15 must-read music books like Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As lived by Jon Zazula by Jon Zazula

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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…

If you liked the music plot in Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As lived by Jon Zazula by Jon Zazula , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood

By: Marc Eliot

3.57

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

As an actor, he seduces us with his tough-guy charm. As a director and producer, he amazes us with … read more

Similar categories in Marc Eliot's American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood book and Jon Zazula's Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As lived by Jon Zazula

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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2. Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums

By: Travis Barker , Gavin Edwards

4.08

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Travis Barker’s soul-baring memoir chronicles the highlights and lowlights of the renowned drummer’… read more

Similar categories in Travis Barker's Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums book and Jon Zazula's Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As lived by Jon Zazula

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Fuck being bored. You shouldn't ever be bored. You can always read and be smarter. You can always work out and be in better shape. You can always play your instrument and get better at it. Your space…"

-Travis Barker, Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums

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3. 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

Similar categories in Greg Renoff's Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal book and Jon Zazula's Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As lived by Jon Zazula

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

4. Gold Dust Woman: A Biography of Stevie Nicks

By: Stephen Davis

2.65

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

Stevie Nicks is a legend of rock, but her energy and magnetism sparked new interest in this icon. A… read more

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5. Strange Beautiful Music: A Musical Memoir

By: Jake Brown , Brian May , None

3.51

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Go behind the scenes with the musician The New York Timescalled "a guitar God!" Oft-hailed as the J… read more

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6. 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

Similar categories in Geddy Lee's My Effin' Life book and Jon Zazula's Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As lived by Jon Zazula

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. 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

Similar categories in Brian Johnson's The Lives of Brian book and Jon Zazula's Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As lived by Jon Zazula

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

8. Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen

By: Brad Tolinski

4.26

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Get a completely new look at guitar legend Eddie Van Halen with this groundbreaking oral history, c… read more

Similar categories in Brad Tolinski's Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen book and Jon Zazula's Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As lived by Jon Zazula

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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9. 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
  • 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

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10. 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

Similar categories in Ronnie James Dio's Rainbow in the Dark: The Autobiography book and Jon Zazula's Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As lived by Jon Zazula

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Jon Zazula's Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As lived by Jon Zazula

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. Cherry on Top: Flirty, Forty-Something, and Funny as F**k

By: Bobbie Brown

3.77

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Life isn’t easy when you’re single, pushing fifty, and still haunted by the ghosts of your rock 'n'… read more

Similar categories in Bobbie Brown's Cherry on Top: Flirty, Forty-Something, and Funny as F**k book and Jon Zazula's Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As lived by Jon Zazula

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love

By: Larry Bird

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Larry Bird captured the imagination and admiration of basketball fans throughout his thirteen-year … read more

Similar categories in Larry Bird's Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love book and Jon Zazula's Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As lived by Jon Zazula

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Double Talkin' Jive: True Rock 'n' Roll Stories from the Drummer of Guns N' Roses, the Cult, and Velvet Revolver by Matt Sorum

14. 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

Similar categories in Matt Sorum's Double Talkin' Jive: True Rock 'n' Roll Stories from the Drummer of Guns N' Roses, the Cult, and Velvet Revolver book and Jon Zazula's Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As lived by Jon Zazula

  • music
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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15. For The Sake of Heaviness: The History of Metal Blade Records

By: Brian Slagel

3.99

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of Metal Blade Records is the story of Brian Slagel-a metal-obsessed Southern California … read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Far and Wide: Bring That Horizon to Me!

By: Neil Peart

4.40

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

35 concerts. 17,000 motorcycle miles. Three months. One lifetime. Now in paperback In May 2015, … read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Unf*ck Your Anxiety: Using Science to Rewire Your Anxious Brain by Faith G. Harper

17. Unf*ck Your Anxiety: Using Science to Rewire Your Anxious Brain

By: Faith G. Harper

3.54

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

Anxiety is a survival skill gone haywire. It happens when our brain is working so hard to protect u… read more

Similar categories in Faith G. Harper's Unf*ck Your Anxiety: Using Science to Rewire Your Anxious Brain book and Jon Zazula's Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As lived by Jon Zazula

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. My Life in the Purple Kingdom

By: BrownMark

3.67

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

From the young Black teenager who built a bass guitar in woodshop to the musician building a solo c… read more

Similar categories in BrownMark's My Life in the Purple Kingdom book and Jon Zazula's Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As lived by Jon Zazula

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

19. 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

Similar categories in Jon Zazula's Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As lived by Jon Zazula book and Jon Zazula's Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As lived by Jon Zazula

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. 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

Similar categories in Jay Jay French's Twisted Business: Lessons from My Life in Rock 'n Roll book and Jon Zazula's Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As lived by Jon Zazula

  • music
  • nonfiction
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21. Ushers: A Short Story

By: Joe Hill

4.31

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

A young man who has improbably escaped death twice reveals his secret in a spine-tingling short sto… read more

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13 Best audiobook books like Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As lived by Jon Zazula by Jon Zazula

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Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums

Travis Barker , Gavin Edwards

4.08

Transform Your Habits

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

Greg Renoff

4.35

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My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

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The Lives of Brian

Brian Johnson

4.51

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The Burnout Generation

Anne Helen Petersen

3.18

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Weeds

Amanda Wilkin

2.98

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Kelly Vincent

3.51

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Sorry for Your Loss

Michael Cruz Kayne

4.13

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