12 must-read history books like High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape by Marc Masters

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High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

By: Marc Masters

3.98

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The cassette tape was revolutionary. Cheap, portable, and reusable, this small plastic rectangle ch…

If you liked the history plot in High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape by Marc Masters , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

By: Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Hanna's Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk book and Marc Masters's High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."

-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

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2. Monica

By: Daniel Clowes

3.95

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story — actually, s… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Clowes's Monica book and Marc Masters's High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

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3. Lou Reed: The King of New York

By: Will Hermes

4.23

Format: 529 pages, Hardcover

"The only Lou Reed bio you need to read." ― The Washington Post "There have been many biographie… read more

Similar categories in Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York book and Marc Masters's High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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4. Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

By: Warren Zanes

4.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating story behind the making of Bruce Springsteen’s most surprising album, Nebraska, rev… read more

Similar categories in Warren Zanes's Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska book and Marc Masters's High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"Nineteen eighty-two is as good a year as any to mark the threshold of a future we're still negotiating. It's been called the information age, the digital age, the new media age. It was the beginning …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

"Nebraska made it almost impossible for critics to miss Springsteen's willingness to take a chance in the name of his art. If Springsteen was driven simply by fame and mainstream success, there would …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

"Guitar Town was out, and it was doing okay," [Steve] Earle recalled. "But the label didn't want it to happen. Jimmy [Bowen] certainly didn't. He didn't like the record. He didn't like me. But it was …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

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5. If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury

By: Geraldine DeRuiter

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the James Beard Award–winning blogger behind The Everywhereist come hilarious, searing essays … read more

Similar categories in Geraldine DeRuiter's If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury book and Marc Masters's High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. 60 Songs That Explain the '90s

By: Rob Harvilla

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of ge… read more

Similar categories in Rob Harvilla's 60 Songs That Explain the '90s book and Marc Masters's High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

  • music
  • cultural
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"There is no true, clean, definitive way to separate the art from the artist. Art fully separated from the artist ceases, in a fundamental way, to be art at all. The artist gives the art meaning."

-Rob Harvilla, 60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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7. Sonic Life: A Memoir

By: Thurston Moore

3.81

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art—from… read more

Similar categories in Thurston Moore's Sonic Life: A Memoir book and Marc Masters's High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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8. Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time's Journey Through Rock & Roll History

By: Bill Janovitz

4.29

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

New York Times  Bestseller The definitive biography of legendary musician, composer, and perform… read more

Similar categories in Bill Janovitz's Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time's Journey Through Rock & Roll History book and Marc Masters's High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

  • music
  • cultural
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

By: Matt Singer

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more

Similar categories in Matt Singer's Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever book and Marc Masters's High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

  • cultural
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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10. The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture

By: Tricia Romano

4.28

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A rollicking history of America's most iconic weekly newspaper told through the voices of its legen… read more

Similar categories in Tricia Romano's The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture book and Marc Masters's High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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11. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir

By: Sly Stone

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Not many memoirs are generational events. But when Sly Stone, one of the few true musical geniuses … read more

Similar categories in Sly Stone's Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir book and Marc Masters's High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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12. World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music

By: Jeff Tweedy

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New Yor… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Tweedy's World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music book and Marc Masters's High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture

By: Kyle Chayka

3.68

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

A history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture it… read more

Similar categories in Kyle Chayka's Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture book and Marc Masters's High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

  • cultural
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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14. No One Left to Come Looking for You

By: Sam Lipsyte

3.23

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

A darkly comic mystery by the author of Hark and The Ask set in the vibrant music scene of early 19… read more

Similar categories in Sam Lipsyte's No One Left to Come Looking for You book and Marc Masters's High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

  • music
  • audiobook
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15. The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are

By: Tariq Trotter

4.20

Format: 163 pages, Kindle Edition

“Tariq Trotter . . . could be hip-hop’s Dostoyevsky. Like the Russian novelist, Mr. Trotter has ref… read more

Similar categories in Tariq Trotter's The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are book and Marc Masters's High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape by Marc Masters

16. High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

By: Marc Masters

3.98

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The cassette tape was revolutionary. Cheap, portable, and reusable, this small plastic rectangle ch… read more

Similar categories in Marc Masters's High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape book and Marc Masters's High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

  • music
  • cultural
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Some New Kind of Kick: A Memoir by Kid Congo Powers

17. Some New Kind of Kick: A Memoir

By: Kid Congo Powers

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An intimate, coming-of-age memoir by legendary guitarist Kid Congo Powers, detailing his experience… read more

Similar categories in Kid Congo Powers's Some New Kind of Kick: A Memoir book and Marc Masters's High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland by Steven Hyden

18. There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland

By: Steven Hyden

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s iconic album,  Born in the U.S.A. —a record … read more

Similar categories in Steven Hyden's There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland book and Marc Masters's High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond by Geezer Butler

19. 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

Similar categories in Geezer Butler's Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond book and Marc Masters's High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"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

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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

Similar categories in Miki Berenyi's Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success book and Marc Masters's High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. Krautrock

By: Marshall Gu

3.94

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Krautrock is not a music genre. Krautrock is a way of life. Its sonic diversity and global reach be… read more

Similar categories in Marshall Gu's Krautrock book and Marc Masters's High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

  • music

19 Best audiobook books like High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape by Marc Masters

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Lou Reed: The King of New York

Will Hermes

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

Warren Zanes

4.42

Transform Your Habits

If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury

Geraldine DeRuiter

4.15

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18 Top music books like World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy

Transform Your Habits

Your Song Changed My Life: From Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, Thirty-Five Beloved Artists on Their Journey and the Music That Inspired It

Bob Boilen

3.78

Transform Your Habits

My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Transform Your Habits

3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

James Kaplan

4.35

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