20 must-read biography books like Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers: The Rise of Motörhead by Martin Popoff

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Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers: The Rise of Motörhead

By: Martin Popoff

3.61

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers: The Rise of Motörhead is the first book to celebrate the classic-er…

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1. Slash

By: Anthony Bozza , Slash

4.00

Format: 458 pages, Hardcover

From one of the greatest rock guitarists of our era comes a memoir that redefines sex, drugs, and r… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Restlessness is a fickle catalyst; it can drive you to achieve or it can coax your demise, and sometimes the choice isn't yours"

-Anthony Bozza, Slash

"Notes and chords have become my second language and, more often than not, that vocabulary expresses what I feel when language fails me. The guitar is my conscience, too - whenever I've lost my way, i…"

-Anthony Bozza, Slash

"Once you’ve lived a little you will find that whatever you send out into the world comes back to you in one way or another. It may be today, tomorrow, or years from now, but it happens; usually when …"

-Anthony Bozza, Slash

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2. Trouble with Lichen

By: John Wyndham

3.68

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

"Trouble with Lichen" by John Wyndham is a captivating work of speculative fiction that delves into… read more

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"What makes you think I want to “inspire confidence"

-John Wyndham, Trouble with Lichen

"[A] nation’s science simply has to keep up with the Jones’s these days."

-John Wyndham, Trouble with Lichen

"Once an idea has been planted no one can tell when and where it will stop growing."

-John Wyndham, Trouble with Lichen

"[T]he purity of emotional response seemed to have been sullied by a tincture of thought."

-John Wyndham, Trouble with Lichen

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3. 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

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"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

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4. Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal

By: Greg Renoff

4.35

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

A vivid and energetic history of Van Halen's legendary early years After years of playing gigs ever… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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5. From the Velvets to the Voidoids: A Pre-Punk History for a Post-Punk World

By: Clinton Heylin

5.00

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

In a thorough chronicle of the American underground punk and New Wave rock scene, noted music criti… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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6. Kon-Tiki: Across The Pacific In A Raft

By: Thor Heyerdahl

4.39

Format: None pages, Paperback

Five men in search of a mythical hero journey from Peru to Polynesia in this classic account of nau… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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7. I Am Ozzy

By: Ozzy Osbourne , Chris Ayres

4.11

Format: 176 pages,

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show by Sherrilyn Kenyon, David Brin, Charlaine Harris, Scott Westerfeld, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Christie Golden, Nancy Holder, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Nancy Kilpatrick, Margaret L. Carter, Sarah Zettel, Jennifer Crusie, Laura Resnick, Justine Larbalestier, Marguerite Krause, Jean Lorrah, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Michelle West, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Glenn Yeffeth, None, None, None

8. Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show

By: Sherrilyn Kenyon , David Brin , Charlaine Harris , Scott Westerfeld , Chelsea Quinn Yarbro , Christie Golden , Nancy Holder , Lawrence Watt-Evans , Nancy Kilpatrick , Margaret L. Carter , Sarah Zettel , Jennifer Crusie , Laura Resnick , Justine Larbalestier , Marguerite Krause , Jean Lorrah , Jacqueline Lichtenberg , Michelle West , Kevin Andrew Murphy , Glenn Yeffeth , None , None , None

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

UNOFFICIAL AND UNAUTHORIZED This collection of irreverent and surprising essays about the popular t… read more

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  • nonfiction
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9. Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven & Hell with Black Sabbath

By: Tony Iommi , None

3.71

Format: 160 pages,

Iron Manchronicles the story of both pioneering guitarist Tony Iommi and legendary band Black Sabba… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography

10. I'm the Man: The Story of That Guy from Anthrax

By: Scott Ian

3.99

Format: None pages, Hardcover

I'm the Manis the fast-paced, humorous, and revealing memoir from the man who co-founded Anthrax, t… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography

11. White Line Fever: The Autobiography

By: Lemmy Kilmister , Janiss Garza

3.04

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

One of music's most notorious frontmen leads a headbanging, voyeuristic odyssey into sex, drugs, an… read more

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12. The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.17

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

On the empty winter prairie, gray clouds to the northwest meant only one thing: a blizzard was seco… read more

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"Politicians, they take pleasure a-prying into a man's affairs and I aimed to please 'em."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

"These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraphs and kerosene and coal stoves -- they're good to have but the trouble is, folks get to depend on 'em."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

"Beyond them the darkness was like a mist thickening over a flat, white world. Stars twinkled far away around part of its rim. Before him, the black storm climbed rapidly up the sky and in silence des…"

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

"Laura said faintly, 'I thought God takes care of us.' 'He does,' Pa said, 'so far as we do what's right. And He gives us a conscience and brains to know what's right. But He leaves it to us to do as …"

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

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13. Lords of Chaos

By: Michael Moynihan , None

3.68

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

The book focuses on the scene surrounding the extreme heavy metal subgenre black metal in Norway in… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Nationalism is the political manifestation of a folk's collective unconscious; heathenism/ satanism is the spiritual manifestation. Both ascend from the same source. Its therefore no coincidence that…"

