Adele: To 30 and Beyond: The Unauthorized Biography by Danny White
$36.99 NZD
Category: Music Biography
120 million records sold. The world's biggest selling album of the twenty-first century. Countless awards and accolades. Adele has captured the hearts of millions and this intimate biography tells the astonishing journey of the Queen of Pop.The trademark authenticity of Adele's songs has been hard earne ...Show more
Led Zeppelin: Album by Album by Martin Popoff
$49.99 NZD
Category: Music
One of the world's most prolific bands is being broken down track by track, album by album--and you have tickets to the details, facts, and secrets in Led Zeppelin.Formed by the unlikely alliance of two ace London studio musicians and two bar-band bumpkins, Led Zeppelin went on to create the template f ...Show more
Brian Johnson - The Lives of Brian - A memoir by Brian Johnson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography | Reading Level: very good
The story of AC/DC's legendary front man in his own inimitable voice 'It wasn't me. I didn't do it. And I'll never do it again!' says Brian Johnson of The Lives of Brian. That AC/DC's legendary front man got to do it all is one of the most cheering and entertaining stories in rock 'n'roll history. For o ...Show more
Joy Division + New Order: Decades by JOHN AIZLEWOOD
$69.99 NZD
Category: Music
There's no template for making it as a globally successful pop group. Some of the ingredients remain constant and beyond the music, there's a mix'n'match selection of premature death, drugs, drink, destroyed friendships, lukewarm solo projects and bungled finances. The saga of Joy Division and New Order ...Show more
Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: From This Broken Hill, Volume 2 by Michael Posner
$55.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography | Series: Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories Ser.
The second volume of the extraordinary life of the great music and literary icon Leonard Cohen, in the words of those who knew him best. Poet, novelist, singer-songwriter, artist, prophet, icon--there has never been a figure like Leonard Cohen. He was a true giant in contemporary western culture, ent ...Show more
Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz
$24.99 NZD
Category: Music
'I see my story as a suite of songs that have a magical connection. I never understood that connection until I sat down to write. It was then that the magic started to flow.'Let Love Rule is a work of deep reflection. Lenny Kravitz looks back at his life with candor, self-scrutiny, and humour.'My life i ...Show more
The Beatles: Get Back by The Beatles
$89.99 NZD
Category: Music
The book opens in January 1969, the beginning of The Beatles' last year as a band. The Beatles (the White Album) is at number one in the charts and the foursome gather in London for a new project. Over 21 days, first at Twickenham Film Studios and then at their own brand-new Apple Studios, with cameras ...Show more
Like a Bat Out of Hell: The Larger Than Life Story of Meat Loaf by Mick Wall
$27.99 NZD
Category: Music Biography
'A passionate, pacey tome you should do anything for a copy of' - Kerrang ****"I never wanted to be a big star. I just wanted to be the biggest at what I do Powerful, unstoppable, heavy - when that word still meant something good " - Meat Loaf, as told to Mick Wall Everything in the story of Meat Loaf ...Show more
Loud by Tana Douglas
$35.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography | Reading Level: very good
What goes on tour stays on tour - unless you're the the first woman roadie in the world At just fifteen, Tana Douglas ran away to the circus that was rock 'n' roll in the 1970s, taking a job with a young and upcoming band called AC/DC. While still a teenager she headed to the UK and later the US to wor ...Show more
The History of Rock and Roll, Volume 2: 1964-1977: The Beatles, The Stones, and The Rise of Classic Rock by Ed Ward
$49.99 NZD
Category: Music | Series: The\History of Rock and Roll Ser.
From rock and roll historian Ed Ward comes a comprehensive, authoritative, and enthralling cultural history of one of rock's most exciting eras. It's February 1964 and The Beatles just landed in New York City, where the NYPD, swarms of fans, and a crowd of two hundred journalists await their first Amer ...Show more
Bus Stops on the Moon - Red Mole Days 1974-1980 by Martin Edmond
$40.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography | Reading Level: near fine
Bus Stops on the Moon is a personal and a cultural history. As memoir, it is a sequel to The Dreaming Land (2015). A troubled and restless young Martin Edmond is on his way to becoming the wiser, older man who will sit down and write both narratives. As cultural history, the book gives us a participant' ...Show more
A Sharp Left Turn - Notes on a life in music, from Split Enz to Play It Strange by Mike Chunn
$45.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
A rollicking yarn about the early days of ground-breaking band Split Enz, but also the powerful story of how Mike Chunn dealt with a crippling mental health issue and went on to become one of our most influential music identities. This is a gripping read that works on several levels. It's the sliding-do ...Show more