This Band Has No Past: How Cheap Trick Became Cheap Trick
By: Brian J. Kramp
4.25
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
‘This band has no past’ was the first line of the farcical biography printed on the inner sleeve of…
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1. Off the Rails: Aboard the Crazy Train in the Blizzard of Ozz
By: Rudy Sarzo
4.10
Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition
A fellow musician's interesting insight into the beginning of Ozzy Osbourne s solo career and his r… read more
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2. Riot on Sunset Strip: Rock 'n' Roll's Last Stand in 60s Hollywood
By: Domenic Priore , Arthur Lee
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
From the moment the Byrds debuted at Ciro’s on March 26th 1965 — with Bob Dylan joining them on sta… read more
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3. You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation
By: Susannah Gora
3.87
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
You can quote lines from Sixteen Candles (“Last night at the dance, my little brother paid a buck t… read more
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4. Runnin' with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen
By: None
3.84
Format: 352 pages,
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5. God Save the Kinks: A Biography
By: Rob Jovanovic
3.75
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In August 1964 The Kinks released their third single. After a little noticed debut and a follow-up … read more
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6. Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs!: My Adventures in The Alice Cooper Group
By: None , None
3.78
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"Before the world heard of KISS, the New York Dolls, Marilyn Manson, or Ozzy Osbourne, there was Al… read more
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7. Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and Their Many Friends
By: Barney Hoskyns
3.17
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
This book is a remarkable look at one of the most dramatic, creative, and revolutionary settings in… read more
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8. Cinema Speculation
By: Quentin Tarantino
4.06
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more
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"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
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"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
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9. 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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10. Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport, #34, Letty Davenport, #3)
By: John Sandford
4.45
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
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11. Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24)
By: James Lee Burke
4.07
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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12. Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
By: Warren Zanes
4.42
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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"Nineteen eighty-two is as good a year as any to mark the threshold of a future we're still negotiating. It's been called the information age, the digital age, the new media age. It was the beginning …"-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
"Nebraska made it almost impossible for critics to miss Springsteen's willingness to take a chance in the name of his art. If Springsteen was driven simply by fame and mainstream success, there would …"-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
"Guitar Town was out, and it was doing okay," [Steve] Earle recalled. "But the label didn't want it to happen. Jimmy [Bowen] certainly didn't. He didn't like the record. He didn't like me. But it was …"-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
13. 60 Songs That Explain the '90s
By: Rob Harvilla
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of ge… read more
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"There is no true, clean, definitive way to separate the art from the artist. Art fully separated from the artist ceases, in a fundamental way, to be art at all. The artist gives the art meaning."-Rob Harvilla, 60 Songs That Explain the '90s
14. 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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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. 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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17. The Lives of Brian
By: Brian Johnson
4.51
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Brian Johnson’s memoir from growing up in a small town to starting his own band to ultimately repla… read more
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18. Entrances and Exits
By: Michael Richards
4.12
Format: 425 pages, Hardcover
The man who brought the kavorka to the Seinfeld show through one of the most remarkable and beloved… read more
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19. Breaking Twitter: Elon Musk and the Most Controversial Corporate Takeover in History
By: Ben Mezrich
3.66
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Ben the book Elon Musk doesn’t want you to read. BREAKIN… read more
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20. 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
"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
21. Farewell, Amethystine (Easy Rawlins, #16)
By: Walter Mosley
4.09
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The Easy Rawlins novels follow the infamous detective Easy Rawlins solving mysteries on the sun-soa… read more
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22. Goodnight, L.A.: The Rise and Fall of Classic Rock -- The Untold Story from inside the Legendary Recording Studios
By: Kent Hartman
3.93
Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition
A behind-the-scenes journey through the rise and demise of the '70s and '80s classic rock era Befor… read more
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23. A Walk Across Dirty Water and Straight Into Murderer's Row: a Memoir
By: Eugene S. Robinson
4.45
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A rollicking no-holds barred memoir from journalist and musician Eugene S. Robinson that takes read… read more
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24. Don’t Call It Hair Metal: Art in the Excess of ’80s Rock
By: Sean Kelly
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A love letter to the hard-rocking, but often snubbed, music of the era of excess: the 1980s Ther… read more
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25. Double Talkin' Jive: True Rock 'n' Roll Stories from the Drummer of Guns N' Roses, the Cult, and Velvet Revolver
By: Matt Sorum
3.70
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In DoubleTalkin’ Jive legendary drummer Matt Sorum takes music lovers behind the scenes of a remark… read more
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26. Turn It Up! My Time Making Hit Records in the Glory Days of Rock Music
By: Tom Werman
3.80
Format: 239 pages, Paperback
Growing up in the Boston suburbs, Tom Werman was deeply affected by pop music from a young age. He … read more
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27. This Band Has No Past: How Cheap Trick Became Cheap Trick
By: Brian J. Kramp
4.25
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
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28. The Meaning of Metallica: Ride the Lyrics
By: William Irwin
4.00
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
The first book to give Metallica's lyrics the care and contemplation they deserve More than 40 year… read more
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29. World Infestation: The Ratt Story
By: Greg Prato
3.82
Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition
During the mid ‘80s, Ratt was one of the biggest hard rock/heavy metal bands in the United States. … read more
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30. Dokken: Into The Fire And Other Embers Of 80s Metal History.
By: James Curl
3.75
Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1989, Dokken was at the peak of their musical powers and had shared the stage with bands like AC… read more
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31. Still Competition: The Listener's Guide to Cheap Trick
By: Robert Lawson
4.21
Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition
Following the success of his 2016 book Razama-Snaz! The Listener’s Guide to Nazareth, Robert Lawson… read more
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