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KISS KLASSIFIED 2017 - WAR STORIES FROM A KISS ARMY GENERAL (Hardcover): KISS KLASSIFIED 2017 - WAR STORIES FROM A KISS ARMY GENERAL (Hardcover)
R1,290 R1,034 Discovery Miles 10 340 Save R256 (20%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
"The Beatles" and Some Other Guys - Rock Family Trees of the Sixties (Paperback): Pete Frame "The Beatles" and Some Other Guys - Rock Family Trees of the Sixties (Paperback)
Pete Frame; Illustrated by Pete Frame
R602 R489 Discovery Miles 4 890 Save R113 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Following the success of Complete Rock Family Trees, Pete Frame documents the story of The Beatles. The trees unfold alongside photographs and memorabilia to document the Liverpool scene. Other froups featured are Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Searchers, and The Swinging Blue Jeans.

Kraftwerk: I Was A Robot (Paperback, Revised edition): Wolfgang Flur Kraftwerk: I Was A Robot (Paperback, Revised edition)
Wolfgang Flur 1
R544 R450 Discovery Miles 4 500 Save R94 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Wolfgang Flur was a member of Kraftwerk from 1973 to 1987, contributing to albums such as Autobahn (1974), Radioaktivitat (1975), Trans-Europa Express (1977), Die Mensch-Maschine (1978), Computerwelt (1981) and Electric Cafe (1986). He continues to record music with his solo album Eloquence being released in 2015.

The Beatles Trivia Book (Paperback): Dale Raynes The Beatles Trivia Book (Paperback)
Dale Raynes
R336 R279 Discovery Miles 2 790 Save R57 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Dana Gillespie: Weren't Born A Man (Paperback): Dana Gillespie, David Shasha Dana Gillespie: Weren't Born A Man (Paperback)
Dana Gillespie, David Shasha
R663 Discovery Miles 6 630 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Dana Gillespie, the award-winning first lady of the Blues has enjoyed an incredible life and career. Now, she has chronicled her exploits, and as anyone who knows Dana would expect, it is intelligent, insightful, outrageous, and funny. Detailing high points, low points and everything in-between, the book covers, amongst many other things, liaisons with David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Keith Moon, and the cream of 1960's rock royalty; Recording with Jimmy Page and Elton John; Performing as Mary Magdalene in the original London production of Jesus Christ Superstar, and as the Acid Queen in Tommy; Acting in films directed by Nicholas Roeg, Ken Russell and Mai Zetterling; Performing Shakespeare with Sir John Gielgud and Arthur Lowe; Topping the pop charts across Europe; Performing to an audience of one million people in India; And... oh yes... Being British junior waterski champion for 4 years!

John, Paul & Me Before the Beatles - The True Story of the Very Early Days (Paperback): Len Garry John, Paul & Me Before the Beatles - The True Story of the Very Early Days (Paperback)
Len Garry
R490 Discovery Miles 4 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is a true life story account of Len Garry's childhood memories of his childhood days spent with John Lennon and Paul McCartney and the forming of the band The Quarrymen. Also the day John Lennon met Paul McCartney for the very first time at St. Peter's Church fete on 6th July 1957, this book is a first hand account of what took place on that day plus more stories.

Notes from a Jazz Life (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Digby Fairweather Notes from a Jazz Life (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Digby Fairweather
R378 Discovery Miles 3 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This second updated edition of Notes from a Jazz Life includes Digby Fairweather's career since the year 2000 as a jazz cornetist, band leader, educator and broadcaster, working with George Melly and leading his band the Half-Dozen. The book has much to offer to people who are even marginally interested in jazz in all its wide variety of forms as well as providing insights for regular jazz readers. The author provides revealing reflections on the personal life and career of a musician and, with a wealth of warm, hilarious anecdotes, he writes honestly about all the challenges, frustrations and rich rewards of being part of the jazz world.

