20 Top music books like The Ox: The Authorized Biography of The Who's John Entwistle by Paul Rees

Cover of The Ox: The Authorized Biography of The Who's John Entwistle by Paul Rees

The Ox: The Authorized Biography of The Who's John Entwistle

By: Paul Rees

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, no-holds-barred biography of John Entwistle, The Who's legendary bass guitaristIt i…

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1. The Odessa File

By: Frederick Forsyth

4.14

Format: 334 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The suicide of an elderly German Jew explodes into revelation after revelation: a Mafia-like organi… read more

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2. Not Dead Yet: The Memoir

By: Phil Collins

3.77

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Phil Collins pulls no punches--about himself, his life, or the ecstasy and heartbreak that's inspir… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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3. Wonderful Tonight

By: Penny Junor , Pattie Boyd

3.16

Format: 288 pages,

A Q&A with Pattie Boyd, Author of Wonderful Tonight Why are you writing the book now? I have been a… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son by Hope Edelman, Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez

4. Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son

By: Hope Edelman , Martin Sheen , Emilio Estevez

4.50

Format: 182 pages, Hardcover

In this remarkable dual memoir, film legend Martin Sheen and his accomplished actor/director son Em… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Tony Visconti: The Autobiography: Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy by Morrissey, Tony Visconti

5. Tony Visconti: The Autobiography: Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy

By: Morrissey , Tony Visconti

3.83

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A name synonymous with ground-breaking music, Tony Visconti has worked with the most dynamic and in… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Moon: The Life and Death of a Rock Legend by Tony Fletcher

6. Moon: The Life and Death of a Rock Legend

By: Tony Fletcher

4.01

Format: 511 pages, Paperback

Keith Moon was the bad boy of rock & roll, the most manic member of an aggressive and fabulously su… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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7. D-Day: The Battle for Normandy

By: Antony Beevor

4.00

Format: 10 pages, Hardcover

Making use of overlooked and new material from over 30 archives in half a dozen countries, 'D-Day' … read more

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  • nonfiction
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8. Conversations with McCartney

By: Paul Du Noyer

3.40

Format: 320 pages, ebook

In June 1989, Paul Du Noyer was contacted by Paul McCartney's office in London and asked to intervi… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography

9. Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh

By: Toby Harnden

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

South Armagh was described as "Bandit Country" by Merlyn Rees when he was Northern Ireland Secretar… read more

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10. Who I Am

By: Pete Townshend

4.70

Format: 84 pages, Hardcover

From the voice of a generation: The most highly anticipated autobiography of the year, and the stor… read more

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11. When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin

By: Mick Wall

4.71

Format: None pages, Paperback

Veteran rock journalist Mick Wall unflinchingly tells the story of the band that pushed the envelop… read more

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12. Sound Man

By: Glyn Johns

3.71

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

A memoir of a remarkable rock-and-roll career from Glyn Johns, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame produce… read more

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13. The Doors: A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years

By: Greil Marcus

3.91

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

A fan from the moment the Doors' first album took over KMPX, the revolutionary FM rock & roll stati… read more

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14. Stone Alone: The Story of a Rock 'n' Roll Band

By: Ray Coleman , Bill Wyman

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

During the height of the Rolling Stones' success, Bill Wyman kept a diary, recoding the churning ch… read more

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15. 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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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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16. 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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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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17. Surviving to Drive

By: Guenther Steiner

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is wat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Then again, could you imagine me walking on to the balcony in St Peter’s Square in Rome and delivering the Urbi et Orbi. ‘OK, I’m finished now. Get to foking work!’ Pope Guenther the first would be P…"

-Guenther Steiner, Surviving to Drive

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18. Led Zeppelin: The Biography

By: Bob Spitz

4.06

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the definitive New York Times bestselling history of the Beatles comes the autho… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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19. 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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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"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

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

20. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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21. 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

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle by Philip Norman

22. George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle

By: Philip Norman

3.91

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the premiere Beatles biographer—author of the New York Times bestseller John The Life and the… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Charlie's Good Tonight by Paul Sexton

23. Charlie's Good Tonight

By: Paul Sexton

4.12

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The fully authorized and official biography of legendary Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, one … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of My Life in Dire Straits: The Inside Story of One of the Biggest Bands in Rock History by John Illsley

24. My Life in Dire Straits: The Inside Story of One of the Biggest Bands in Rock History

By: John Illsley

4.07

Format: None pages, ebook

With a foreword by MARK KNOPFLER 'An uplifting journey through the sheer hard work, pitfalls and t… read more

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

25. 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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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"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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26. The Ox: The Authorized Biography of The Who's John Entwistle

By: Paul Rees

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, no-holds-barred biography of John Entwistle, The Who's legendary bass guitaristIt i… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Beast: John Bonham and the Rise of Led Zeppelin by C.M. Kushins

27. Beast: John Bonham and the Rise of Led Zeppelin

By: C.M. Kushins

3.89

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The first full-length narrative biography of Led Zeppelin's John Bonham, considered by many to be o… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of I Talk Too Much: My Autobiography by Francis Rossi

28. I Talk Too Much: My Autobiography

By: Francis Rossi

4.29

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'THE ROCK 'N' ROLL AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR' MAIL ON SUNDAY'Essential f… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Let the Good Times Roll: My Life in Small Faces, Faces, and The Who by Kenney Jones

29. Let the Good Times Roll: My Life in Small Faces, Faces, and The Who

By: Kenney Jones

3.88

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

The long-awaited memoir of the legendary drummer's life and times in the bands Small Faces, Faces, … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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30. Limited Edition of One

By: Steven John Wilson

4.23

Format: 320 pages, None

The King of Progressive Rock, a curator of talent and the reason behind Porcupine Tree's rise and f… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of All Or Nothing: The Story of Steve Marriott by Simon Spence

31. All Or Nothing: The Story of Steve Marriott

By: Simon Spence

4.24

Format: 460 pages, Kindle Edition

Authorised by the Marriott family. Steve Marriott, lead singer of the Small Faces and Humble Pie, h… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography

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Transform Your Habits

Not Dead Yet: The Memoir

Phil Collins

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Wonderful Tonight

Penny Junor , Pattie Boyd

3.16

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Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son

Hope Edelman , Martin Sheen , Emilio Estevez

4.50

Transform Your Habits

Tony Visconti: The Autobiography: Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy

Morrissey , Tony Visconti

3.83

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My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

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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Set the Night on Fire

Robby Krieger

4.41

Transform Your Habits

The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power

Dana Mattioli

4.10

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