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The manager who shepherded Van Halen from obscurity to rock stardom goes behind the scenes to tell the complete, unadulterated story of David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, and the legendary band that changed rock music. Van Halen s rise in the 1980s was one of the most thrilling the music world...

Award-winning songwriter Linda Thompson breaks her silence, sharing the extraordinary story of her life, career, and epic romances with two of the most celebrated, yet enigmatic, modern American superstars—Elvis Presley and Bruce Jenner. For the last forty years, award-winning songwriter Linda...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her story—a memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the...

Read by the author, Rick Astley 'I hadn’t been very comfortable with fame, but I didn’t know what to do with myself after I was famous. On the surface, I was just hugely relieved to be shot of the whole thing. I felt like I’d been let off the hook . . . But underneath that, I was pretty...

The son of a British army sergeant-major and Italian mother, Brian grew up in Dunston, Tyne and Wear, as it emerged from the shadow of the Second World War. Then he saw Little Richard on the BBC and it changed the course of his life. The choirboy and cub scout was going to be singer.

From the executive director of music at Billboard, an extensive look inside the 20+ year career of mega-selling rock band Linkin Park, featuring new interviews, exclusive quotes, and insights from the band’s associates and collaborators Linkin Park is one of the 21st Century’s biggest, and...

Steven Van Zandt gehört zu den letzten wahren Rock'n'Rollern. Mit seinem Kopftuch, den schweren Stiefeln und der Gitarre in Hüfthöhe symbolisiert er den Rebellen und zugleich den Romantiker der endlosen Highways der USA. Als Mitglied von Springsteens "E Street" Band spielte Van Zandt auf Megaerfolgen wie "Darkness On The Edge Of Town", "The River" oder "Born In The U.S.A." und während seiner Aktivitäten als Solokünstler schrieb er Songs für Meat Loaf, Pearl Jam sowie Jackson Browne.

Gert Westphal präsentiert: Große Komponisten im Porträt. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Robert und Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms und Peter Tschaikowsky - um diese Künstler rankt sich die europäische Musikgeschichte. Und sie alle standen nicht für sich allein, sondern waren Teil eines feinen Geflechts aus familiären Bindungen, innigen Freundschaften, künstlerischem Austausch und tiefer Liebe. Diese Auswahl aus Briefen, Dokumenten von Zeitgenossen und literarischen Zeugnissen der Nachwelt zeichnet auch heute noch ein ganz privates Porträt jener herausragenden Persönlichkeiten.

Nura ist eine der erfolgreichsten deutschen Rapperinnen, doch über ihren außergewöhnlichen Lebensweg ist wenig bekannt. In ihrem Buch erzählt sie erstmals ihre ganze Geschichte: von der Flucht als dreijähriges Mädchen aus Kuwait nach Deutschland und dem Leben mit der fünfköpfigen Familie im Flüchtlingsheim. Von ihrer muslimischen Erziehung, dem Bruch mit der Mutter und dem Aufwachsen in einem Kinderheim. Von ihrem Engagement für LGBT - und schließlich von ihren ersten Schritten als Sängerin in einem Chor und ihrer steilen Karriere als Rapperin.

The first full-length biography of Mal Evans, the Beatles’ beloved friend, confidant, and roadie. Malcolm Evans, the Beatles’ long-time roadie, personal assistant, and devoted friend, was an invaluable member of the band’s inner circle. A towering figure in horn-rimmed glasses, Evans...

Brought to you by Penguin. The audiobook edition of Tina Turner: My Love Story by Tina Turner, read by Heather Alicia Simms with an introduction by the author. THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLING AUTOBIOGRAPHY FROM THE QUEEN OF ROCK 'N' ROLL Love's got everything to do with it. Tina Turner was...

In Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, Jad Abumrad—creator of Radiolab, More Perfect, and Dolly Parton's America—tells the story of one of the great political awakenings in music: how a classically trained 'colonial boy' traveled to America, in search of Africa, only to return to Nigeria and transform his sound into a battering ram against the state—creating a new musical language of resistance called Afrobeat.

Brought to you by Penguin. ‘A superstar in every aspect of the word.’ Eminem ‘An incredible poet.’ Stevie Wonder The first and only Estate-authorized biography of the legendary artist, Tupac Shakur, a moving exploration of his life and powerful legacy. ' A touching, empathetic portrait...

A TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Shortlisted for the Penderyn Music Book Prize 2026 The Herald Music Book of the Year A Guardian Top 5 Music Book of the Year A Classic Pop Music Book of the Year A Mojo Top 5 Book of the Year 2025 An Uncut Top 3 Book of the Year 2025 “A Latter-day Lear. A truly...

Read by the author, guitarist and Soundgarden co-founder Kim Thayil. The memoir by co-founding member of Soundgarden and lead guitarist Kim Thayil about one of the 1990s’ signature rock bands From Soundgarden’s humble beginnings manifesting grunge in Seattle's beer-soaked punk clubs to their...

Elvis Presley and Graceland were fixtures in Ginger Alden’s life; after all, she was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. But she had no idea that she would play a part in that enduring legacy—as Elvis Presley’s fiancée and his last great love. For more than three decades Ginger has...

People don't just listen to Johnny Cash: they believe in him. But no one has told the Man in Black's full story, until now. In Johnny Cash: The Life, Robert Hilburn conveys the unvarnished truth about a musical icon, whose colourful career stretched from his days at Sun Records with Elvis...

A Times, Resident and Rough Trade Book of the Year Longlisted for the Penderyn Music Book Prize 2026 “A warm and engaging memoir” Guardian “A beautifully told odyssey” Daily Express “A brilliant book” Mark Ellen, Word in Your Ear The long overdue reflection of life in The Smiths from...

"Ueber Johann Sebastian Bachs Leben, Kunst und Kunstwerke" stellt nicht nur die erste Bach-Biographie dar, das Buch ist generell die erste Monographie über einen Musiker und Komponisten in den deutschen Landen. Die Gestirne für das Verfassen der Biographie standen günstig, war Forkel doch mit dem Hamburger Generalmusikdirektor Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach befreundet und konnte darüber hinaus noch dessen ältesten Bruder Wilhelm Friedemann interviewen.

A music-obsessed retrospective, beginning with Thurston Moore's childhood epiphany of rock 'n' roll in the early 1960s into an infatuation with the subversive world of 1970s punk and no wave blasting forth from New York City - where he eventually runs off to join a band in 1978. By 1981 Moore would form the legendary and notorious experimental rock group Sonic Youth, who proceeded to record and tour relentlessly for almost 30 years, always progressing, always exploring. Along the way we meet a constellation of artists and musicians who colluded and collided with Sonic Youth.