The Art of Soundtrack Covers (Calendar): Bernd Jonkmanns, Oliver Seltmann The Art of Soundtrack Covers (Calendar)
Bernd Jonkmanns, Oliver Seltmann
R575 Discovery Miles 5 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Washington, Dc, Jazz (Paperback): Regennia N Williams, Sandra Butler-truesdale Washington, Dc, Jazz (Paperback)
Regennia N Williams, Sandra Butler-truesdale; Foreword by Willard Jenkins
R641 R528 Discovery Miles 5 280 Save R113 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
BRIGHT (Paperback): Jessica Jung BRIGHT (Paperback)
Jessica Jung
R265 R212 Discovery Miles 2 120 Save R53 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Crazy Rich Asians meets Gossip Girl by way of Jenny Han in this knock-out sequel, about a Korean American teen who is thrust into the competitive, technicolor world of K-pop, from Jessica Jung, K-pop legend and former lead singer of one of the most influential K-pop girl groups of all time, Girls Generation. Couture gowns, press parties, international travel. Rachel Kim is at the top of her game. Girls Forever is now the number-one K-pop group in the world, and her fame skyrockets after her viral airport styling attracts the attention of fashion's biggest names. Her life's a swirl of technicolour glamour and adoring fans. Rachel can't imagine shining any brighter. The only thing that's missing is love-but Rachel's determined to follow the rules. In her world, falling in love can cost you everything. Enter Alex. When Rachel literally falls head over designer heels into his lap on a crowded metro, she's tempted to give up her anti-love vows. Alex is more than just heart-stopping dimples and adorably quirky banter. He believes in Rachel's future-both in music and in fashion. But the higher you rise, the harder you fall. And when a shocking act of betrayal shatters her world, Rachel must finally listen to her heart.

The Dolly Sisters - Icons of the Jazz Age (Paperback): Gary Chapman The Dolly Sisters - Icons of the Jazz Age (Paperback)
Gary Chapman
R437 Discovery Miles 4 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Edinburgh Jazz Enlightenment-The Story of Edinburgh Traditional Jazz (Paperback): Graham Blamire Edinburgh Jazz Enlightenment-The Story of Edinburgh Traditional Jazz (Paperback)
Graham Blamire
R608 Discovery Miles 6 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is primarily concerned with the story of traditional jazz in Edinburgh since the mid-nineteen forties; that is, traditional jazz played in and around Edinburgh by local jazz musicians and bands. It is not much concerned with jazz played in and around Edinburgh by visiting bands, professional or otherwise, except in passing and when such bands have had a marked effect on local jazz, this being especially the case in the early years. Similarly, the significant number of local jazz musicians who went on to become distinguished or even famous professional players at a UK or international level, will primarily be discussed in respect of their careers when playing in Edinburgh in local bands, rather than their contributions in a wider and better known context. In some cases, the wider reputations will be covered more than adequately in more resounding publications than this.

Adrenalized - Life, Def Leppard, and Beyond (Paperback): Phil Collen Adrenalized - Life, Def Leppard, and Beyond (Paperback)
Phil Collen; As told to Chris Epting
R443 R367 Discovery Miles 3 670 Save R76 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
I Ain't Mad at Ya (Paperback): Owen Broomfield I Ain't Mad at Ya (Paperback)
Owen Broomfield
R272 Discovery Miles 2 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

I Ain't Mad At Ya offers a rare insight into growing up in Birmingham's black community in the 70s and 80s and shines a light on the incredible amount of black music culture produced in the vibrant suburb of Handsworth and the role its musicians and entrepreneurs have played in shaping and influencing popular music in the UK.

Lightning Striking - Ten Transformative Moments in Rock and Roll (Paperback): Lenny Kaye Lightning Striking - Ten Transformative Moments in Rock and Roll (Paperback)
Lenny Kaye
R623 R523 Discovery Miles 5 230 Save R100 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Vehicle - a verse novel (Paperback): Jen Calleja Vehicle - a verse novel (Paperback)
Jen Calleja
R369 R301 Discovery Miles 3 010 Save R68 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Revenge of the She-Punks - Poly Styrene to Pussy Riot (Paperback): Revenge of the She-Punks - Poly Styrene to Pussy Riot (Paperback)
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R518 R422 Discovery Miles 4 220 Save R96 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The colorful "Punk Professor", new-wave musician, and critic/filmmaker spins a dazzling survey of women in punk, from the genre's inception in 1970s London to the current voices making waves around the globe. As an industry insider and pioneering post-punk musician, Vivien Goldman's perspective on music journalism is unusually well-rounded. In Revenge of the She-Punks, she probes four themes-identity, money, love, and protest-to explore what makes punk such a liberating art form for women. With her visceral style, Goldman blends interviews, history, and her personal experience as one of Britain's first female music writers in a book that reads like a vivid documentary of a genre defined by dismantling boundaries. A discussion of the Patti Smith song "Free Money," for example, opens with Goldman on a shopping spree with Smith. Tamar-Kali, whose name pays homage to a Hindu goddess, describes the influence of her Gullah ancestors on her music, while the late Poly Styrene's daughter reflects on why her Somali-Scots-Irish mother wrote the 1978 punk anthem "Identity," with the refrain "Identity is the crisis you can't see." Other strands feature artists from farther afield (including in Colombia and Indonesia) and genre-busting revolutionaries such as Grace Jones, who wasn't exclusively punk but clearly influenced the movement while absorbing its liberating audacity. From punk's Euro origins to its international reach, this is an exhilarating world tour.

