• Rok vydání 2019

Not many artists can boast a career like Nick Cave, which has gone from strength to strength since the debut album from his…

The The was always a personal project for songwriter Matt Johnson. Started in 1979, when Johnson was a teenager, the…

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• Rok vydání 2026

CONSTELLATION '"HEROES'" traces David Bowie''s 1977 album as the centre of a wider orbit: a charged zone of resonance and…

\nEric Benac examines each Cardiac album and side projects, like the sublime prog-folk of Sea Nymphs, the warped…

\nSome albums are simply undeniable watersheds in an artist’s career. Artistic or commercial triumphs (or sometimes both),…

• Rok vydání 1969

\nReleased in 1969, Let it Bleed was The Rolling Stones’ eighth studio album (tenth in the USA). This account examines in…

• Rok vydání 2024

\nPrince\'s Purple Rain celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2024, and this book digs deeper into the writing and recording…

\nEvery now and then a band comes along that defies convention, refuses to be pigeon-holed, thumbs its nose at comfy…

\nThe Incredible String Band evoke love and devotion to all those who fall under their spell. Their world is not ours, but a…

This book gives an overview of Steely Dan\'s career while investigating every track recorded across the nine Steely Dan…

\nIn 1992, Singer, pianist and composer Tori Amos achieved fame with the intensely personal solid gold record, Little…

\nCaravan have a history that stretches back over half a century, with a catalogue of music that ranges from progressive…

\nKorn On Track covers all the band\'s studio releases thus far- from their 1993 demo tape, Neidermayer\'s Mind, to their…

\nChampioned by David Bowie, Mott The Hoople became one of the best known bands of the Glam era. A succession of top twenty…

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\nEric Clapton Solo reviews and analyses all of Clapton\'s studio albums since 1974, as well as successful collaborations…

\nThe Damned are arguably, the kings of UK Punk, they were the first band to release a single, with \'New Rose\' in 1976.…

The 1980s encapsulated Marillion\'s birth, commercial apex, and near-implosion. This book combines meticulous history with…

\nThis book covers every Asia studio album as well as key live albums, compilations and solo projects in detail, making it a…

• Rok vydání 1971

\nGuitarist Steve Hackett first came to many fan\'s attention when he joined Genesis in 1971. Following seven excellent…

\nRoy Harper must be one of Britain\'s most undervalued rock musicians and songwriters. For over fifty years he has produced…

\nThis book gives an overview of Aimee Mann\'s career from her earliest days, making it big with \'Til Tuesday and onward…

• Rok vydání 2023

In 1985, Suzanne Vega released her debut, garnering platinum status in the U.K and this New York-based singer-songwriter’s…

\nPearl Jam are the last men standing from great alternative rock explosion of the Nineties. They introduced themselves with…

\nTalk Talk were one of the great art rock bands of the 1980s and 1990s with a huge cult following. This book examines the…

Green Day are one of rock history's greatest and most successful bands. Singer/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike…

\nBetween 1977 and 2012, INXS went from touring the Australian pub scene to conquering the world with their unique hybrid of…

One of the true musical geniuses of the late 20th and early 21st century, Richard D. James aka Aphex Twin has continued to…

\nDave Grohl once said of Oasis, \'We\'ve played shows with them before, where we play with them we think \"That\'s the…

\nIn a decade stuffed with a wild array of influences, styles and instrumental line-ups, there can be few tending quite so…

\nFree were formed in 1968 towards the end of the British blues boom. After two critically acclaimed albums, the release of…

\nThis book examines not only the eight albums by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, but also Harvey\'s earlier work with his…

\nSince their formation in the early 1970s, Earth, Wind & Fire have been at the forefront of popular music. Led by the…

\nThis is a journey through Kiss\'s first and most storied decade. It is the story of the four men behind the masks, and the…

Of all the British bands that blasted to fame in rock's golden age, Nektar remain the most mysterious and least documented.…

• Rok vydání 1978

\nJoe Jackson is a singer, songwriter, composer, and performer who has twisted and turned his career through numerous…

\nLaura Nyro (1947-1997) was one of the most significant figures to emerge from the singer-songwriter boom of the 1960s.…

\nThis book examines the work of the first decade-and-a-half of Lou Reed as a solo artist. It would be easy to paint these…

\nThe brother and sister team of Karen and Richard Carpenter rank as one of the most successful acts in pop music history.…

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• Rok vydání 2023

Van Halen are arguably America's greatest ever rock n' roll band. From inauspicious roots as a backyard covers outfit, they…

\nIn the 1990s, there was only one real punk rock band still standing. Rancid. Other so-called punk acts had bent the term…

\nSoft Machine are perceived as cold and forbidding. At their peak in the 1970s, they purposefully raised the hackles of pop…

\nFrom humble beginnings, as they emerged pimple-popped and sweaty out of a global New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene…

\nMost lauded for the gorgeously baroque Odessey and Oracle, and the ageless singles, \'She\'s Not There\' and \'Time of the…

Once, there were four university students who started a rock band named after a firetruck. Five and a half decades later,…

\nHaving moved from jazz, Blues and R\'n\'B to out-and-out pop in his various 1960s bands, keyboard player Manfred Mann went…

\nDavid Paton is the singer, songwriter and bass player with the group Pilot, writing the worldwide hits \'Magic\',…

\nKeyboard wizard Rick Wakeman is one of the most talented and influential musicians and composers to have graced the world…

• Rok vydání 1965

\nThe second in a brand new series taking deep dives into rock classics. One of the most pivotal albums in the evolution of…