Goodbye 20th Century: Sonic Youth and the rise of alternative nation

David Browne

There has never been a rock institution quite like Sonic Youth. Their distinctive, uncompromising sound provided a map for innumerable musicians who followed, and in 2005, CMJ, the bible of the...

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Touch Me, I'm Sick: The 52 Creepiest Love Songs You've Ever Heard

Tom Reynolds

Contrary to popular belief, some people have had enough of silly love songs. Especially ones that are so overwrought, inept, or narcissistic that they actually do the opposite of their intent: they...

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Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times and Music of Green Day

Marc Spitz

In 1994 punk rock trio Green Day were on top of the world with DOOKIE, their massive hit album. They were loud, fast, bratty, pissed off, hopeless, truthful, drunk, maybe high, and somehow...

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Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times and Music of Green Day

Marc Spitz

In 1994 punk rock trio Green Day were on top of the world with DOOKIE, their massive hit album. They were loud, fast, bratty, pissed off, hopeless, truthful, drunk, maybe high, and somehow...

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The Lost Tribes Of Pop: Goths, folkies, iPod twits and other musical stereotypes

Tom Cox

Few things tell us more about ourselves than the music we listen to, a fact that Tom Cox has demonstrated brilliantly in his acclaimed Observer column, The Lost Tribes of Pop. Extended from that...

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The Libertines Bound Together: The Story of Peter Doherty and Carl Barat and how they changed British Music

Anthony Thornton and Roger Sargent

In the short time they existed, The Libertines accomplished the impossible: they kick-started the new British music renaissance. They erased the barrier with fans, they inspired thousands, they...

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The Libertines Bound Together: The Story of Peter Doherty and Carl Barat and how they changed British Music

Anthony Thornton and Roger Sargent

In the short time they existed, The Libertines accomplished the impossible: they kick-started the new British music renaissance. They erased the barrier with fans, they inspired thousands, they...

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46664 The Concert

foreword by Nelson Mandela

Saturday, November 29, 2003, Green Point Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa.

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Set Your Voice Free: How to get the Singing or Speaking Voice You Want

Roger Love

Roger Love, vocal coach of The Beach Boys, The Jacksons, Chicago, and Hanson, among others, and voice coach to celebrities such as John Gray, Martin Landau, and Tony Robbins, reveals the secrets to...

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Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground

Michael Azerrad

Finally in paperback, the story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of the Reagan Eighties - when a small but sprawling network of bands, labels, fanzines, radio stations...

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Wingspan

Paul McCartney

In the 1970s, Paul McCartney's Wings had a hard act to follow, the Beatles, but brought us the purest rock music of the decade - that brief period after music stopped selling revolution and before...

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To the Limit: The Eagles: The Untold Story of the Eagles

Marc Eliot

The Eagles came together in Los Angeles in 1972, a time when everyone was hungry for a different kind of music. With hits like ' Lyin' Eyes' and 'Peaceful Easy Feeling', the Eagles created some of...

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