19 Best biography books like Beastie Boys Book by Michael Diamond

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Beastie Boys Book

By: Michael Diamond

4.54

Format: 572 pages, Hardcover

A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself--b…

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Cover of Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution by Sara Marcus

1. Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution

By: Sara Marcus

3.97

Format: 367 pages, Paperback

Girls to the Front is the epic, definitive history of Riot Grrrl, the radical feminist uprising tha… read more

Similar categories in Sara Marcus's Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution book and Michael Diamond's Beastie Boys Book

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
"i want to scream because no matter how much I scream, no one will listen."

-Sara Marcus, Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution

"The girls couldn't block out these things and they didn't want to; they wanted to stay acutely aware of the war against them so they could fight back."

-Sara Marcus, Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution

Cover of Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements by Bob Mehr

2. Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements

By: Bob Mehr

4.55

Format: 488 pages, Kindle Edition

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBased on a decade of research and reporting--as well as access to the Repl… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 by Michael Azerrad

3. 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

Cover of NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories by Jeff Alulis, NOFX, Billy Joe Armstrong

4. 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
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of Lou Reed: A Life by Anthony DeCurtis

5. Lou Reed: A Life

By: Anthony DeCurtis

4.39

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The essential biography of one of music's most influential icons: Lou Reed As lead singer and songw… read more

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  • music
  • new york
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Original Gangstas: The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap by Ben Westhoff

6. Original Gangstas: The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap

By: Ben Westhoff

3.44

Format: 347 pages, Hardcover

"Raw, authoritative, and unflinching ... An elaborately detailed, darkly surprising, definitive his… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
Cover of Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 by Lizzy Goodman

7. 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
  • new york
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

8. Scar Tissue

By: Larry Sloman , Anthony Kiedis

3.00

Format: 108 pages, Paperback

Now in paperback, the New York Timesbestseller by one of rock's most provocative figures Scar Tissu… read more

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9. Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk

By: John Doe , Tom DeSavia

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Under the Big Black Sunexplores the nascent Los Angeles punk rock movement and its evolution to har… read more

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10. Girl in a Band

By: Kim Gordon

3.67

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

In Girl in a Band, Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of wo… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"All that young-girl idealism is someone else's now."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

"For me performing has a lot to do with being fearless."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

"I like being in a weak position, and making it strong."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

"I give Iggy credit for deconstructing the very idea of entertainment."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

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11. 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

Similar categories in Kathleen Hanna's Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk book and Michael Diamond's Beastie Boys Book

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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 Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir by Werner Herzog

12. 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

Similar categories in Werner Herzog's Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir book and Michael Diamond's Beastie Boys Book

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Beastie Boys Book by Michael    Diamond

13. Beastie Boys Book

By: Michael Diamond

4.54

Format: 572 pages, Hardcover

A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself--b… read more

Similar categories in Michael Diamond's Beastie Boys Book book and Michael Diamond's Beastie Boys Book

  • music
  • new york
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Beautiful Ones by Prince

14. The Beautiful Ones

By: Prince

3.78

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

From Prince himself comes the brilliant coming-of-age-and-into-superstardom story of one of the gre… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Still, my soul is cast iron and not to be dented."

-Prince, The Beautiful Ones

"A lot of people have the idea that I'm a wild sexual person...I've lectured quite a few people out there. I'll say, 'Think about what you're saying. How would you react if you were me?' I ask that qu…"

-Prince, The Beautiful Ones

Cover of Acid for the Children by Flea

15. Acid for the Children

By: Flea

4.08

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

The strange tale of a boy named Flea starts in Rye, NY. It was all very normal. But soon his parent… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Bein famous don't mean shit"

-Flea, Acid for the Children

"Such a fool was I. It's a fool who's seduced by that which feels good. Nothing but a simple fool."

-Flea, Acid for the Children

"We sat up through the night snorting and talking. It all felt so important, meaningful and good, all be it in that weird coke way. In the years to come, during all night coked out blab-fests, even du…"

-Flea, Acid for the Children

Cover of Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc. by Jeff Tweedy

16. Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.

By: Jeff Tweedy

4.33

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

The singer, guitarist, and songwriter—best known for his work with Wilco—opens up about his past, h… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"If you were me, which I am,"

-Jeff Tweedy, Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.

"The Chicago historian Studs Terkel asked Bob Dylan in the sixties about how he went about writing a song and trying to outdo himself, or at least being as good as the last song he wrote, and his resp…"

-Jeff Tweedy, Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.

"As we grow, we learn to evaluate and judge, to navigate the world with some discretion, and then we turn on ourselves – creating can't just be for the sake of creating anymore. It has to be good, or …"

-Jeff Tweedy, Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.

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
  • audiobook
Cover of The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl

18. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

By: Dave Grohl

4.47

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

So, I've written a book. Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questiona… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I'm bad enough at rolling joints, how could I successfully roll a child?"

-Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

"What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create."

-Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

"I stopped trying to understand fate and destiny a long time ago, but dumb luck seems to be my specialty."

-Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

"There is no love like a Mother's love. It is life's greatest song. We are all indebted to the women who have given us life. For without them, there would be no music."

-Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

Cover of Joyful Recollections of Trauma by Paul Scheer

19. Joyful Recollections of Trauma

By: Paul Scheer

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning actor and comedian Paul Scheer, a candid and humorous memoir-in-essays on coming… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I didn’t need a girlfriend when I had Blockbuster."

-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma

"But not acknowledging my trauma took away my triumph. I survived, and I wanted to make surviving the abuse part of my story. I want to wear my former shame with pride."

-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma

Cover of Don't Stop Believin': The Man, the Band, and the Song that Inspired Generations by Jonathan  Cain

20. Don't Stop Believin': The Man, the Band, and the Song that Inspired Generations

By: Jonathan Cain

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Keyboardist and songwriter with the band Journey, Jonathan Cain writes this long-awaited memoir abo… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable by Sarah Gerard

21. Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable

By: Sarah Gerard

3.44

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed author Sarah Gerard turns her keen observational eye and cutting yet compassionate prose … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

16 best-selling audiobook books like Beastie Boys Book by Michael Diamond

Transform Your Habits

Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements

Bob Mehr

4.55

Transform Your Habits

NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories

Jeff Alulis , NOFX , Billy Joe Armstrong

4.55

Transform Your Habits

Lou Reed: A Life

Anthony DeCurtis

4.39

Transform Your Habits

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

Lizzy Goodman

4.16

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14 Top audiobook books like Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc. by Jeff Tweedy

Transform Your Habits

Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements

Bob Mehr

4.55

Transform Your Habits

Chronicles, Volume One

Bob Dylan

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Lou Reed: A Life

Anthony DeCurtis

4.39

Transform Your Habits

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

Lizzy Goodman

4.16

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