Acey Trixx Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 the dirt by motley crue and a book i have about jon bon jovi..both really good i thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 I love music biogs although often I finds Mojo is hard to beat for the amount of detail and the range of articles in any given issue. Anything Helter Skelter publsih tends to be good though. Ones I've especially enjoyed are A Saucerful of Secrets, Spencer Bright's book on Peter Gabriel, Hammer of the Gods, a scandalous book about Zeppelin, and the classic I'm With The Band by groupie Pamela des Barres.Best fiction book about music for me is Espedair Street by Iain Banks.Most disappointing book about music: any of the Marillion biographies: Mick Wall's writing style is infuriating, and the more recent one was far too wet and biased as well as lacking in detail or insight.A Hard Day's Write is an odd one: whenever I read a Beatles book I can'tr help but fdeel the writeris going over the top: I don't deny they are geniuses but I never saw them as the greatest lyricists in the universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fadgin2 Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 'im with the band' is a fantastic book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Isn't it! I was really surprised at how good it was!I can't think what it's called but there was quite a legendary novel written in the late 60s about a debauched rock band supposedly based on Family, who the author lived with for a bit, always wanted to read that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fadgin2 Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 first time i read it i was worried that it was just gonna be another one of those "oh gee wow look how many drugs we took and how much sex we had" kinda books, like how soooo many rock biography's can basically boil down to (its cute the first time you read a book like that but really theres only so many times you can read something like "and then we got really fucked up and collapsed during our gig and then slept with 50 hookers" before it stops being "shocking" and entertaining and becomes a bit...dare i say...boring?...ok maybe repetative not boring...but not good, see my point?)anyway...uh yeh...im with the band is my favourite 'rock n roll' book and Pamela des Barres is a star enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Isn't it! I was really surprised at how good it was!I can't think what it's called but there was quite a legendary novel written in the late 60s about a debauched rock band supposedly based on Family' date=' who the author lived with for a bit, always wanted to read that![/quote']That's 'Groupie' by Jenny Fabian....funnily enough I just picked up an old copy of that recently, but haven't read it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 That's the one! Let me know if it's any good! Read alot about it but never actually read it, and am a big Family fan too.I think Fish's semi-fictional-autobiography which he's writing at present could well end up being a fabulous read considering some of the stuff he got up to in the 80s! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester1470 Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 That's the one! Let me know if it's any good! Read alot about it but never actually read it' date=' and am a big Family fan too.I think Fish's semi-fictional-autobiography which he's writing at present could well end up being a fabulous read considering some of the stuff he got up to in the 80s![/quote']I'll believe it when i see it coming out tho i agree about the Marillion ones, tho i have a soft spot for Jon Collins one as i'm the the thank you's it's a very bias account missing out the most productive era of the band, the 80's.Classics - the very underated Diary of a rock and roll star by Ian HunterIs that it - Bob Geldofthe boy george autobiography rocks tooCheersStuart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Talking of Geldof, do you know the Sex Age and Death album? The cover is ace, wondered if it was worth buying as it's so pricey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester1470 Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Talking of Geldof' date=' do you know the Sex Age and Death album? The cover is ace, wondered if it was worth buying as it's so pricey![/quote']nope, i have 'Vegetarians of Love' and it rocks, it has the 'great song of indifference', which rocksCheersStuart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marillionboy Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Ah, Geldof solo is a bit of a blind spot, seems I'll have to do some checking out. Having another Field of Crows phase at the mo, blimey its good that and Doves I'm stuck on at the mo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest valley69 Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 shane macgowans autobiograpy is sposed to be pretty good. My mate was telling me about it..apparentely he hasnt showered in two years...shane macgowan that is, not my mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offramp Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 Best one I read was "Dear Boy" about Keith Moon. Can't remember who it was by though?? What a life that loon had.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntedbyafreak Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 The Miles Davis autobiography is pretty good. It made me realise that jazz musicians were once as crazy as rock musicians. What a crazy bastard.From Joy Division to New Order was also pretty good as well. All about Factory Records... That's an amazing story as well. Written by Mick Middles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catherine Posted February 28, 2005 Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 catherine has this book for uni...its like the in's and out's of the whole music industry...can't go wrong with this bad boy....must find out the name?which one? either Inside music 2005 or Music, the business.the first one is a bit biased though, but the second one has all the legal jazz from band names, to manager contracts and how much people should get paid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexicon Devil Posted February 28, 2005 Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 I have thoroughly enjoyed Lords Of Chaos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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