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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Over the Top and Back by Tom Jones, read by Jonathan Pryce. In a career that has spanned six decades, Sir Tom Jones has performed with almost every major recording artist, from Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis and Sinatra, to Robbie...

He is one of the greatest musical talents Britain has ever produced. But even as the principle songwriter and lead guitarist for The Who, it would be unjust to define Pete Townshend’s life simply through his achievements with bandmates Daltrey, Moon and Entwistle. Noting that he has sold over...

By rights, Ozzy Osbourne should not be alive. He spent forty years on a hell-raising, bat-biting, ant-snorting*, drink and drug-fuelled bender. He broke his neck going two miles an hour on a quad bike and died twice in a chemically induced coma. And yet - at 62 years old - he is healthier and...

“An oral history is only as good as its sources, and ‘Texas Flood’ is thorough and far-reaching, with Vaughan's bandmates, crew and family taking center stage.” — New York Times Book Review This program is read by a full cast and features exclusive bonus material, including a...

Brought to you by Penguin. Lady Gaga, Adele, Amy Winehouse, Dua Lipa, Bruno Mars, Miley Cyrus, the Barbie soundtrack—Mark Ronson’s musical fingerprints are everywhere in our pop culture. Now comes his electrifying memoir, which captures the music, characters, escapades, and raw emotional...

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...

Popstar, Mutter, Patientin, Angeklagte - Nadja Benaissa hatte mit 28 Jahren schon ein Leben mit allen Höhen und Tiefen hinter sich. Die Biografie der No-Angels-Sängerin berichtet von Drogenabhängigkeit, Schwangerschaft als Teenager, HIV-Diagnose, dem Leben als Star, ihrer Festnahme, öffentlicher Bloßstellung. Gleichzeitig ist es eine Geschichte vom immer wieder Aufstehen und Neubeginnen. Aufgeschrieben hat sie die Brigitte-Journalistin Tinka Dippel, viele O-Töne wurden eingesprochen von Nadja Benaissa selbst.

The heartfelt memoir of Ray Raghunath Cappo, a legendary hardcore punk musician-turned-monk—and pioneer of the straight-edge movement—told with warmth, candor, and humor, narrated by the author himself. Ray Cappo was a hardcore punk singer and pioneer of the straight-edge movement living on the Lower East Side of New York City in the ’80s, where his band Youth of Today played to packed clubs and touched thousands of people across the globe.

The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Neil Young's Waging Heavy Peace, the rock music memoir of the year. Read by Keith Carradine. 'I felt that writing books fit me like a glove; I just started and I just kept going' Neil Young is a singular figure in the history of rock and pop...

Sammy Hagar—legendary lead singer of Van Halen, founder of the Cabo Wabo Tequila brand, and one of rock music’s most notoriously successful performers—tells his unforgettable story in this one-of-a-kind autobiography of a life at the top of the charts. From his decade-long journey...

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...

Mythos! Legende! Kult! Das sind die Worte, die man immer wieder im Zusammenhang mit TON STEINE SCHERBEN hört. Mythos! Legende! Kult! Was die Scherben mit ihrem Sänger Rio Reiser ganz sicher waren, ist: Eine Rock-Band, die in ihrer Zeit - von 1970 bis 1985 - die deutsche Zeitgeschichte der 68er mit all ihren Aspekten an vorderster Front erlebt und gemacht haben. Kai Sichtermann, Bassist der TON STEINE SCHERBEN, und seine Co-Autoren haben versucht, diese Geschichte nachzuzeichnen. Dabei herausgekommen ist eine vielstimmige Historie, die die Lebensgeschichte einer ganzen Generation widerspiegelt.

In a book that inspired the Amazon original series starring Gael Garcia Bernal and Malcolm McDowell, oboist Blair Tindall recounts her decades-long professional career as a classical musician, from the recitals and Broadway orchestra performances to the secret life of musicians who survive hand to mouth in the backbiting New York classical music scene, trading sexual favors for plum jobs and assignments in orchestras across the city.

Five decades in the music industry, 100 albums, 10 Grammys, the Kennedy Center Honors, and the Country Music Hall of Fame. Add high-profile activism for the legalisation of marijuana, the foundation of a groundbreaking philanthropic organisation, and a much-publicised personal life - Willie Nelson's is a story like no other.

Brought to you by Penguin. A searingly honest memoir from Dexys’ iconic frontman, one of the great mavericks and creative geniuses of British music. At home, the prayerful eight-year-old altar boy was planning to attend college to train to be a priest. Elsewhere, he was thieving, lying...

For a spell during the early ’90s, it seemed like every month (week?) brought another new, outstanding, original-sounding alt-rock artist to discover–or a now-classic album hitting the record store racks. The Smashing Pumpkins were certainly one shining example.

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Megadeth’s iconic record, Rust in Peace, from the band’s lead vocalist and guitarist. When Rust in Peace was released in 1990, the future of Megadeth was uncertain. Fresh off their performance at the record-breaking Monsters of Rock festival, and...

Klang und Stille, Rhythmus und Improvisation, pianissimo und forte – zwischen diesen Gegensätzen spielen sich nicht nur die Musik, sondern auch unser tägliches Leben und die große Politik ab. Mit »Klang ist Leben« beschreibt Daniel Barenboim eindrucksvoll, was uns die Musik mit all ihrer Emotionalität, aber auch Komplexität über das Leben lehrt. Eine sehr persönliche Reflexion über die Grundfragen unserer Existenz und die Antworten, die wir in der Musik finden können.

Black Crowes drummer and cofounder Steve Gorman shares the band's inside story in this behind-the-scenes biography, from their supernova stardom in the '90s to exhilarating encounters with industry legends. "This book is literally the Angela's Ashes of rock memoirs. .. I absolutely loved this...

The strange tale of the death, life and legacy of the hugely successful band. They were the best-selling singles band in the world. They had awards, credibility, commercial success and creative freedom. Then they deleted their records, erased themselves from musical history and burnt their last million pounds in a boathouse on the Isle of Jura. And they couldn't say why.