Record Play Pause
By: Stephen Morris
4.38
Format: 405 pages, Hardcover
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A unique and thoughtful musical memoir' Observer 'Gritty coming-of-age…
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1. Substance: Inside New Order
By: Peter Hook
3.41
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
Two acclaimed albums and an upcoming US tour - Joy Division had the world at their feet. Then, on t… read more
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2. Gironimo! Riding the Very Terrible 1914 Tour of Italy
By: Tim Moore
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The 1914 Giro d'Italia: The hardest bike race in history. Eighty-one riders started and only eight … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
3. Set the Boy Free
By: Johnny Marr
2.50
Format: 32 pages, ebook
The long-awaited memoir from the legendary guitarist and cofounder of the seminal British band The … read more
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- audiobook
4. Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class
By: Owen Jones
4.09
Format: 298 pages, Paperback
In modern Britain, the working class has become an object of fear and ridicule. From Little Britain… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"High Priestess of the Slagocracy"-Owen Jones, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class
"Demonisation is the ideological backbone of an unequal society."-Owen Jones, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class
"Taken together, New Labour policies have helped to build a series of overlapping chav caricatures: the feckless, the non-aspirational, the scrounger, the dysfunctional and the disorderly. To hear thi…"-Owen Jones, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class
5. The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club
By: Peter Hook
3.90
Format: 77 pages, Hardcover
The Legendary musician and cofounder of Joy Division and New Order tells the whole story--the fun, … read more
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- music
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6. Chapter and Verse: New Order, Joy Division and Me
By: Bernard Sumner
3.86
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
Founding member and guitarist of Joy Division and the lead singer of New Order, Bernard Sumner has … read more
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7. Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division
By: Deborah Curtis , Jon Savage
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
This is an account of the mesmerising life and tragic death of Ian Curtis, lead singer of Joy Divis… read more
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8. Dancing With Myself
By: Billy Idol
4.09
Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition
In this bold and candid memoir, music legend Billy Idol shares his life story--from his childhood i… read more
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9. Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division
By: Peter Hook
2.56
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
Joy Division changed the face of music. Godfathers of alternative rock, they reinvented music in th… read more
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10. Autobiography
By: Morrissey
3.96
Format: 286 pages, Paperback
Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959. Singer-songwriter and co-founder … read more
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11. Alan Partridge: Big Beacon
By: Alan Partridge
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the o… read more
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12. Face It
By: Debbie Harry
3.61
Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition
‘I was saying things in songs that female singers didn’t really say back then. I wasn’t submissive … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"To this day, when the band separates at the airport and we all go our different ways, I still get that gut reaction. Separation. I hate parting with people and i hate goodbyes."-Debbie Harry, Face It
"I would just walk around, not looking for anything particular, looking for everything really, and ingesting and digesting it all. Art, music, theater, poetry, and the sense that everything was up for…"-Debbie Harry, Face It
"Coincidence: it's supposed to mean just these random, disconnected events that concur or collide. But coincidence is not that at all. It's the stuff that's meant to be. Things that are supposed to be…"-Debbie Harry, Face It
"I wanted to be platinum blond. On our black-and-white television and at the theater where they screened technicolor movies, there was something about platinum hair that was so luminescent and excitin…"-Debbie Harry, Face It
13. Good Pop, Bad Pop
By: Jarvis Cocker
4.30
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
What if the things we keep hidden say more about us than those we put on display? We all have a … read more
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14. Record Play Pause
By: Stephen Morris
4.38
Format: 405 pages, Hardcover
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A unique and thoughtful musical memoir' Observer 'Gritty coming-of-age… read more
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15. Verse, Chorus, Monster!
By: Graham Coxon
3.70
Format: None pages, ebook
Among the noise and clamour of the Britpop era, Blur co-founder Graham Coxon managed to carve out a… read more
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16. Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZZT
By: Trevor Horn
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
As a renowned recording-studio maven, Trevor Horn has been dubbed 'the man who invented the '80s'. … read more
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17. I Wanna Be Yours
By: John Cooper Clarke
4.17
Format: 470 pages, Hardcover
Poet Laureate of Punk, fashion icon, TV and radio presenter, social and cultural commentator. A… read more
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18. This Searing Light, the Sun and Everything Else: Joy Division: The Oral History
By: Jon Savage
4.32
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller Joy Division emerged in the mid-70s at the start of a two-de… read more
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19. Afternoons with the Blinds Drawn
By: Brett Anderson
4.03
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
The trajectory of Suede - hailed in infancy as both 'The Best New Band in Britain' and 'effete sout… read more
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20. Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success
By: Miki Berenyi
4.46
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary and searingly honest personal story of musician Miki Berenyi, revealing the highs… read more
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21. Tenement Kid
By: Bobby Gillespie
4.02
Format: 412 pages, Hardcover
Fizzing with an infectious passion for the magic of rock music, Gillespie’s vivid and evocative mem… read more
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"I kind of became a feminist from an early age, even though I wasn’t aware of the feminist movement in any way. I admired my mum a lot. In her own quiet way she was a fighter."-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid
"When I was a teenager I started to think about how dedicated Dad was to the struggle for working-class rights. He had devoted his life to the Labour cause fighting inequality and that’s fucking great…"-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid
"Those painful childhood memories we bury, that some of us try and drown out with sex, drugs, alcohol, gambling, all the usual crutches and distractions. These childhood experiences are going to be re…"-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid
"I began to question the world and other people from a young age. I suppose that gave me a sense of emotional distance, a lack of trust in future friendships and relationships; I would assume a friend…"-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid
