsky / He's a Rebel: Phil Spector (Large Paperback)

 Phil Spector created the "wall of sound," produced the Beatles' last record, persuaded the Ramones to go "pop," made the Righteous Brothers sound respectable, and was a millionaire by the age...

Mary Byrne / This Is My Life (Large Paperback)

 From a Tesco check-out to the X Factor stage ... Mary Byrne has lived every undiscovered singer's dream.With a voice of pure gold, Mary Byrne took X Factor by storm. Millions tuned in each week...

Mary Coughlan / Bloody Mary: My Story

Since she rose to international fame in 1985 with her seminal Irish jazz album Tired and Emotional, Mary Coughlan's battles with addiction, the problems in her personal life and career have been well...

Mary Coughlan / Bloody Mary: My Story (Large Paperback)

Since she rose to international fame in 1985 with her seminal Irish jazz album Tired and Emotional, Mary Coughlan's battles with addiction, the problems in her personal life and career have been...

Melanie Brown ( Mel B ) with Louise Gannon / Brutally Honest (Large Paperback)

 The tell-all memoir from the loudest, proudest Spice Girl – and the truth behind the headlines As one-fifth of the iconic Spice Girls and judge on X Factor and America's Got Talent,...

Melanie Chisholm / Who I Am: My Story (Hardback)

 For the first time ever, Melanie C, aka Sporty Spice, tells her amazing life story in her own words and gives a full and honest account of what life was really like in The Spice Girls.I never...

Michael Eric Dyson / Know What I Mean? Reflections On Hip Hop (Hardback)

Whether along race, class or generational lines, hip-hop music has been a source of controversy since the beats got too big and the voices too loud for the block parties that spawned them. America...

Michael Heatley / Dave Grohl : Nothing to Lose

 Updated through the Foo Fighters "Greatest Hits," this guide to his career places the singer/guitarist/drummer in the context of contemporaries and musical styles that have influenced him Dave...

Michael Heatley / David Gray: A Biography (Large Paperback)

 In this first major account of Gray’s life and work, author Michael Heatley examines the cult singer/songwriter’s Manchester roots, his Welsh upbringing, and his unique world-wide...