Afternoons with the Blinds Drawn
By: Brett Anderson
4.03
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
The trajectory of Suede - hailed in infancy as both 'The Best New Band in Britain' and 'effete sout…
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1. Bit of a Blur: The Autobiography
By: Alex James
3.73
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
For Alex James, music had always been a door to a more exciting life—a way to travel, meet new peop… read more
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2. Alma Cogan
By: Gordon Burn
3.71
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
How does it feel to be never allowed to die? In this classic debut novel, Gordon Burn takes Britain… read more
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- british literature
3. Tune In (The Beatles: All These Years, #1)
By: Mark Lewisohn
3.63
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Tune Inis the first volume of All These Years--a highly-anticipated, groundbreaking biographical tr… read more
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4. Different for Girls: A Girl's Own True-life Adventures in Pop
By: Louise Wener
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
This is a story of an ordinary girl's transformation from awkward 80s suburban pop geek to 90s jet-… read more
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5. Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division
By: Deborah Curtis , Jon Savage
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
This is an account of the mesmerising life and tragic death of Ian Curtis, lead singer of Joy Divis… read more
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6. Britpop!: Cool Britannia And The Spectacular Demise Of English Rock
By: John Harris
3.64
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Beginning in 1994 and closing in the first months of 1998, the UK passed through a cultural moment … read more
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7. Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division
By: Peter Hook
2.56
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
Joy Division changed the face of music. Godfathers of alternative rock, they reinvented music in th… read more
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8. The Ghost Theatre
By: Mat Osman
3.60
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A wild and hallucinatory reimagining of Elizabethan London, with its bird worshippers, famed child … read more
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9. Spaceships Over Glasgow
By: Stuart Braithwaite
3.88
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Born the son of Scotland's last telescope-maker, Stuart Braithwaite was perhaps always destined for… read more
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10. Faith, Hope and Carnage
By: Nick Cave
4.44
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
Faith, Hope and Carnage is a book about Nick Cave’s inner life. Created from more than forty hou… read more
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"I think people can do both terrible things and wonderful things when faced with the true understanding of their own powerlessness, vulnerability and lack of control."-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage
"Vulnerability is essential to spiritual and creative growth. Finding enormous strength through vulnerability. You're being open to whatever happens, including failure and shame. The two are connected…"-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage
"I guess not, but who says creativity it the be all and end all? Who says that our accomplishments are the only true measure of what is important in our lives? Perhaps there are other lives worth livi…"-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage
"The usual precepts collapse under the weight of the calamity: the terrible demands that we place upon ourselves; our own internal judging voice; the endless expectations and opinions of others. They …"-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage
11. Good Pop, Bad Pop
By: Jarvis Cocker
4.30
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
What if the things we keep hidden say more about us than those we put on display? We all have a … read more
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12. Record Play Pause
By: Stephen Morris
4.38
Format: 405 pages, Hardcover
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A unique and thoughtful musical memoir' Observer 'Gritty coming-of-age… read more
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13. Verse, Chorus, Monster!
By: Graham Coxon
3.70
Format: None pages, ebook
Among the noise and clamour of the Britpop era, Blur co-founder Graham Coxon managed to carve out a… read more
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14. Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZZT
By: Trevor Horn
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
As a renowned recording-studio maven, Trevor Horn has been dubbed 'the man who invented the '80s'. … read more
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15. A Likely Lad
By: Pete Doherty
3.92
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Peter Doherty's is the last of the great rock 'n' roll stories - bad boy and public enemy. To his d… read more
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16. Whatever Happened to the C86 Kids? An Indie Odyssey
By: Nige Tassell
4.11
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
In 1986, the NME released a cassette that would shape music for years to come. A collection of twen… read more
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17. Afternoons with the Blinds Drawn
By: Brett Anderson
4.03
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
The trajectory of Suede - hailed in infancy as both 'The Best New Band in Britain' and 'effete sout… read more
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18. 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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19. Tenement Kid
By: Bobby Gillespie
4.02
Format: 412 pages, Hardcover
Fizzing with an infectious passion for the magic of rock music, Gillespie’s vivid and evocative mem… read more
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"I kind of became a feminist from an early age, even though I wasn’t aware of the feminist movement in any way. I admired my mum a lot. In her own quiet way she was a fighter."-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid
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"I began to question the world and other people from a young age. I suppose that gave me a sense of emotional distance, a lack of trust in future friendships and relationships; I would assume a friend…"-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid
20. So it started there
By: Nick Banks
4.44
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
So It Started There chronicles the life and career of drummer Nick Banks, and how he came to be in … read more
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21. The Ruins
By: Mat Osman
3.69
Format: 409 pages, Kindle Edition
An extraordinary novel about the ubiquitous mysteries of family, memory and music.London, 2010: Ice… read more
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