"The New York Dolls were America's best rock band, and who would guess that within the looming spectre of Arthur Kane in hatchet-drag there hid a deeply gentle man of all-encompassing goodness." -Morrissey The New York Dolls were a huge influence on David Bowie, KISS, Aerosmith, Motley Crue, and even the Sex Pistols. Their bassist Arthur "Killer" Kane died suddenly at age 55 in 2004, leaving behind this memoir of their early years. Along with guitarist...

Since rocks beginnings, there have been groupies. These chosen few women who bed, but not often wed, the musicians of their dreams are almost as much a part of music history as the musicians themselves. Pamela Des Barres, the world's foremost super groupie, here offers an all-access backstage pass to the world of rock stars and the women who love them. Having had her own affairs with legends such as Keith Moon and Jimmy Page--as documented in her...

Afforded the kind of access a journalist can only dream of, Andy Bollen gives fans a new story focusing on the real Kurt Cobain--not the angst-ridden, troubled rock star of folklore, the kind and humorous Kurt the world seldom sawWhen Nirvana first exploded onto the music scene in 1991, few people could have predicted their subsequent global impact, or that the band's lead singer Kurt Cobain would be transformed into one of music's most enduring and...

"David Bowie: every single song. Everything you want to know, everything you didn't know."--

"If Hank Bordowitz's Bad Moon Rising isn't 'the saddest story in rock 'n' roll,' ... it certainly comes within kissing distance." -USA Today "Bordowitz brings CCR's complex story to life... [He] never takes sides or passes judgment yet brilliantly illuminates the tragedy of CCR's lost potential." -Library Journal This Creedence biography-newly updated with stories from band members, producers, business associates, close friends, and families-recounts...

Fasten your seat belts--there has never been a rock-and-roll memoir like this. A scandalous, sexy, uncompromising roller-coaster ride that tells the secrets of a twenty-five-year trip on rock's wild side. One person knows David Bowie better than anyone else, perhaps even better than he does: ex-wife Angela Bowie. Having outlasted the gag order that was part of their divorce agreement, she is now free for the first time to share the details of their...

Dead Kennedys routinely top both critic and fan polls as the greatest punk band of their generation. Their debut full-length, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, in particular, is regularly voted among the top albums in the genre. Fresh Fruit offered a perfect hybrid of humor and polemic strapped to a musical chassis that was as tetchy and inventive as Jello Biafra's withering broadsides. Those lyrics, cruel in their precision, were revelatory. But,...

"The first of two volumes, this companion to every song that Bob Dylan ever wrote is by far the most comprehensive book on the words of America's greatest songwriter. Here you'll find not just opinionated commentary or literary interpretation, but facts, first and foremost. Clinton Heylin is the world's leading Dylan biographer and expert, and he has arranged the songs-including a number that have never been performed-in a continually surprising chronology...

"A chatty, entertaining account ... funny and fearless. -Janet Maslin, New York Times Book Review "Bursting with candor and bittersweet warmth." -Rolling Stone Pamela Des Barres, celebrated "queen of the groupies," chronicled her adventures with rock stars in her bestseller I'm with the Band. This book picks up where that one left off, with Pamela embarking on marriage and motherhood, all the while sharing quarters and making friends with stars: Don...

It's the most wonderful time of the year... It's December on Castle Street; the fairy lights are twinkling, snow has settled and the festive season is in full swing. For Carly, the owner of Carly's Cupcakes, it's the busiest time of year getting everyone's Christmas treats ready on time. However with her clumsy sister, Bethany, as a co-worker, it's proving a difficult task. They say you shouldn't mix work with family. Maybe they have a point... As...