Being Britney - Pieces of a Modern Icon (Hardcover): Jennifer Otter Bickerdike Being Britney - Pieces of a Modern Icon (Hardcover)
Jennifer Otter Bickerdike
R762 R640 Discovery Miles 6 400 Save R122 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Mellotron - The Machine and the Musicians That Revolutionised Rock (Hardcover): Nick Awde Mellotron - The Machine and the Musicians That Revolutionised Rock (Hardcover)
Nick Awde
R729 Discovery Miles 7 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Dark Desert Highway (Hardcover): Mick Wall Dark Desert Highway (Hardcover)
Mick Wall
R758 R616 Discovery Miles 6 160 Save R142 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'This could be heaven or this could be hell...' So sings Don Henley on their biggest hit, 'Hotel California', yet for The Eagles their story was one where the dividing line between ultimate Hollywood highs and subterranean LA lows was blurred beyond recognition, blinded by white-powdered double-visions and buried beneath greenback mountains. The band that embodied the American dream with globe-straddling success, impossibly luxurious lives, almost supernatural talent also descended into nightmare with bloodletting betrayal, hate-filled hubris, the skeletons of perceived enemies, brutally discarded lovers and former band mates left unburied in the road behind them. The story of The Eagles is a truly gothic American fable: one of ultimate power and rivers of money; of sex and drugs at a time when both were the lingua-franca of sophisticated So-Cal living; of a band who sang of peaceful easy feelings in public while threatening to kill each other in private. Now, for the first time, esteemed music biographer Mick Wall will provide the definitive insight into America's best-selling band of all time, a band who have sold more records than Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones combined, exploring their meteoric rise to fame, and the hedonistic days of the 70s music scene in LA, when American music was taking over the world.

Lonely Boy - Tales from a Sex Pistol (Paperback): Steve Jones Lonely Boy - Tales from a Sex Pistol (Paperback)
Steve Jones; Foreword by Chrissie Hynde
R474 R401 Discovery Miles 4 010 Save R73 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
All My Friends Have Deserted - Photos of Yungblud by Tom Pallant (Hardcover): Tom Pallant All My Friends Have Deserted - Photos of Yungblud by Tom Pallant (Hardcover)
Tom Pallant; YungBlud
R641 Discovery Miles 6 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Yungblud is like nothing you've seen before. That is, unless you've seen a smiley punk/alt rocker from Doncaster, UK who wears pink socks, black-lipstick, and a skirt, plays a mean guitar, has an endless amount of energy, and an interesting aura of sex appeal. Then, and only then, can you say you've seen someone like Yungblud." - musicinminnesota.com YUNGBLUD. A striking new musical voice has emerged for Gen-Z. Political, provocative and impassioned, Yungblud has in the space of three years become one of the UK's most recognisable artists through his unique blend of pop, punk and emo music - gaining one of the most die-hard fanbases on the planet in the process. From 21st Century Liability, where nothing was sacred - gun violence, psychosis, sex, drugs and suicide - to his sophomore album Weird!, an exploration of oddity and self-acceptance, YUNGBLUD challenges our zeitgeist as much as he channels it. This is the first fully authorised book, featuring photographs by his friend and closest collaborator Tom Pallant. Featuring an amazing selection of rare and unseen photographs, All My Friends Have Deserted charts Yungblud's journey from late 2019 as he toured his debut album across the world, right through releasing his second album during a global pandemic, scoring his first UK #1, returning triumphantly to Reading and Leeds festival mainstage and culminating in his biggest ever headline show, a sold-out Alexandra Palace in London. All My Friends Have Deserted shows YUNGBLUD as a man of multitudes: dominating the stage, screaming into the mic, laughing behind-the-scenes, enjoying quiet creative moments and pulling faces at the camera. The vicious energy of his performances carries onto the page. The result is a rollercoaster of a photo-essay that carries readers on a journey through the highs and lows of Gen-Z's most essential new rock star. "My generation is over being divided. Being divided is an old concept that is rapidly becoming obsolete. We are opinionated. We are full of contradictions. That's the beauty of it. Our intention is to make this world equal. No matter what size you are, what shape you are, what colour you are, what sexuality you are..." Underpinning it all is the message of empathy. Those who his lyrics resonate with are not alone. Authentic and electric, rebellious and irreverent, yet still utterly human, YUNGBLUD is the new face of punk. Here he presents himself through a series of exclusive and unseen photographs, taken by his friend and closest collaborator, photographer Tom Pallant.

