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Whatever You Say I Am: The Life And Times Of Eminem
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Include books by the same authorHeavier Than Heaven: The Biography of Kurt Cobain
Charles R. Cross · 400 pages
Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness
Reinhard Kleist · 221 pages
"...Vividly portrays the unpredictable life of a loner, patriot, outlaw, and music rebel, making this unique biography a compelling read for multiple generations of graphic novel and music fans."
Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye
David Ritz · 376 pages
Mick: The Wild Life and Mad Genius of Jagger
Christopher Andersen · 364 pages
Shares insights into the iconic rock-and-roll performer's life, from his substance abuse challenges and his bisexual history to his connections to the British royal family and the secret attempt on his life.
Let It Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Rock Critic
Jim Derogatis · 341 pages
"Let It Blurt is the biography of Lester Bangs (1949-82) - the gonzo journalist, gutter poet, and romantic visionary of rock criticism. He lived the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, guzzling booze and Romilar like water, matching its energy in prose that erupted from the pages of Rolling Stone, Creem, and The Village Voice. Bangs agitated in the seventies for sounds that were harsher, louder, more electri
Never Fade Away: The Kurt Cobain Story
Dave Thompson · 172 pages
The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of the Beatles
Peter Brown, Stephen Gaines · 433 pages
Presents the lives of the four Beatles and material on their retinue, rise to fame, and lives after the breakup of the group.
The Man Called CASH: The Life, Love and Faith of an American Legend
Steve Turner · 310 pages
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon
Crystal Zevon · 452 pages
When Warren Zevon died in 2003, he left behind both a fanatical cult following and a rich catalog of dark, witty rock-n-roll classics that includes "Lawyers, Guns, and Money," "Excitable Boy," and the immortal "Werewolves of London." He also left a trove of misadventures and anecdotes, a veritable rock opera of drugs, women, celebrity, high times, and hard ways. As Warren once said, "I got to be J
Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett and the Dawn of Pink Floyd
Mike Watkinson, Pete Anderson · 192 pages
Bowie In Berlin: A New Career In A New Town
Thomas Jerome Seabrook · 272 pages
By 1975 rock icon David Bowie was in crisis. Lost in Los Angeles, he was ravaged by cocaine abuse, overwork, and an obsession with the occult, while his marriage lay in tatters. Desperate to reignite his creative spark, Bowie relocated in mid-1976 to Berlin, accompanied by an equally troubled Iggy Pop, former Stooges front man. The move to Berlin proved fortuitous both personally and professionall
Johnny Cash: The Life
Robert Hilburn · 679 pages
A noted music critic who knew him tells the unvarnished truth about Cash, whose personal life was far more troubled and his artistry much more profound than even his most devoted fans have realized.
Break on Through: The Life and Death of Jim Morrison
James Riordan, Jerry Prochnicky · 544 pages
The story of the career, life, and death of the rock legend, based on interviews, with new sources and photographs.
Buried Alive: The Biography of Janis Joplin
Myra Friedman · 333 pages
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
Katheryn Russell-Brown
"A biography of African American musician Melba Doretta Liston, a virtuoso musician who played the trombone and composed and arranged music for many of the great jazz musicians of the twentieth century. Includes afterword, discography, and sources"-- This picture-book biography introduces African American Melba Doretta Liston, who played the trombone and composed and arranged music for many of
Bowie: The Biography
Wendy Leigh · 315 pages
In this exploration of Bowie's kaleidoscopic personal life, Leigh reveals his star-crossed inheritance--his mother was once an acolyte of the British Fascist party; his father, the PR genius who masterminded his early career--in a dramatic contrast to those family members grappling with mental illness. Above all, there is Bowie's hard won rise to fame and fortune, his astounding creativity, his co
You are Not Alone: Michael: Through a Brother's Eyes
Jermaine Jackson · 442 pages
This work is a portrait of Michael Jackson, illuminating the private man, offering access into a rarefied world. The author, his brother, older than Michael by four years, offers a keenly observed and surprisingly candid memoir tracing Michael's life starting with their shared childhood and extending through the Jackson 5 years, Michael's phenomenal solo career, his loves, his suffering, and his t
27: A History of the 27 Club Through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse
Howard Sounes · 359 pages
When singer Amy Winehouse was found dead at her London home in 2011, the press inducted her into what Kurt Cobain's mother named the 27 Club. “Now he's gone and joined that stupid club,” she said in 1994, after being told that her son, the front man of Nirvana, had committed suicide. “I told him not to….” Kurt's mom was referring to the extraordinary roll call of iconic stars who died at the same
Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter
Randy L. Schmidt, Dionne Warwick · 368 pages
An intimate profile of Karen Carpenter, a girl from a modest Connecticut upbringing who became a Southern California superstar.
Tearing Down the Wall of Sound
Mick Brown · 480 pages
The strange life and times of Phil Spector - legendary record producer, recluse and demented control freak, who was charged in 2002 with the murder of an actress, just hours after giving his first interview in 25 years to journalist Mick Brown.
Bird Lives!: The High Life & Hard Times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker
Ross Russell · 404 pages
Pearl: The Obsessions and Passions of Janis Joplin
Ellis Amburn · 378 pages