Paul
Weller – My Ever Changing Mood
This biography traces Paul weller's career from his upbringing in Woking, through his years with The Jam and the difficulties he faced after its demise, to his current status as one of Britain's most respected songwriters. It chronicles the peaks and troughs of the three stages of Paul Weller's remarkable career. Author John Reed has interviewed many of Weller's friends and colleagues and the work includes a fully updated discography and pictures.
When
the young Keith Moon was beating the tar out of his drum-kit in Shepherd's Bush
in 1964 it would have been unthinkable that this sparky little mod kid would
have been the subject of a door- stopping 500-page biography. But young Keith
soon mutated into Moon the Loon and joined the pantheon of legendary rock and
roll wild men who lived fast and died young and 500 pages now seems the minimum
space needed to cover his many excesses.
Tony
Fletcher has drawn heavily on interviews with Moon's wife, his sister and his
girlfriend for the last eight years of his life. Oliver Reed, Alice Cooper, and
Larry Hagman also have their say and the picture that emerges is of a man whose
outrageous antics sprung from an absurdly over- generous personality. The
drink, the drugs and the trashed hotel rooms are all splendidly chronicled as
is the music. His drug-fuelled demise is not a pretty sight but Moon had always
walked the walk and so the fact that, unlike the other members of The Who, he
actually did die before he got old, ultimately comes as no surprise
Lennon, as an icon, a dreamer, a songwriter and a flawed poet, has never been surpassed. In almost a thousand pages and over half-a-million words, renowned Beatles authority and archivist Bill Harry provides an alphabetical, comprehensive and definitive celebration of John Winston Lennon, the man who has now been venerated and adored by three generations of rock fans. It aims to include every track Lennon ever wrote or worked on, every gig he ever played, and biographies of everyone involved in his life
John
Lennon – The Definitive Biography (2 copies, 1 Anniversary, 1 not)
To mark the 20th anniversary of John Lennon's assassination, this is a revised and updated edition of his biography. Capturing the frenetic life and work of the Beatle who wrote " A Hard Day's Night" through to the philosopher who wrote "Imagine", this biography, with rare illustrations, is revised and updated with a new chronology composed by Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn, and a foreword by Sir George Martin.
Paul
McCartney – Many Years From Now
This authorized biography of Paul McCartney is based on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews and complete access to McCartney's own archives. It is the story of a man made public property by the age of 21, the trajectory of The Beatles, from beginning to break-up, and of Swinging London.
Rolling
Stones – Philip Norman
Eric
Clapton – Crossroads
The story of Eric Clapton, the million-selling, Grammy award-winning blues guitarist and singer. This biography looks at the tragedy underlying the acclaim in Clapton's life, exploring his heroin addiction in the 1970s, alcoholism in the 1980s, his divorce from Pattie Boyd and the death of his son.
Stone
Roses – The Stone Roses and The Resurrection of Britist Pop
An updated edition of the biography of The Stone Roses, the band who single-handedly set the blueprint for the resurgence of UK rock'n'roll in the 1990s. This is the story of their success, written with full co-operation of the various band members, including John Squire and Ian Brown
The
Beatles – A Hard Days Write
Description
of how and where The Beatles hits were written. Very good book
Bob
Dylan – Behind The Shades Part Two
This new edition of "Behind the Shades" has been completely rewritten and substantially enlarged to take account not only of the last decade, but of ten more years of original research by the author. The result is a fully comprehensive and illuminating biography. This text follows Bob Dylan along one of the most extraordinary paths taken by any artist in the 20th century: from his Jewish upbringing in Minnesota to the writing of his youthful "protest" masterpieces in New York; from the amazingly creative drug-fuelled mid-60s to the subsequent retreat to Woodstock with his family; from the break-up of his marriage (and the masterly "Blood on the Tracks" that came out of it) to the flirtation with fundamentalist Christianity; and finally to the recent restless years of endless touring. In virtually all areas of Dylan's life - his immigrant antecedents, his business dealings, his various addictions and his romantic attachments - Heylin is able to provide information about the man who changed the whole course of popular music in the 1960s and, over 30 years later, won three Grammys, including best album of 1997. As before, Heylin has given full weight to Dylan's own words and to those of his closest associates. Over 250 people are quoted in the book, and many of them were interviewed especially for this new edition. They help to provide an intricate portrait of a great and complex figure who, for too long has been the subject of myth-making rather than true biography.
Oasis
– Brothers: From Childhood To Oasis
Written
by the elder brother of Noel and Liam Gallagher, this tells the story of Oasis
and the Gallagher family. Beginning with an account of the circumstances in
which the Gallaghers grew up, the book goes on to chart in detail the forming
of the band, how they struggled to be successful, and how they cope with being
multi-million selling stars. The book has been written with the full
co-operation of Peggy Gallagher, an previously unpublished family photographs
are included.