15 Best biography books like A New Day Yesterday: UK Progressive Rock & The 1970s by Mike Barnes

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A New Day Yesterday: UK Progressive Rock & The 1970s

By: Mike Barnes

4.15

Format: 608 pages, Paperback

Music journalist Mike Barnes (MOJO, the Wire, Prog, and author of the acclaimed biography Captain B…

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1. A History of Heavy Metal

By: Andrew O'Neill , Andrew O'Neill

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The history of heavy metal brings us extraordinary stories of larger-than-life characters living to… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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2. Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991

By: Michael Azerrad

4.22

Format: 522 pages, Paperback

This is the never-before-told story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
"Rock'n'roll is a teenage sport, meant to be played by teenagers of all ages--they could be 15, 25 or 35. It all boils down to whether they've got the love in their hearts, that beautiful teenage spir…"

-Michael Azerrad, Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991

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3. Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir

By: Eddie Muller

4.26

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Dark City, urban landscape of the imagination. A place where the men and women who creat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • pop culture
"The collective sign of relief heaved on V-J Day ought to have inspired Hollywood to release a flood of "happily ever after" films. But some victors didn't feel too good about their spoils. They'd see…"

-Eddie Muller, Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir

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4. England's Hidden Reverse: A Secret History of the Esoteric Underground

By: David Keenan

3.61

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Based on several years' worth of exclusive interviews and unprecedented access to all three bands' … read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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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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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
"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. Birth School Metallica Death, Volume 1: The Biography

By: Paul Brannigan , Ian Winwood

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Metallica is the biggest metal band of all time. The California quartet has sold more than 100 mill… read more

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7. The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles, #3)

By: Anne Rice

3.68

Format: 420 pages, Paperback

Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found  In 1976, a uniquely seductive world of … read more

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8. Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011

By: Lizzy Goodman

4.16

Format: 622 pages, Hardcover

An intriguing oral history of the post-9/11 decline of the old-guard music industry and rebirth of … read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction

9. Dark Entries

By: Robert Aickman

3.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Sewn signatures, printed on 110gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Biddles in bergundy wibalin cloth … read more

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10. Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood

By: Mark Harris

4.10

Format: None pages,

Explores the epic human drama behind the making of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 19… read more

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11. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"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

"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

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12. 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
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
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13. The Moor (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #12)

By: L.J. Ross

4.46

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

The circus is in town… When a ten-year-old girl turns up on DCI Ryan’s doorstep to tell him she’… read more

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14. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

By: Michael Palin

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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15. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison

By: Ben Macintyre

4.26

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The definitive and surprising true story of one of history’s most notorious prisons—and the remarka… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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16. Erebus: The Story of a Ship

By: Michael Palin

4.29

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

In the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007) by Dan Ozzi

17. Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007)

By: Dan Ozzi

4.40

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "Ozzi's reporting is strong, balanced and well tol… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
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18. Anthem: Rush in the '70s

By: Martin Popoff

4.37

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of the rock ’n’ roll kings of the North Includes two full-color photo inse… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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19. Nick Drake: The Life

By: Richard Morton Jack

4.54

Format: 546 pages, Kindle Edition

'This is the book we've been waiting for . . . It is a biography to be treasured' Joe Boyd 'The … read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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20. The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock

By: David Weigel

3.50

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The Show That Never Ends is the definitive story of the extraordinary rise and fall of progressive … read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
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21. A New Day Yesterday: UK Progressive Rock & The 1970s

By: Mike Barnes

4.15

Format: 608 pages, Paperback

Music journalist Mike Barnes (MOJO, the Wire, Prog, and author of the acclaimed biography Captain B… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction

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