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3) Bono
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Language
English
Description
Bono and the band U2 have delighted audiences worldwide for more than 20 years. Readers will learn about Bono's rise to pop stardom and how he continues to use his talent and charisma to help third world countries fight diseases such as AIDS and Malaria.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language
English
Description
Describes the rise to fame and lasting impact of the band the Rolling Stones. Includes color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
9) Bruce
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st Touchstone hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 494 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"... A stunning biography of Bruce Springsteen describing his life and work in vivid intimate detail"--
Author
Series
Killing volume 12
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The King is dead. The Walrus is shot. The Greatest is no more. Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali. These three icons changed not only the worlds of music, film, and sports, but the world itself. Their faces were known everywhere, in every nation, across every culture. And their stories became larger than life-until their lives spun out of control at the hands of those they most trusted. In Killing the Legends, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
462 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The co-founder and lead singer of the rock band Kiss discusses his childhood, the drama of his life on and off the stage, his personal relationships, and the turbulent dynamics with his bandmates over the past four decades.
12) Just kids
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 278 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In this memoir, singer-songwriter Patti Smith shares tales of New York City : the denizens of Max's Kansas City, the Hotel Chelsea, Scribner's, Brentano's and Strand bookstores and her new life in Brooklyn with a young man named Robert Mapplethorpe--the man who changed her life with his love, friendship, and genius.
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
xviii, 394 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Almost the only indisputable fact about Colonel Tom Parker is that he was the manager of the greatest performer in popular music: Elvis Presley. His real name wasn't Tom Parker – indeed, he wasn't an American at all, but a Dutch immigrant called Andreas van Kujik. And he certainly wasn't a proper military colonel: he purchased his title from a man in Louisiana. But while the Colonel has long been acknowledged as something of a charlatan, this book...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xvi, 348 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In this candid autobiography, Cherie Currie-the original lead singer of '70s teenage all-girl rock band The Runaways-powerfully recounts her years in the band, her friendship with guitarist Joan Jett, and her struggle with drugs. An intense, behind-the-scenes look at rock music in the gritty, post-glam era, Neon Angel is a must-read for anyone whose heart beats to the rhythm of David Bowie, Suzi Quatro, Nick Gilder, and the Sex Pistols, and for every...
15) My cross to bear
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
390 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
For the first time, the author, a rock music icon, and one of the founding members of The Allman Brothers Band, tells the full story of his life and career. No subject is taboo, as one of the true giants of rock 'n' roll opens up about his Georgia youth, his long struggle with substance abuse, his string of bad marriages (including his brief union with superstar Cher), the tragic death of brother Duane Allman, and life on the road in one of rock's...
Author
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
viii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A candid autobiography of the great rock diva of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship, revealing her wild life at the forefront of the Sixties and Seventies counterculture.
She has been called rock and roll's original female outlaw, as famous for her bad behavior as for her haunting singing voice. In her 25-year career as a musician, Grace Slick charted dozens of hits and sold millions of albums. From "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love" to...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
245 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The singer of such 1980s hits as "Heartbreaker" and "Love Is a Battlefield" discusses her rock 'n' roll life--including concert tours, MTV videos, and adoring fans--and the marriage that kept her away from the pitfalls of fame.
Author
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
xii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The definitive biography on Janis Joplin. Out of the Texas-Louisiana swamps Janis Joplin wailed the blues like no one has ever dared. She was the first rock star of the 1960s counterculture, a fashion trendsetter in San Francisco's back-to-the-roots movement that overtook the world, and a prisoner of an ultimately doomed search for happiness in sex, drugs, money, and fame. But to those who knew and loved her intimately, she was Pearl. Ace celebrity...
Author
Pub. Date
1990
Physical Desc
viii, 283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The definitive biography on Roy Orbison. Roy Orbison changed the course of popular music with songs like "Pretty Woman," "Crying," and "Only the Lonely" and influenced stars from Elvis Pressley to Bruce Springsteen. Ellis Amburn examines in this detailed biography Orbison's life and career from his rise to stardom, to the tragedies that led to his obscurity, to his dramatic comeback and premature death at the age of fifty-two. Relive the power of...
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