music books/bios that you would recommend (1 Viewer)

[RSJ]

Wonderland Avenue by Danny Sugerman. Best book of any type ever. The motley crue one is pretty good too, as are all Neil Strauss's books (last i heard he's working on one with courtney love - yowza!!). Reading a book on Emo at the moment called "Nothing Feels Good" or something, pretty good stuff if you're interested in social networking sites, emo, mp3s and all that shit.

 

[shitepipe]

45 by Bill Drummond is amazing.

Wonderland Avenue is deadly alright, years since I read it...

 

[Jerry Twig]

Frank Zappa: The Biography by Barry Miles is a good read...and i'm not even a fan of Zappa's music.

Seconded. Don't know if it counts fully but '45' by Bill Drummond is a pretty astounding book.

Edit: WEIRD. I posted this without reading all the posts and then saw Shitepipes post above!

 

[ICUH8N]

Much love for 45, yep.

 

[classic seanc]

Wonderland Avenue by Danny Sugerman.

I concur with this.



I hate the Doors

 

[Charlie Bucket]

akey

 

[Wheels]

Hmm, lots of good ones mentioned already.
Shakey
Lou Reed - The Biography by Victor Bockris

Just finished Hank Williams -So Lonesome. Good little read, but it's only 172 pages and struggles to keep it's subject alive much more than half way through.

Next up is Wild Years. Thanks again Si, (and Laura - I know you're lurking invisibly here somewhere.)

 

[rampz]

live through this is deadly. even if everett trues gushing style can grate a little at times.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Anyone mentioned Dear Boy yet?

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

"straight life" by art pepper is a great read, dunno anything about his sax playing...

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Art Pepper (1925-1982) is generally considered the greatest alto saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. But Straight Life is much more than than a jazz book - it is one of the most explosive, yet one of the most lyrical, of all autobiographies, narrated on tape to his wife Laurie.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Pepper refuses to tiptoe round many of the unpalatable episodes of a life that involved alcoholism, heroin addiction, armed robberies and five of what should have been his most productive years imprisoned in San Quentin. The result is an autobiography like no other, a masterpiece of the spoken word, shaped into a genuine work of literature.[/FONT]

 

[Anthony]

So What - Metallica is very funny.

 

[Jerry Twig]

Our Band Could Be Your Life is pretty good. The Replacements chapter is excellent.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Only a month till this

this is great, not that you'll find it in any shops

and this is hilariously wordy

 

[Charlie Bucket]

live through this is deadly. even if everett trues gushing style can grate a little at times.

i lost it a few years ago but remember really enjoying it. the bit where courtney offers to let him into the greenhouse when kurt's body has just been removed, the greatest music journalistic opportunity in history he thinks but then changes his mind - they were mates after all. apparently everett true has one of the few existing tapes of the original albini mix of In Utero which cobain sent him when he believed the album would never be released in its original form....

 

[Jerry Twig]

and this is hilariously wordy

How in the name of God could you bring yourself to read this?

 

[nlgbbbblth]

How in the name of God could you bring yourself to read this?

The Police = good band in my opinion.

Sting = no matter how shit he gets, I'll never forget RUSSIANS.


I is John,

where did you get the B-52s book?

 

[rampz]

The Police = good band in my opinion.

Sting = no matter how shit he gets, I'll never forget RUSSIANS.


I is John,

where did you get the B-52s book?

do you think russians is shit? i used to like it. i thought it was kind of christmassy.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

The Police = good band in my opinion.

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Understatement

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Only a month till this

/quote]

I need that.

 

[krystal]

also, he is V handsome.

Sting = no matter how shit he gets, I'll never forget RUSSIANS.