-Michael Moynihan, Lords of Chaos

"Heavy Metal has been forced to create its own underworld. It plays by its own rules, follows its own aesthetic prerogatives… Metal is no longer a staple of FM radio, nor are record labels publishing …"

-Michael Moynihan, Lords of Chaos

14. Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga

By: Hunter S. Thompson

4.33

Format: 201 pages,

"California, Labor Day weekend...early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists w… read more

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15. Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir

By: Joe Layden , Dave Mustaine

4.47

Format: 907 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller Founding member, singer, and lead guitarist of Metallica and Megadeath sh… read more

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16. Making It So

By: Patrick Stewart

4.33

Format: 469 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart! From h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of My Effin' Life by Geddy Lee

17. 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
Cover of Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir by Werner Herzog

18. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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19. Brotherhood (Star Wars)

By: Mike Chen

4.16

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker must stem the tide of the raging Clone Wars and forge a new bon… read more

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"I promise you, nothing would happen to you,"

-Mike Chen, Brotherhood (Star Wars)

"Mission parameters can always be changed—in politics, military missions, or life—and the truly wise know when to make those changes."

-Mike Chen, Brotherhood (Star Wars)

"Anakin knelt down in front of R2-D2, quickly reciting memorized details about connecting to secure comm channels, something that he held on to as tightly as the hand of his wife. Because in some ways…"

-Mike Chen, Brotherhood (Star Wars)

"The sun-dragon lives inside a star, guarding everything it loves and treasures. It guarded them through the fire and flame, always keeping them safe. It could persevere through anything, even life wi…"

-Mike Chen, Brotherhood (Star Wars)

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20. The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway (Star Trek Autobiographies Series)

By: Una McCormack

4.08

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

The captain who went further than any had before tells her lifestory for the first time in her own … read more

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

22. 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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23. Secrets of the Occult

By: Richard B. Spence

3.91

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

From spirituality to politics and science, the occult has had an astonishing influence on the human… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Rainbow in the Dark: The Autobiography by Ronnie James Dio

24. Rainbow in the Dark: The Autobiography

By: Ronnie James Dio

4.15

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Instant National Bestseller The long-awaited autobiography by one of heavy metal’s most revered ic… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of John Lennon 1980: The Last Days in the Life by Kenneth Womack

25. John Lennon 1980: The Last Days in the Life

By: Kenneth Womack

4.28

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

John Lennon, 1980: The Last Days in the Life traces the powerful, life-affirming story of the forme… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Mutations: The Many Strange Faces of Hardcore Punk by Sam McPheeters

26. Mutations: The Many Strange Faces of Hardcore Punk

By: Sam McPheeters

4.13

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

How can so many people pledge allegiance to punk, something with no fixed identity? Depending on wh… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Until YOT, conservatism thrived in the germy corners of punks scenes. When it popped up in public, it took the forms of extremists, usually skinheads, people whose shitty behavior forced a fight or f…"

-Sam McPheeters, Mutations: The Many Strange Faces of Hardcore Punk

Cover of Punk Avenue: Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982 by Phil Marcade

27. Punk Avenue: Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982

By: Phil Marcade

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Punk Avenue: The New York City Underground 1972-1982 is an intimate look at author Paris-born Phil … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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28. Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers: The Rise of Motörhead

By: Martin Popoff

3.61

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers: The Rise of Motörhead is the first book to celebrate the classic-er… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As lived by Jon Zazula by Jon Zazula

29. Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As lived by Jon Zazula

By: Jon Zazula

3.58

Format: 200 pages, hardcover

Heavy Tales is the detailed, never before told story as lived by Jonny Zazula of how he founded Meg… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984 by Ian Glasper

30. Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

By: Ian Glasper

3.95

Format: 399 pages, Paperback

Featuring hundreds of brand new interviews and photographs, Burning Britain is the true story of th… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
"We’ve always been a very lazy band,"

-Ian Glasper, Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

"I remember being in this local pub,"

-Ian Glasper, Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

"Our message, such as it is, has always been, have fun,"

-Ian Glasper, Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

"I think the best gig we did with the original line up was at the Aquarius club,"

-Ian Glasper, Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

Cover of Twisted Business: Lessons from My Life in Rock 'n Roll by Jay Jay French

31. Twisted Business: Lessons from My Life in Rock 'n Roll

By: Jay Jay French

4.08

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Jay Jay French—founder, guitarist, and manager of the world-famous heavy metal band Twisted Sister—… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction

24 Best nonfiction books like Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers: The Rise of Motörhead by Martin Popoff

Transform Your Habits

Slash

Anthony Bozza , Slash

4.00

Transform Your Habits

NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories

Jeff Alulis , NOFX , Billy Joe Armstrong

4.55

Transform Your Habits

Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal

Greg Renoff

4.35

Transform Your Habits

From the Velvets to the Voidoids: A Pre-Punk History for a Post-Punk World

Clinton Heylin

5.00

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19 best-selling nonfiction books like Slash by Anthony Bozza, Slash

Transform Your Habits

Tommyland

Tommy Lee , Anthony Bozza

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Slash

Anthony Bozza , Slash

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Beatles Anthology

The Beatles , John Lennon , Paul McCartney , Ringo Starr , George Harrison

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith

Stephen Davis , Aerosmith

4.04

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