18 Best nonfiction books like Lay It On The Line: A Backstage Pass to Rock Star Adventure, Conflict and TRIUMPH by Rik Emmett

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Lay It On The Line: A Backstage Pass to Rock Star Adventure, Conflict and TRIUMPH

By: Rik Emmett

3.66

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

From Triumph superstar Rik Emmett comes the thrilling, inspiring story of a life of rock and roll W…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Lay It On The Line: A Backstage Pass to Rock Star Adventure, Conflict and TRIUMPH by Rik Emmett , here is a list of 18 books like this:

1. To Green Angel Tower (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #3)

By: Tad Williams

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

As the evil minions of the undead Sithi Storm King prepare for the kingdom-shattering culmination o… read more

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2. Sex, Drugs, Ratt Roll: My Life in Rock

By: Sam Benjamin , Stephen Pearcy

4.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A jaw-dropping tell-all from the lead singer of the 1980s supergroup Ratt: the groupies, the trashe… read more

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3. 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 Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me by Bernie Taupin

4. Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me

By: Bernie Taupin

3.58

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** An evocative, clear-eyed, and revealing memoir by Bernie Taupin, th… read more

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

5. 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 Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk by Kathleen Hanna

6. 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

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"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 Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark by Cassandra Peterson

7. Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

By: Cassandra Peterson

4.36

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

The woman behind the icon known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the undisputed Queen of Halloween,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"My favorite band's lyrics spoke to me more powerfully than any parent or teacher ever could. They helped me figure out who I was, what I was feeling, and possibly, where I was headed."

-Cassandra Peterson, Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

"Suddenly one day I sprouted boobs. Not *just* boobs. Enormous boobs. When puberty finally struck, I developed faster than a Polaroid. In my mind at least, I remember going to bed flat as a board one …"

-Cassandra Peterson, Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

"I was someone who had spent most of her life hanging around with gay men, and now here I was, ashamed of my feelings for a woman. I felt like such a hypocrite. I eventually gave up my ridiculous prec…"

-Cassandra Peterson, Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

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8. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

By: Henry Winkler

4.14

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

Cover of Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! by David Zucker

9. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Karma: My Autobiography by Boy George

10. Karma: My Autobiography

By: Boy George

3.62

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

THE OFFICIAL STORY OF A MUSICAL ICON - TOLD IN FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS OWN WORDS'In what mig… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir by Sly Stone

11. 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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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion by Tom Beaujour

12. 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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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Lives of Brian by Brian Johnson

13. 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

14. 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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15. Huge

By: Brent Butt

3.68

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

In comedy, killing is a good thing. From the award-winning screenwriter and International Emmy nomi… read more

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

16. 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 Don’t Call It Hair Metal: Art in the Excess of ’80s Rock by Sean            Kelly

17. 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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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Biblical: Rob Halford's Heavy Metal Scriptures by Rob Halford

18. 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
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Turn It Up! My Time Making Hit Records in the Glory Days of Rock Music by Tom Werman

19. 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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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Lay It On The Line: A Backstage Pass to Rock Star Adventure, Conflict and TRIUMPH by Rik Emmett

20. Lay It On The Line: A Backstage Pass to Rock Star Adventure, Conflict and TRIUMPH

By: Rik Emmett

3.66

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

From Triumph superstar Rik Emmett comes the thrilling, inspiring story of a life of rock and roll W… read more

Similar categories in Rik Emmett's Lay It On The Line: A Backstage Pass to Rock Star Adventure, Conflict and TRIUMPH book and Rik Emmett's Lay It On The Line: A Backstage Pass to Rock Star Adventure, Conflict and TRIUMPH

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Let's Go!: Benjamin Orr and The Cars by Joe Milliken

21. Let's Go!: Benjamin Orr and The Cars

By: Joe Milliken

4.17

Format: 227 pages, Hardcover

“When Ben got out of the hospital he said, ‘When I fall down and can’t pick myself up we’ll know it… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography

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Transform Your Habits

Making It So

Patrick Stewart

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me

Bernie Taupin

3.58

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My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

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Bernie Taupin

3.58

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My Name Is Barbra

Barbra Streisand

4.20

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Karma: My Autobiography

Boy George

3.62

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Mary Gabriel

4.03

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