Rock, Pop & Music Biography

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 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 Cussans / Bruce Springsteen: The Illustrated Biography (Large Paperback)

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John F. Szwed / Jazz 101 (Large Paperback)

A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Jazz A vital tool in understanding and appreciating jazz -- introducing the key figures, theory, and the controversies that shaped it development -- that...

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 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)

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John Jobling / U2: The Definitive Biography (Hardback)

 John Jobling takes readers beyond the myth in this unauthorized biography to present the first comprehensive account of the illustrious Irish rockers in 25 years. Drawing on extensive...

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 Spillane / Will We Be Brilliant or What?: Songs & Stories (Hardback)

John Spillane fell in love with singing when he was a small boy and now that he has written about 200 songs and an opera, he feels he’s starting to get the hang of it. For over thirty years,...

John Taylor / In the Pleasure Groove ( Duran Duran) (Large Paperback)

In the Pleasure Groove: Love, Death and Duran Duran John Taylor, Duran Duran’s co-founder, takes the reader on a wild ride through his life. From the eighties through today, from Rio to All...

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...

Jon Savage / England's Dreaming - Sex Pistols and Punk Rock (Large Paperback)

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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...

Julian Vignoles / Rory Gallagher : The Man Behind The Guitar (Hardback)

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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...

Karen Bartlett / Dusty: An Intimate Portrait of a Musical Legend

Known the world over for her unique musical style, distinctive look, and a voice that propelled her into the charts time and time again, Dusty Springfield was undoubtedly one of the biggest and...

Karen Farrington / The Music, Songs, & Instruments of Ireland (Coffee Table Book)

Throughout the centuries the allure of the Emerald Isle has spread far and wide through the joyful melodies and haunting refrains of its music. In recent years Irish music, in its many forms, has...

Karen O'Brien / Hymn to Her - Women Musicians Talk (Large Paperback)

Women Musicians Talk Breaking down stereotypes, the 16 interviews in this book, including ones with Neneh Cherry, Janis Ian, Yoko Ono and Suzanne Vega, give an insight into those women who have...

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...

Lesley-Ann Jones / Freddie Mercury - The Life and Loves of Freddie Mercury.(Large Paperback)

Love Of My Life.  The Life and Loves of Freddie Mercury. If you are one of the many millions who watched the Oscar-winning film Bohemian Rhapsody you may suppose that Mary Austin was the love of...

Lily Allen / My Thoughts Exactly : The No.1 Bestseller (Large Paperback)

 THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERShortlisted for the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018'Raw, beautiful' Dolly Alderton'Unflinching, unputdownable' Guardian'Witty, dark, devastating'...

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...

Louisa Jepson / Harry Styles: Every Piece of Me

Harry Styles is 1/5 of the global boy band sensation that is One Direction. Made up of bandmates Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Harry himself, 1D came to prominence in...

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...

Majella O'Donnell / It's All in the Head (Large Paperback)

In September 2013, on the Late Late Showin front of an audience of more than half a million, Majella O'Donnell had her hair shaved off and raised a phenomenal 600,000 euros for the Irish Cancer...

Mariah Carey / The Meaning of Mariah Carey (Large Paperback)

 The global icon, award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, actress, mother, daughter, sister, storyteller and artist finally tells the unfiltered story of her life in The Meaning of Mariah...

Mariah Carey, Michaela Angela Davis / The Meaning of Mariah Carey (Hardback)

 It took me a lifetime to have the courage and the clarity to write my memoir. I want to tell the story of the moments - the ups and downs, the triumphs and traumas, the debacles and the dreams,...

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...

Mark Chatterton / U2: The Complete Encyclopedia (Coffee Table Book)

While other bands have fallen by the way side, Bono’s U2 have continued to reinvent from early punk origins to the rootsy rock and soul of Rattle and Hum; from the postmodern pop of Zooropa to...

Mark E. Smith / Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith

Reams of stuff have been written about me in the past, but never in my own this is the proper one’ Mark E. Smith Still going after thirty years, The Fall are one of the most distinctive...

Mark Putterford / Phil Lynott: The Rocker

The classic bestseller re-issed in a B format paperback edition. This eye-opening biography traces Lynott's life from 1950s Dublin through to Thin Lizzy and his tragic death. Using dozens of frank...

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...

Martin James / Fatboy Slim (Large Paperback)

James takes a look at the reluctant megastar, Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, one of the world's leading dance artists in the early 2000's. Everyone from Madonna to Robbie Williams bid for his...

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...

Matt Cardle / My Story (Coffee Table Book)

In those weeks following the audition I'd started to think that maybe I could do well in the competition, and even to see beyond bootcamp and what doing well could mean. I knew I never wanted to go...

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...

Michael Heatley / Elton John: The Life and Music of a Legendary Performer (Coffee Table Book)

Recounts his life and work from his boyhood as Reg Dwight to his tribute to Princess Diana, and describes his relationship with the lyricist Bernie Taupin, his troubles with alcohol, drugs, and...

Michael Jackson / Moonwalk

Moonwalk is the only book about his life that Michael Jackson ever wrote. It chronicles his humble beginnings in the Midwest, his early days with the Jackson 5, and his unprecedented solo...