Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion
By: Tom Beaujour
4.07
Format: 535 pages, Hardcover
Hard rock in the 1980s was a hedonistic and often intensely creative wellspring of escapism that pe…
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1. Tommyland
By: Tommy Lee , Anthony Bozza
3.69
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
Now in paperback, the New York Times bestseller in which rock and roll's most notorious bad boy bar… read more
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"One day, after practice, he came up behind me, tapped me on the shoulder, and as I turned around, he sucker-punched me and relocated my nose to the other side of my face. What up, Mr. Drum Captain? H…"-Tommy Lee, Tommyland
"If you show up late [for anger management], you don't get credit for the class, which made that car ride even more of a test of your temper. Being late was great-you could leave if you wanted to, but…"-Tommy Lee, Tommyland
" Pamela Anderson : 'He called and called, leaving about twenty messages, just drunk dialing. One of them was him singing his version of the Oscar Mayer theme song: "My baloney has a first name, it's …"-Tommy Lee, Tommyland
2. Slash
By: Anthony Bozza , Slash
4.00
Format: 458 pages, Hardcover
From one of the greatest rock guitarists of our era comes a memoir that redefines sex, drugs, and r… read more
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"Restlessness is a fickle catalyst; it can drive you to achieve or it can coax your demise, and sometimes the choice isn't yours"-Anthony Bozza, Slash
"Notes and chords have become my second language and, more often than not, that vocabulary expresses what I feel when language fails me. The guitar is my conscience, too - whenever I've lost my way, i…"-Anthony Bozza, Slash
"Once you’ve lived a little you will find that whatever you send out into the world comes back to you in one way or another. It may be today, tomorrow, or years from now, but it happens; usually when …"-Anthony Bozza, Slash
3. Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge
By: Mark Yarm
4.27
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
Twenty years after the release of Nirvana’s landmark album Nevermind comes Everybody Loves Our Town… read more
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4. Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota
By: Chuck Klosterman
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Empirically proving that -- no matter where you are -- kids wanna rock, this is Chuck Klosterman's … read more
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"It might sound chauvinistic, but there is a sad reality in rock music: Bands who depend on support from females inevitably crash and burn."-Chuck Klosterman, Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota
"I sometimes wonder how many hours of my life I have wasted bitching about keyboards. The use of keyboards and synthesizers is the Roe v. Wade of '80s metal. It was-without question-the lamest instrum…"-Chuck Klosterman, Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota
5. Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal
By: Jon Wiederhorn , Katherine Turman
3.91
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
The definitive oral history of heavy metal, Louder Than Hell includes hundreds of interviews with m… read more
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"I remember Devo were playing at the Whisky and they came to our show at the STarwood. I asked them why and they said, "We love Dokken because you're the epitome of what we don't want to be." I didn't…"-Jon Wiederhorn, Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal
"I grew up being told, "If you do marijuana you'll be a slave for the rest of your life," and it only took me ten minutes to realize smoking marijuana was pretty cool. Then it was, "If you take LSD yo…"-Jon Wiederhorn, Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal
"I grew up being told, "If you do marijuana you'll be a slave for the rest of your life," and it only took me ten minutes to realize smoking marijuana was pretty cool. Then it was, "If you take LSD yo…"-Jon Wiederhorn, Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal
"When we were recording the Ozzmosis album we did a batch of it in New York. There was this occult bookstore...and they had everything in there on Wicca, Catholicism, Satanism, the whole nine yards. I…"-Jon Wiederhorn, Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal
6. Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal
By: Greg Renoff
4.35
Format: 26 pages, Paperback
A vivid and energetic history of Van Halen's legendary early years After years of playing gigs ever… read more
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7. The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band
By: Tommy Lee , Neil Strauss , Vince Neil , Nikki Sixx , None
4.31
Format: 110 pages, Paperback
Whiskey and porn stars, hot reds and car crashes, black leather and high heels, overdoses and death… read more
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8. Runnin' with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen
By: None
3.84
Format: 352 pages,
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9. Coreyography
By: Corey Feldman
4.00
Format: 162 pages, Hardcover
"People always ask me about life after childhood stardom. What would I say to parents of children i… read more
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10. My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N’ Roses
By: None , Steven Adler , Lawrence J. Spagnola
3.66
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From Steven Adler, the original drummer for Guns N' Roses, comes My Appetite for Destruction, the i… read more
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11. Face the Music: A Life Exposed
By: Paul Stanley
4.06
Format: None pages, ebook
In Face the Music, Paul Stanley--the co-founder and famous "Starchild" frontman of KISS--reveals fo… read more
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12. Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock
By: Sammy Hagar
3.32
