21 Best biography books like They Just Seem a Little Weird: How KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Starz Remade Rock and Roll by Doug Brod

Cover of They Just Seem a Little Weird: How KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Starz Remade Rock and Roll by Doug Brod

They Just Seem a Little Weird: How KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Starz Remade Rock and Roll

By: Doug Brod

3.79

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A veteran music journalist explores how four legendary rock bands—KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and…

"Being in Aerosmith," Brad Whitford has said, "was like walking into a dogfight and both dogs bite you."

-Doug Brod, They Just Seem a Little Weird: How KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Starz Remade Rock and Roll

"[Brynn] Arens met Rick Nielsen when Flipp played the Minneapolis club First Avenue in the mid-90's. "Rick got up - when he was not in the best of shape, he was drinking a lot - and jammed with us," Arens says. "We did our version of 'Let It Be,' and when we got done, he came back to our dressing room and said, 'What song did we play together?'" "Well," Arens told him, "we were playing 'Let It Be,' but I think you might have been playing 'Get Back."

-Doug Brod, They Just Seem a Little Weird: How KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Starz Remade Rock and Roll

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Cover of What You Want Is in the Limo: On the Road with Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, and the Who in 1973, the Year the Sixties Died and the Modern Rock Star Was Born by Michael  Walker

1. What You Want Is in the Limo: On the Road with Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, and the Who in 1973, the Year the Sixties Died and the Modern Rock Star Was Born

By: Michael Walker

3.52

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An epic joyride through three history-making tours in 1973 that defined rock and roll superstardom—… read more

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  • pop culture
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Cover of Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day by Joel Selvin

2. Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day

By: Joel Selvin

4.19

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

In this breathtaking cultural history filled with exclusive, never-before-revealed details, celebra… read more

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Cover of Black Sabbath: Symptom of the Universe by Mick Wall

3. Black Sabbath: Symptom of the Universe

By: Mick Wall

4.01

Format: 379 pages, Hardcover

Decades before reality television was invented, Ozzy Osbourne was subversive and dark. Ozzy was the… read more

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Cover of KISS and Make-up by Gene Simmons

4. KISS and Make-up

By: Gene Simmons

4.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

You wanted the truth, you got the truth--the hottest book in the world! Fueled by an explosive mix … read more

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Cover of Girl Walks into a Bar . . .: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle by Rachel Dratch

5. Girl Walks into a Bar . . .: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle

By: Rachel Dratch

4.25

Format: None pages,

In this side-splitting memoir, the former Saturday Night Livestar recounts the hilarious adventures… read more

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Cover of Face the Music: A Life Exposed by Paul Stanley

6. 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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Cover of 1971 - Never a Dull Moment: Rock's Golden Year by David Hepworth

7. 1971 - Never a Dull Moment: Rock's Golden Year

By: David Hepworth

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A rollicking look at 1971 - the busiest, most innovative and resonant year of the 70s, defined by t… read more

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8. Light and Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page

By: Brad Tolinski

2.50

Format: 52 pages, Hardcover

This "oral autobiography" of Jimmy Page, the intensely private mastermind behind Led Zeppelin--one … read more

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9. Strange Weather

By: Joe Hill

4.09

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A collection of four chilling novels, ingeniously wrought gems of terror from the brilliantly imagi… read more

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10. Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?

By: Steven Tyler

3.93

Format: None pages,

"I've been mythicized, Mick-icized, eulogized and fooligized, I've been Cole-Portered and farmer's-… read more

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Cover of My Effin' Life by Geddy Lee

11. 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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Cover of Thanks a Lot, Mr. Kibblewhite: My Story by Roger Daltrey

12. Thanks a Lot, Mr. Kibblewhite: My Story

By: Roger Daltrey

4.06

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

The frontman of one of the greatest bands of all time tells the story of his rise from nothing to r… read more

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Cover of The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage by Nick de Semlyen

13. 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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Cover of Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina by Chris Frantz

14. Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina

By: Chris Frantz

3.50

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Chris Frantz’s memoir tells the story of his life with Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club and his life-lon… read more

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"Without adventures, we won’t have stories."

-Chris Frantz, Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina

"...the opposite of love is not hate. The opposite of love is selfishness."

-Chris Frantz, Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina

Cover of Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! by David Zucker

15. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

By: David Zucker

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more

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Cover of Black Tide by K.C. Jones

16. Black Tide

By: K.C. Jones

3.59

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

A story with a cinematic feel, Black Tide is Cujo meets A Quiet Place. It was just another day a… read more

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"We're alive. And we have hope. I say, no matter what, we're heading in the right direction."

