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Backstage & Beyond eBook Series

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  • Backstage & Beyond Complete

    Backstage & Beyond

    by Jim Sullivan ...
    Series series Backstage & Beyond
    Jim Sullivan — a 2023 inductee into the New England Music Hall of Fame — spent 26 years writing for the Boston Globe and two decades more writing for countless national publications. He has interviewed and reviewed countless musicians, many of them multiple times.In 2023, Trouser Press Books published two volumes of his music writing, one focused on classic rock artists, the other on more recent ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Unauthorized Biography of William Axl Rose

    by Mike Wall ...
    A biography that "captures the runaway-train spirit" of Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose and delves into what shaped him as a man and a musician ( Kirkus Reviews).Even in the world of rock and roll, someone like Axl Rose doesn't come along very often. Mercurial and brilliant, deluded and imperious, Rose defies easy description or analysis. Few people have studied Rose as closely as Mick Wall has. ... Read more

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  • Yeah Yeah Yeah

    The Story of Modern Pop

    by Bob Stanley ...
    Modern pop began in 1952 when the first British chart was published and the first 7" singles were released. It ended (perhaps) in 1995 when Robson and Jerome reached the top of the charts with the first number one not to be available on vinyl since 1953. The internet age ushered in the death rites of over 40 years of pop.A Complete History Pop describes the journey that leads from 'Rock Around the ... Read more

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  • Whole Lotta Led: Our Flight With Led Zeppelin

    by Ralph Hulett, Jerry Prochnicky ...
    In September 1968, four English lads gathered together for the first time in a small, stuffy London rehearsal room in a basement filled with wall-to-wall amplifiers. It was their first big tryout as musicians, and each of them was nervous. Would they come together as a band? Or would they crash and burn, becoming nothing but a rock footnote? Then the room exploded, with wailing chords, howling ... Read more

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  • Chuck Klosterman IV

    A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas

    by Chuck Klosterman ...
    Coming off the breakthrough success of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and Killing Yourself to Live, bestselling essayist and pop culture critic Chuck Klosterman assembles his best music journalism and media commentary previously unavailable in book form—including the groundbreaking 1996 piece about his chicken McNuggets experiment, his uncensored profile of Britney Spears, and a previously ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • Fargo Rock City

    A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota

    by Chuck Klosterman ...
    The 25th anniversary edition of Chuck Klosterman’s debut, a hilarious memoir of growing up as a shameless metalhead in Wyndmere, North Dakota (population: 498), empirically proving that no matter where you are, kids wanna rock—now with a new introduction from the author.With a voice like Ace Frehley’s guitar, Klosterman hacks his way through hair-band history, beginning with that fateful day in ... Read more

    $19.50 CAD

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    The Trail of Rage and Melody

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    The long-awaited, full-force autobiography of American punk music hero, Bob Mould.Bob Mould stormed into America's punk rock scene in 1979, when clubs across the country were filling with kids dressed in black leather and torn denim, packing in to see bands like the Ramones, Black Flag, and the Dead Kennedys. Hardcore punk was a riot of jackhammer rhythms, blistering tempos, and bottomless ... Read more

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    The Music and Myth of Tom Waits

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    Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music

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    **~New York Times Bestseller~An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New York Times bestselling author Jeff Tweedy, sharing fifty songs that changed his life, the real-life experiences behind each one, as well as what he’s learned about how music and life intertwine and enhance each other.**What makes us fall in love with a song? What makes us ... Read more

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  • Twilight of the Gods

    A Journey to the End of Classic Rock

    by Steven Hyden ...
    National Bestseller * Named one of Rolling Stone's Best Music Books of 2018 * One of Newsweek's 50 Best Books of 2018 * A Billboard Best of 2018 * A New York Times Book Review "New and Noteworthy" selectionThe author of the critically acclaimed Your Favorite Band is Killing Me offers an eye-opening exploration of the state of classic rock, its past a... ... Read more

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  • Prince

    Purple Reign

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    This is the powerful, detailed and enlightening biography of the iconic composer, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist - the inimitable Prince.Prince was an icon. A man who defined an era of music and changed the shape of popular culture forever. There is no doubt that he was one of the most talented and influential artists of all time, and also one of the most mysterious. On 21st April ... Read more

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  • Shake It Up: Great American Writing on Rock and Pop from Elvis to Jay Z

    A Library of America Special Publication

    Edited by Jonathan Lethem, Kevin Dettmar ...
    The essential playlist of great writing about the music that rocked America, with fifty landmark pieces on Otis Redding, Janis Joplin, Lez Zepplin, and other rock n’ roll legendsJonathan Lethem and Kevin Dettmar's Shake It Up invites the reader into the tumult and excitement of the rock revolution through fifty landmark pieces by a supergroup of writers on rock in all its variety, from heavy metal ... Read more

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