17 Best music books like Punk Paradox: A Memoir by Greg Graffin

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Punk Paradox: A Memoir

By: Greg Graffin

4.12

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A historical memoir and cultural criticism of punk rock’s evolution, by the legendary singer-songwr…

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Cover of Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 by Michael Azerrad

1. Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991

By: Michael Azerrad

4.22

Format: 522 pages, Paperback

This is the never-before-told story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of… read more

Similar categories in Michael Azerrad's Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 book and Greg Graffin's Punk Paradox: A Memoir

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • punk
"Rock'n'roll is a teenage sport, meant to be played by teenagers of all ages--they could be 15, 25 or 35. It all boils down to whether they've got the love in their hearts, that beautiful teenage spir…"

-Michael Azerrad, Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991

Cover of NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories by Jeff Alulis, NOFX, Billy Joe Armstrong

2. NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories

By: Jeff Alulis , NOFX , Billy Joe Armstrong

4.55

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The candid, hilarious, shocking, occasionally horrifying, and surprisingly moving New York Times be… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Alulis's NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories book and Greg Graffin's Punk Paradox: A Memoir

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • punk
  • audiobook
"From 111 Mike " I never travel with drugs because I don't want to get caught at the airport, so if I ever have any coke or ecstasy left over after night of partying I tuck it in the pages of the Bibl…"

-Jeff Alulis, NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories

Cover of Set the Boy Free by Johnny Marr

3. Set the Boy Free

By: Johnny Marr

2.50

Format: 32 pages, ebook

The long-awaited memoir from the legendary guitarist and cofounder of the seminal British band The … read more

Similar categories in Johnny Marr's Set the Boy Free book and Greg Graffin's Punk Paradox: A Memoir

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag

By: Henry Rollins

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

As a member of the seminal punk band Black Flag, Henry Rollins kept detailed tour diaries that form… read more

Similar categories in Henry Rollins's Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag book and Greg Graffin's Punk Paradox: A Memoir

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • punk

5. Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy: Advice from Rock's Ultimate Survivor

By: Ozzy Osbourne , Chris Ayres

4.43

Format: 63 pages, Hardcover

Wondering if science could explain how he survived his 40-year avalanche of drugs and alcohol, Ozzy… read more

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6. Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout

By: Laura Jane Grace

4.33

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

ONE OF BILLBOARD'S "100 GREATEST MUSIC BOOKS OF ALL TIME" The provocative transgender advocate and … read more

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7. Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk

By: John Doe , Tom DeSavia

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Under the Big Black Sunexplores the nascent Los Angeles punk rock movement and its evolution to har… read more

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8. My Damage: The Story of a Punk Rock Survivor

By: Jim Ruland , None

3.46

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Keith Morris is a true punk icon. No one else embodies the sound of Southern Californian hardcore t… read more

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9. 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 Greg Graffin's Punk Paradox: A Memoir

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • punk
  • 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

Cover of Sonic Life: A Memoir by Thurston Moore

10. 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 Greg Graffin's Punk Paradox: A Memoir

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • punk
  • audiobook
Cover of Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation by Steven Hyden

11. Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

By: Steven Hyden

4.14

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A leading music journalist’s riveting chronicle of how beloved band Pearl Jam shaped the times, and… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"One of the many musical distinctions of my lifetime that used to seem important and now is completely forgotten is the difference between “alternative"

-Steven Hyden, Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

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12. Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts)

By: Serj Tankian

4.47

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, thoughtful, and beautifully written debut memoir by musician, songwriter, and lead… read more

Similar categories in Serj Tankian's Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts) book and Greg Graffin's Punk Paradox: A Memoir

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007) by Dan Ozzi

13. Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007)

By: Dan Ozzi

4.40

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "Ozzi's reporting is strong, balanced and well tol… read more

Similar categories in Dan Ozzi's Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007) book and Greg Graffin's Punk Paradox: A Memoir

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • punk
  • audiobook
Cover of Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records by Jim Ruland

14. Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records

By: Jim Ruland

4.03

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A no-holds-barred narrative history of the iconic label that brought the world Black Flag, Hüsker D… read more

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

15. 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 Greg Graffin's Punk Paradox: A Memoir

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • 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

Cover of Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain by Danny Goldberg

16. Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain

By: Danny Goldberg

3.94

Format: 304 pages, ebook

On the twenty-fifth anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death comes a new perspective on one of the most c… read more

Similar categories in Danny Goldberg's Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain book and Greg Graffin's Punk Paradox: A Memoir

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I keep returning to the last chorus of All Apologies, where Kurt sang: 'In the sun, I feel as one / All in all is all we are.' And to these lines from his journals: 'No true talent is fully organic. …"

-Danny Goldberg, Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain

Cover of Smash!: Green Day, the Offspring, Rancid, Nofx, and the '90s Punk Explosion by Ian Winwood

17. Smash!: Green Day, the Offspring, Rancid, Nofx, and the '90s Punk Explosion

By: Ian Winwood

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A group biography of '90s punk rock told through the prism of Green Day, The Offspring, NOFX, Ranci… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • punk
  • audiobook
Cover of Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion by Steve Turner

18. Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion

By: Steve Turner

3.88

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A down-and-dirty chronicle of the birth and evolution of the Seattle grunge scene—from backyard ska… read more

Similar categories in Steve Turner's Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion book and Greg Graffin's Punk Paradox: A Memoir

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Biblical: Rob Halford's Heavy Metal Scriptures by Rob Halford

19. Biblical: Rob Halford's Heavy Metal Scriptures

By: Rob Halford

4.31

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Metal God, himself, Rob Halford—lead vocalist of Judas Priest and author of the critically accl… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Do What You Want: The Story of Bad Religion by Bad Religion

20. Do What You Want: The Story of Bad Religion

By: Bad Religion

4.12

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From their beginnings as teenagers experimenting in a San Fernando Valley garage dubbed "The Hell H… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • punk
  • audiobook
Cover of Punk Paradox: A Memoir by Greg Graffin

21. Punk Paradox: A Memoir

By: Greg Graffin

4.12

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A historical memoir and cultural criticism of punk rock’s evolution, by the legendary singer-songwr… read more

Similar categories in Greg Graffin's Punk Paradox: A Memoir book and Greg Graffin's Punk Paradox: A Memoir

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • punk
  • audiobook

14 best-selling audiobook books like Punk Paradox: A Memoir by Greg Graffin

Transform Your Habits

NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories

Jeff Alulis , NOFX , Billy Joe Armstrong

4.55

Transform Your Habits

Set the Boy Free

Johnny Marr

2.50

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Sonic Life: A Memoir

Thurston Moore

3.81

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18 Best audiobook books like Sonic Life: A Memoir by Thurston Moore

Transform Your Habits

Girl in a Band

Kim Gordon

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir

Werner Herzog

4.25

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Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar

Cynthia Carr

4.27

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