-K.C. Jones, Black Tide

"Stories explained the unknowable before the advent of science. What happens when science is left shrugging its shoulders?"

-K.C. Jones, Black Tide

"I'm a liar, but I'm telling you the truth about this: I want to stay on the road. I want to go as far as these wheels and gears can take me."

-K.C. Jones, Black Tide

"My dad always used to say it's important that people never stop appreciating sunsets. As long as we can still be stopped in our tracks and remember what a big deal it is that we're even here, there's…"

-K.C. Jones, Black Tide

Cover of Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion by Tom Beaujour

17. 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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Cover of The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic by Daniel de Visé

18. The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic

By: Daniel de Visé

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, an… read more

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Cover of Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival by Tom Clavin

19. Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival

By: Tom Clavin

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An American fighter pilot doomed to die in Buchenwald but determined to survive.On August 13, 1944,… read more

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Cover of Do You Feel Like I Do?: A Memoir by Peter Frampton

20. Do You Feel Like I Do?: A Memoir

By: Peter Frampton

4.00

Format: None pages, Audiobook

From his early rise to fame to battles with his health, this revelatory memoir by legendary guitari… read more

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Cover of They Just Seem a Little Weird: How KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Starz Remade Rock and Roll by Doug Brod

21. They Just Seem a Little Weird: How KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Starz Remade Rock and Roll

By: Doug Brod

3.79

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A veteran music journalist explores how four legendary rock bands—KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and… read more

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"Being in Aerosmith," Brad Whitford has said, "was like walking into a dogfight and both dogs bite you."

-Doug Brod, They Just Seem a Little Weird: How KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Starz Remade Rock and Roll

"[Brynn] Arens met Rick Nielsen when Flipp played the Minneapolis club First Avenue in the mid-90's. "Rick got up - when he was not in the best of shape, he was drinking a lot - and jammed with us," A…"

-Doug Brod, They Just Seem a Little Weird: How KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Starz Remade Rock and Roll

Cover of Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond by Geezer Butler

22. 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

Cover of The Secret History of Bigfoot by John O’Connor

23. The Secret History of Bigfoot

By: John O’Connor

3.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest to off-the-wall cryptozoological conventions, on… read more

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Cover of Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success by Miki Berenyi

24. 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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Cover of Glory Days: The Summer of 1984 and the 90 Days That Changed Sports and Culture Forever by L. Jon Wertheim

25. Glory Days: The Summer of 1984 and the 90 Days That Changed Sports and Culture Forever

By: L. Jon Wertheim

4.10

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

A rollicking guided tour of one extraordinary summer, when some of the most pivotal and freakishly … read more

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Cover of Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon by Joel Selvin

26. Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon

By: Joel Selvin

4.27

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

The blazing rock opera of the greatest drummer of all-time, Jim Gordon, from the legendary Wrecking… read more

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Cover of Heavy Duty: Days and Nights in Judas Priest by K.K. Downing

27. Heavy Duty: Days and Nights in Judas Priest

By: K.K. Downing

3.81

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Get a backstage pass and see Judas Priest like you’ve never seen them before in this electrifying m… read more

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Cover of Bon: The Last Highway by Jesse Fink

28. Bon: The Last Highway

By: Jesse Fink

3.87

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

‘The detective-like Fink... gathers more evidence that Scott likely wrote some of the lyrics for th… read more

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Cover of Rock Monster: My Life with Joe Walsh by Kristin  Casey

29. Rock Monster: My Life with Joe Walsh

By: Kristin Casey

3.95

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Far from bitter or self-pitying, Rock Monster is an honest account of one woman’s life-changing exp… read more

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Cover of Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars by Kliph Nesteroff

30. Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars

By: Kliph Nesteroff

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the preeminent historian of modern comedy comes an expansive history of showbiz and the cultur… read more

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Cover of Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers by Doug J. Swanson

31. Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers

By: Doug J. Swanson

3.86

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A twenty-first-century reckoning with the legendary Texas Rangers that does justice to their heroic… read more

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22 Top audiobook books like They Just Seem a Little Weird: How KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Starz Remade Rock and Roll by Doug Brod

Transform Your Habits

Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day

Joel Selvin

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Girl Walks into a Bar . . .: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle

Rachel Dratch

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Face the Music: A Life Exposed

Paul Stanley

4.06

Transform Your Habits

1971 - Never a Dull Moment: Rock's Golden Year

David Hepworth

3.83

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4.24

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James L. Swanson

3.44

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The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

Douglas Preston

3.81

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