2012 Puddly Awards
 
 
Follow us on TwitterFollow us on FacebookFollow us on Google+Follow us on TumblrSubscribe to RSS


Music


spacer

Music
Rock Biography


There are 1683 books in this aisle.
Browse the aisle by Title | by Author | by Price
See recently arrived used books in this aisle.

Featured Titles in Music - Rock Biography
Page 1 of 85 next

The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret
The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret
by Kent Hartman
Publisher Comments
“A fascinating look into the West Coast recording studio scene of the 60s and the inside story of the music you heard on the radio. If you always assumed the musicians you listened to were the same people you saw onstage, you are in for a big... (read more)

List Price $25.99
Your price: $17.95
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list


Just Kids
Just Kids
by Patti Smith
Staff Pick
In her memoir Just Kids, Smith chronicles her lifelong friendship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe. A gifted wordsmith, she's vividly observant and sometimes painfully self-aware, with a voice possessed not only of yearning but also of experience.... (read more)

List Price $16.00
Your price: $10.95
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list


My Cross to Bear
My Cross to Bear
by Gregg Allman
Publisher Comments
As one of the greatest rock icons of all time, Gregg Allman has lived it all and then some. For almost fifty years, he's been creating some of the most recognizable songs in American rock, but never before has he paused to reflect on the long road he's... (read more)

List Price $27.99
Your price: $19.59
Sale - Hardcover

add to wish list


A Natural Woman: A Memoir
A Natural Woman: A Memoir
by Carole King
Publisher Comments
A memoir by the iconic singer-songwriter chronicling her story from her beginnings in Brooklyn through her remarkable success as one of the world's most acclaimed musical talents, to her present day as a leading performer and activist. From her marriage... (read more)

List Price $27.99
Your price: $19.50
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list


Crazy Enough: A Memoir
Crazy Enough: A Memoir
by Storm Large
Publisher Comments
Yes, Storm Large is her real name, though shes been called many things. As a performer, the majority of descriptions have led with “Amazon,” “Powerhouse,” “a six-foot Vargas pinup come to life.” Playboy called her a... (read more)

List Price $25.00
Your price: $9.98
Sale - Hardcover

add to wish list


Lyrics and Poems: 1997-2012
Lyrics and Poems: 1997-2012
by John K. Samson
Publisher Comments
Often cited as one of the finest contemporary lyricists, singer, songwriter and poet John K. Samson captures the essential images of contemporary life. Whether on the streets of his beloved and bewildering hometown of Winnipeg, an outpost in Antarctica... (read more)

Your price: $14.95
New - Trade Paper

add to wish list


The Complete Abba (40th Anniversary Edition)
The Complete Abba (40th Anniversary Edition)
by Simon Sheridan
Publisher Comments
For four decades ABBA - the combined talents of Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad - has been a global music phenomenon, clocking up record sales of over 360 million.  For the very first time The... (read more)

Your price: $17.95
New - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Woolgathering
Woolgathering
by Patti Smith
Publisher Comments
A great book about becoming an artist, Woolgathering tells of a youngster finding herself as she learns the noble vocation of woolgathering, "a worthy calling that seemed a good job for me." She discovers--often at night, often in nature--the pleasures... (read more)

Your price: $18.95
New - Hardcover

add to wish list


All You Need Is Ears: The Inside Personal Story of the Genius Who Created the Beatles
All You Need Is Ears: The Inside Personal Story of the Genius Who Created the Beatles
by George Martin
Publisher Comments
"George," he said, "I don't know if you'd be interested, but there's a chap who's come in with a tape of a group he runs. They haven't got a recording contract, and I wonder if you'd like to see him and listen to what he's got?" "Certainly," I said, "I'm... (read more)

List Price $17.95
Your price: $11.95
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Patti Smith 1969-1976
Patti Smith 1969-1976
by Judy Linn
Publisher Comments
"I was eager to be Judy's model and to have the opportunity to work with a true artist. I felt protected in the atmosphere we created together. We had an inner narrative, producing our own unspoken film, with or without a camera."  -Patti Smith... (read more)

