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Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye

David Ritz · 376 pages

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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

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Never Fade Away: The Kurt Cobain Story

Dave Thompson · 172 pages

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Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett and the Dawn of Pink Floyd

Mike Watkinson, Pete Anderson · 192 pages

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Petty: The Biography

Warren Zanes · 323 pages

Zanes provides an honest and evocative examination of Petty's music, and the remarkable rock and roll history he and his band helped to write. Petty was a kid without a whole lot of promise; rock and roll made it otherwise. His story has all the drama of a rock and roll epic. Dark and mysterious, Petty manages to come back, again and again, showing us what the music can do and where it can take us

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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.

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Behind the Shades

Clinton Heylin · 928 pages

In virtually all areas of Dylan's life - Heylin is able to provide a fascinating picture of a man who, over thirty years, has changed the course of popular music from the 1960s to today, and also won three Grammy awards.

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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

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Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy

Harry Shapiro, Caesar Glebbeek · 723 pages

Biography of the rock musician's life from his boyhood to his tragic death.

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Lennon: The Definitive Biography

Ray Coleman · 784 pages

The long-time friend of John Lennon draws on his personal knowledge and the cooperation of Lennon's family and friends to detail the popular musician's life, career, and influence.

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Paul McCartney: The Life

Philip Norman · 864 pages

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Skydog - The Duane Allman Story

Randy Poe · 320 pages

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Mozart

Paul Johnson · 200 pages

A superb examination of Mozart and his glorious music by eminent historian Paul Johnson.

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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.

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