Iron Man - My Journey through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath (Paperback, First Trade Paper Edition): Tony Iommi Iron Man - My Journey through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath (Paperback, First Trade Paper Edition)
Tony Iommi
R612 R517 Discovery Miles 5 170 Save R95 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Black Sabbath is currently on The End Tour," which they have proclaimed as their final concert tour . Iron Man chronicles the story of both pioneering guitarist Tony Iommi and legendary band Black Sabbath, dubbed The Beatles of heavy metal" by Rolling Stone . Iron Man reveals the man behind the icon yet still captures Iommi's humour, intelligence, and warmth. He speaks honestly and unflinchingly about his rough-and-tumble childhood, the accident that almost ended his career, his failed marriages, personal tragedies, battles with addiction, band mates, famous friends, newfound daughter, and the ups and downs of his life as an artist. Everything associated with hard rock happened to Black Sabbath first: the drugs, the debauchery, the drinking, the dungeons, the pressure, the pain, the conquests, the company men, the contracts, the combustible drummer, the critics, the comebacks, the singers, the Stonehenge set, the music, the money, the madness, the metal.

Adios, Motherfucker - A Gentleman's Progress Through Rock and Roll (Paperback): Michael Ruffino Adios, Motherfucker - A Gentleman's Progress Through Rock and Roll (Paperback)
Michael Ruffino
R411 R346 Discovery Miles 3 460 Save R65 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A blend of This Is Spinal Tap and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, the cult classic confessions of a debauched rock 'n' roller and his adventures in excess on the '80s hair-metal nostalgia tour through Middle America--available again, and now revised and updated.

Once upon a time at the start of the new century, the unheard-of Unband got a chance to drink, fight, and play loud music with '80s metal bands like Dio and Def Leppard. To the mix they brought illegal pyrotechnics, a giant red inflatable hand with movable digits, a roadie dubiously named Safety Bear, a high tolerance for liver damage, and an infectious love of rock & roll and everything it represents.

Unband bassist Michael Ruffino takes us on an epic joyride across a surrealistic American landscape where we meet mute Christian groupies, crack-smoking Girl Scouts, beer-drinking chimps, and thousands of head-bangers who cannot accept that hair metal is dead. Here, too, are uncensored portraits of Ronnie James Dio, Anthrax, Sebastian Bach, Lemmy of Motorhead, and others.

Adios, Motherfucker is gonzo rock storytelling at its finest--excessive, incendiary, intelligent, hilarious, and utterly original.

Grant & I - Inside and Outside the Go-Betweens (Paperback): Robert Forster Grant & I - Inside and Outside the Go-Betweens (Paperback)
Robert Forster 1
R318 R263 Discovery Miles 2 630 Save R55 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 - MOJO MAGAZINE & UNCUT MAGAZINE "In early '77 I asked Grant if he'd form a band with me. `No,' was his blunt reply." Grant McLennan didn't want to be in a band. He couldn't play an instrument; Charlie Chaplin was his hero du jour. And yet, when Robert Forster wrote Hemingway, Genet, Chandler and Joyce into his lyrics, McLennan couldn't resist a second invitation to become 80s indie sensation The Go Betweens. The friends would collaborate for three decades, until Grant's premature death in 2006. Beautifully written - like lyrics, like prose - Grant & I is a rock memoir akin to no other. Part `making of', part music industry expose, part buddy-book, this is a delicate and perceptive celebration of creative endeavour. With wit and candour, Robert Forster pays tribute to a band who found huge success in the margins, having friendship at its heart.

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