Everything Is Combustible: Television, CBGB's and Five Decades of Rock and Roll: The Memoirs of an Alchemical Guitarist
By: Richard Lloyd
3.67
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
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1. Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution
By: Sara Marcus
3.97
Format: 367 pages, Paperback
Girls to the Front is the epic, definitive history of Riot Grrrl, the radical feminist uprising tha… read more
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"i want to scream because no matter how much I scream, no one will listen."-Sara Marcus, Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution
"The girls couldn't block out these things and they didn't want to; they wanted to stay acutely aware of the war against them so they could fight back."-Sara Marcus, Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution
2. The Recognitions
By: William H. Gass , William Gaddis
4.20
Format: 976 pages, Paperback
The book Jonathan Franzen dubbed the "ur-text of postwar fiction" and the "first great cultural cri… read more
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"Women get desperate, but they don't understand despair."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
"That fever had passed; but for the rest of his life it never left his eyes."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
"Reading Proust isn't just reading a book, it's an experience and you can't reject an experience."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
"Most people are clever because they don't know how to be honest." William Gaddis, The Recognitions."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
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
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4. Diary of a Rock N' Roll Star
By: Ian Hunter
3.95
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Bands such as Oasis, Nirvana and The Sex Pistols have all claimed to be influenced by Mott the Hoop… read more
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5. Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
By: Legs McNeil , Gillian McCain
4.19
Format: 488 pages, Paperback
A Time Out and Daily News Top Ten Book of the Year upon its initial release, Please Kill Me is the … read more
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"Bob Gruen: La gente veniva da noi per farsi mordere, non per farsi accarezzare."-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
"Penny Arcade said: At that time, the DRUG world and the ART world ran through each other. (1971 - 1974)"-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
"Hippies survived Nixon, but punk caved in to Ronald Reagan, know what I'm saying? Punk actually couldn't take a good challenge."-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
"Ed Friedman: [talking about Patti Smith] One time she told me, "Allen Ginsberg thought I was a cute boy and he tried to pick me up, so I said, "LOOK AT THE TITS, ALLEN! NOTICE THE TITS!"-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
6. Black Wings Has My Angel
By: Elliott Chaze
3.78
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Chaze's long-lost noir classic, a legend among noir buffs, is back in print for the first time in n… read more
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7. Girl in a Band
By: Kim Gordon
3.67
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
In Girl in a Band, Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of wo… read more
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"All that young-girl idealism is someone else's now."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
"I like being in a weak position, and making it strong."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
"For me performing has a lot to do with being fearless."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
"I give Iggy credit for deconstructing the very idea of entertainment."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
8. Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
By: William Styron
4.24
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is Styron's true acc… read more
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9. Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
By: David Foster Wallace
4.31
Format: 66 pages, Hardcover
Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And w… read more
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11. The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness
By: R.D. Laing
3.78
Format: None pages,
In The Divided Self (1960), Laing contrasted the experience of the "ontologically secure" person wi… read more
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12. A Brief History of Seven Killings
By: Marlon James
4.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
WINNER OF THE 2015 MAN BOOKER PRIZE FOR FICTION From the acclaimed author of The Book of Night Wome… read more
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13. The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll
By: Ian S. Port
4.31
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
“A hot-rod joy ride through mid-20th-century American history” ( The New York Times Book Review ), … read more
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14. Fever House (Fever House, #1)
By: Keith Rosson
4.03
Format: 417 pages, Hardcover
A small-time criminal. A has-been rock star. A shadowy government agency. And a severed hand whose … read more
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15. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
By: Werner Herzog
4.25
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of … read more
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16. Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24)
By: James Lee Burke
4.07
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
James Lee Burke returns to his bestselling Dave Robicheaux series, bringing Dave’s partner and frie… read more
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17. Lou Reed: The King of New York
By: Will Hermes
4.23
Format: 529 pages, Hardcover
"The only Lou Reed bio you need to read." ― The Washington Post "There have been many biographie… read more
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18. 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
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19. 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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20. 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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21. Echoes: A memoir continued . . .
By: Will Sergeant
4.27
Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERScenic Wye Valley isn't the typical place for a rock story to begin, but… read more
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22. 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
"When I was a teenager I started to think about how dedicated Dad was to the struggle for working-class rights. He had devoted his life to the Labour cause fighting inequality and that’s fucking great…"-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid
"Those painful childhood memories we bury, that some of us try and drown out with sex, drugs, alcohol, gambling, all the usual crutches and distractions. These childhood experiences are going to be re…"-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid
"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
23. Everything Is Combustible: Television, CBGB's and Five Decades of Rock and Roll: The Memoirs of an Alchemical Guitarist
By: Richard Lloyd
3.67
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Written in Richard Lloyd's inimitable, frequently humorous style, Everything is Combustible chronic… read more
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- rock n roll
24. Under a Rock: A Memoir
By: Chris Stein
3.74
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
At its heart, Under A Rock is a love story. The codependent bond between Chris Stein and Debbie Har… read more
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25. The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, the MC5, and My Life of Impossibilities
By: Wayne Kramer
3.96
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The first memoir by Wayne Kramer, legendary guitarist and cofounder of quintessential Detroit proto… read more
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26. In the Jingle Jangle Jungle: Keeping Time with the Brian Jonestown Massacre
By: Joel Gion
4.39
Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition
The Brian Jonestown Massacre are one of the great contemporary cult American rock and roll bands. A… read more
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27. Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism and the Soundtrack of a Generation
By: Daniel Rachel
4.36
Format: 488 pages, Hardcover
In 1979, 2 Tone exploded into the national conscience as records by The Specials, The Selecter, Mad… read more
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28. The Light Pours Out of Me: The Authorized Biography of John McGeoch
By: Rory Sullivan-Burke
4.25
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
John McGeoch was the unsung hero of the post-punk era. Blazing a trail with some of Britain’s bigge… read more
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29. 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left
By: Robyn Hitchcock
4.24
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
The great eccentric of British psychedelia—beloved by everyone from Led Zeppelin and R.E.M. to the … read more
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30. Against the Written Word: Toward a Universal Illiteracy
By: Ian F. Svenonius
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
If the Gutenberg Bible is the alpha, Against the Written Word is the omega Against the Written W… read more
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31. The Ballad of Speedball Baby: A Memoir
By: Ali Smith
3.83
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
The Ballad of Speedball Baby is the thrilling, extremely funny, and heart-wrenchingly vulnerable st… read more
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