List Price $24.95
Your price: $12.75
New - Hardcover

add to wish list


Talking Heads' Fear of Music
Talking Heads' Fear of Music
by Jonathan Lethem
Publisher Comments
Fear of Music, the third album by Talking Heads, was recorded and released in 1979. It is, like each of their first four albums, a masterpiece. Edgy, paranoid, funky, addictive, rhythmic, repetitive, spooky, and fun - with Brian Eno's production, it's a... (read more)

Your price: $12.95
New - Trade Paper

add to wish list


It's So Easy: And Other Lies
It's So Easy: And Other Lies
by Duff Mckagan
Publisher Comments
A founding member of Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver—and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee—shares the story of his rise to the pinnacle of fame and fortune, his struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction, his personal... (read more)

Your price: $15.99
New - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Joan Jett
Joan Jett
by Todd Oldham
Publisher Comments
Rock-and-roll goddess Joan Jett holds a beloved place in the world of music. She started her first band, The Runaways, at age fifteen and has blazed a trail that has inspired and thrilled her fans to this day. AMMO Books is proud to release this... (read more)

Your price: $24.95
New - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana
Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana
by Michael Azerrad
Publisher Comments
Nirvana came out of nowhere in 1991 to sell  nearly five million copies of their landmark album  Nevermind, whose thunderous sound  and indelible melodies embodied all the confusion,  frustration, and passion of... (read more)

List Price $19.95
Your price: $8.50
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Journals
Journals
by Kurt Cobain
Publisher Comments
Kurt Cobain filled dozens of notebooks with lyrics, drawings, and writings about his plans for Nirvana and his thoughts about fame, the state of music, and the people who bought and sold him and his music. Over twenty of these notebooks survived his many... (read more)

List Price $29.95
Your price: $8.50
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list


Under a Hoodoo Moon: The Life of the Night Tripper
Under a Hoodoo Moon: The Life of the Night Tripper
by Doctor John
Publisher Comments
Under a Hoodoo Moon is one of rock's most original and infectious autobiographies. In its pages, Dr. John, the alchemist of New Orleans psychedelic funk, tells his story, and what a story it is: of four decades on the road, on the charts, in and out of... (read more)

List Price $17.99
Your price: $7.95
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Bruce Springsteen: Songs
Bruce Springsteen: Songs
by Bruce Springsteen
Publisher Comments
Commemorating Bruce Springsteen's twenty-five years as a recording artist, here is a panoramic view of his career in a form never seen before. This is the complete collection of Bruce Springsteen's recorded lyrics, illustrated with hundreds of never... (read more)

List Price $50.00
Your price: $29.00
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list


Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir
Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir
by Steven Tyler
Publisher Comments
I've been mythicized, Mick-icized, eulogized and fooligized, I've been Cole-Portered and farmer's-daughtered, I've been Led Zepped and 12-stepped. I'm a rhyming fool and so cool that me, Fritz the Cat, and Mohair Sam are the baddest cats that am. I have... (read more)

List Price $27.99
Your price: $11.50
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list


Chronicles: Volume One
Chronicles: Volume One
by Bob Dylan
Publisher Comments
"I'd come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else." So writes Bob Dylan in Chronicles: Volume One, his remarkable book exploring... (read more)

List Price $24.00
Your price: $5.95
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list


Instamatic Karma: Photographs of John Lennon
Instamatic Karma: Photographs of John Lennon
by May Pang
Publisher Comments
“There were times I was a bit reticent in taking out my camera, like when some ‘old friends stopped by to hang out. I didnt want to intrude on these moments, but John insisted.  He felt that I captured him in ways that no one else did... (read more)

List Price $29.95
Your price: $8.98
Sale - Hardcover

add to wish list


1 3 4 5 ... 85 next»


Browse the entire aisle:
by Title | by Author | by Price
See recently arrived used books in this aisle.
There are 1683 books in this aisle.

This way to more aisles in Music
spacer
spacer
  • back to top
Follow us on...



Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.