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"Am Anfang war der TechnoClub" erzählt die Lebensgeschichte von Talla2XLC. Wie er vom Plattenaufleger zum Musiker und DJ wurde, weltweit Berühmtheit erlangte und schließlich für seine kulturellen Verdienste die Ehrenplakette der Stadt Frankfurt bekam. Aber dieses Buch ist mehr als eine Biografie, es erzählt die Anfangsjahre der elektronischen Musik im Frankfurt der 80er und 90er Jahre.

Dass Frank Goosen Beatles-Fan wurde, hatte mit Schwarzarbeit zu tun. Mit den Worten "Gib mir kein Geld, gib mir lieber ein paar Platten für meinen Jungen!", ließ Goosen Senior sich Ende der Siebziger von einem Elektrohändler für ein paar nach Feierabend angeschlossene Steckdosen mit Beatles-Scheiben bezahlen. Damit war es um den 13-Jährigen geschehen. Goosen spürt seiner lebenslangen Obsession für die "Fab Four" nach: in der Erinnerung an seine Kindheit und Jugend im Ruhrgebiet und an den Originalschauplätzen in Liverpool - kenntnisreich, berührend-persönlich und irre witzig.

This audiobook is Nick Carter's autobiography and self-help hybrid, in which he chronicles his struggles with a dysfunctional family and the unimaginable rigors of becoming an internationally successful pop-star at the age of 12. From his battle with addiction to serious health complications and the pain of his younger sister's tragic death, Nick leaves nothing to the imagination and offers true and heartfelt advice to help listeners overcome obstacles in their own lives.

From a member of the Pussy Riot collective: An urgent, intimate, firsthand account of grassroots dissent, bravery, art, and spectacle in Putin's Russia Picking up where Riot Days left off, Maria (Masha) Alyokhina takes us through her activist experiences between 2014 to 2022. In vivid...

Ein handgeschriebener Zettel am Schwarzen Brett seiner Schule - "Wer will mit zum Toten-Hosen-Konzert nach Hamburg? Bus wird organisiert. Eintragen!" - markiert den Beginn eines Orkans, der Thees Uhlmann aus der Ödnis ins Paradies wirbelt. Es ist 1988, und wer wie Thees Uhlmann zwischen Helmut Schmidt und Angela Merkel als Punk in Deutschland aufwächst, der liebt die Toten Hosen für immer. Und lernt fürs Leben: "Befehl an alle! Bleibt besser klug."

Whether in Kraftwerk or as an acclaimed solo artist, Karl Bartos has had an extraordinary impact on electronic music. In The Sound of the Machine, Bartos’ recollections include his childhood in postwar Germany, the early musical encounters that led him to Kraftwerk, and fascinating insights from his time with the group, such as the genesis of monumental songs like "The Robots," "The Model," and "Tour de France," and candid accounts of his relationships with the other bandmembers.

Updated to include Paul McCartney’s knighting and the deaths of John Lennon and George Harrison. Philip Norman’s biography of the Beatles is the definitive work on the world's most influential band—a beautifully written account of their lives, their music, and their times. Now brought...

Wie ist das eigentlich, wenn man als gestandener Musikjournalist seine Lieblingsband interviewen darf? Man möchte ihnen als Fan ja eigentlich die ewige Liebe gestehen, aber professionsbedingt geht das natürlich nicht. Markus Kavka verhandelt dieses Dilemma und erzählt nebenbei hinreißend komisch von einer 80er-Jugend in der bayerischen Provinz, von der Poesie des Mixtapes, von Dave-Gahan-Gedächtnisfrisuren, Gruftis in der Bravo und von Kickerduellen mit Martin L. Gore. He just can't get enough!

Unbreakable Rhythm isn’t your typical rock-star memoir. It’s not about fame, excess, or ego — it’s about purpose, perseverance, and using your platform to lift others. From playing massive festivals and television stages to hosting life-changing workshops for young people around the world, Frank Zummo shares his journey from humble beginnings to international success — and how music became a vehicle for healing, hope, and connection.

The first insider's account of life inside The Fall, Steve Hanley's story unfolds like a novel; from 1979 when he joined his schoolmates Marc Riley and Craig Scanlon in The Fall, he puts us right in the heart of the action: on stage, on the tour bus, in the recording studio, and up close and personal with an eccentric cast of band mates.

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...

Author and music industry insider Ben Wardle has interviewed scores of Mark Hollis’ friends, musicians, collaborators and record company executives to complete this important and substantial biography.

Capturing the music, characters, escapades, and energy of his DJ days, a profound memoir from seven-time Grammy-winning record producer Mark Ronson. Lady Gaga, Adele, Amy Winehouse, Dua Lipa, Bruno Mars, Miley Cyrus, the Barbie soundtrack—behind some of the biggest musical moments in the past...

Yo-Yo Ma was in his late forties when he decided he was truly happy being a musician. It was then he realized that he could use the cello to explore the world, to ask what it means to be human and how we can navigate the future together. Now, he has invited six friends to join him in answering these questions, to explore how they came to understand who they are, how they learned to love what they do in life, and how they would like to live in the world.

When this bestselling autobiography was originally released, readers were shocked: The Long Hard Road Out of Hell was the darkest, funniest, most controversial, and best-selling rock book of its time—and it became the template, both visually and narratively, for almost every rock book since...

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.

Konstantin Wecker liest aus seinen Büchern, vor allem aus seiner Biografie "Das ganze schrecklich schöne Leben", die 2017 zu seinem 70. Geburtstag erschienen ist.

John Eliot Gardiner grew up passing one of the only two authentic portraits of Bach every morning and evening on the stairs of his parents’ house, where it hung for safety during World War II. He has been studying and performing Bach ever since, and is now regarded as one of the composer's greatest living interpreters. The fruits of this lifetime's immersion are distilled in this remarkable book, grounded in the most recent Bach scholarship but moving far beyond it.

From the do-or-die early days of self-financed recordings and D.I.Y. concert productions that were as flashy as they were foolhardy, to the multi-platinum, MTV-powered glory years of stadium-shaking anthems and chart-topping power ballads, to the ultimate crash when grunge bands like Nirvana forever altered the entire climate of the business, Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock's Nothin' But a Good Time captures the energy and excess of the hair metal years in the words of the musicians and industry insiders who lived it.

A fast-paced, tender-hearted rock ’n’ roll memoir for the ages, Mike Campbell’s Heartbreaker is part rags-to-riches story and part raucous, seat-of-the-pants adventure, recounting Campbell’s life and times as lead guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Mike Campbell was the lead...