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Sammy Hagar--legendary lead singer of Van Halen, founder of the Cabo Wabo Tequila brand, and one of… read more
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13. 18 and Life on Skid Row
By: Sebastian Bach
4.22
Format: 206 pages, Hardcover
In this uncensored, unfiltered memoir, the musician and former front man for Skid Row tells the sto… read more
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14. The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star
By: Nikki Sixx
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Set against the frenzied world of heavy metal superstardom, the co-founder of Motley Crue offers an… read more
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15. It's So Easy: And Other Lies
By: Duff McKagan
3.96
Format: 433 pages, Hardcover
A founding member of Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver shares the story of his rise to the pinnacle… read more
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16. Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut
By: Rob Sheffield
3.60
Format: 224 pages,
The author of the national bestseller Love is a Mix Tape returns, with a different-but equally pers… read more
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17. Dirty Rocker Boys
By: Caroline Ryder , Bobbie Brown
3.57
Format: 271 pages, ebook
An uncensored Hollywood tell-all filled with explicit tales of love, sex, and revenge from the vide… read more
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18. Sex, Drugs, Ratt Roll: My Life in Rock
By: Sam Benjamin , Stephen Pearcy
4.15
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A jaw-dropping tell-all from the lead singer of the 1980s supergroup Ratt: the groupies, the trashe… read more
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19. I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution
By: Craig Marks , Rob Tannenbaum
3.99
Format: 240 pages,
Remember the first time you saw Michael Jackson dance with zombies in "Thriller"? Diamond Dave kara… read more
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20. A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime
By: Casey Sherman
3.71
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The dark story behind the bright lights of Tinseltown From the outside, Hollywood starlet Lana Turn… read more
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21. My Effin' Life
By: Geddy Lee
4.58
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock… read more
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22. The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx
By: Nikki Sixx
4.13
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Rock-and-roll icon and three-time bestselling author Nikki Sixx tells his origin story: how Frank F… read more
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"Vince Neil once told me 'You look down on people.' My wife once told me something along the same lines, 'You look down on people who were born with silver spoons.' She's right. I DO look down on thos…"-Nikki Sixx, The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx
23. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage
By: Nick de Semlyen
4.12
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved… read more
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24. Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion
By: Tom Beaujour
4.07
Format: 535 pages, Hardcover
Hard rock in the 1980s was a hedonistic and often intensely creative wellspring of escapism that pe… read more
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- pop culture
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- audiobook
25. Please Please Tell Me Now: The Duran Duran Story
By: Stephen Davis
3.59
Format: 353 pages, Hardcover
Lifelong fans and interested newcomers will love this stunning biography of Duran Duran by the best… read more
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26. The Lives of Brian
By: Brian Johnson
4.51
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Brian Johnson’s memoir from growing up in a small town to starting his own band to ultimately repla… read more
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27. Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen
By: Brad Tolinski
4.26
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Get a completely new look at guitar legend Eddie Van Halen with this groundbreaking oral history, c… read more
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28. Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond
By: Geezer Butler
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A rollicking, effusive, and candid memoir by the heavy metal musician and founding member of Black … read more
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"Being in Black Sabbath felt like being an actor in a soap opera. It’s a minor miracle all four of the original lineup survived beyond the 1970s, let alone that we’re all still here. Along the way, we…"-Geezer Butler, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond
"Writing was my godsend, my treatment, my way of digging myself out of a depressive hole. That’s not an outlet a lot of working-class kids had. But because I’d been exposed to books from an early age,…"-Geezer Butler, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond
29. Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes--A Memoir
By: Steve Gorman
4.32
Format: 345 pages, Hardcover
Black Crowes drummer and cofounder Steve Gorman shares the band's inside story in this behind-the-s… read more
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30. Rainbow in the Dark: The Autobiography
By: Ronnie James Dio
4.15
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
Instant National Bestseller The long-awaited autobiography by one of heavy metal’s most revered ic… read more
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31. Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer’s Life in Music
By: Ted Templeman
4.23
Format: 463 pages, Kindle Edition
Crafting smash hits with Van Halen, The Doobie Brothers, Nicolette Larson, and Van Morrison, legend… read more
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