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…
Want to Read $ 11.99"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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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"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
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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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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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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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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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
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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
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
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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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