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Rolling Stone: 1,000 Covers: A History of the Most Influencial Magazine in Pop Culture
by Jann S Wenner  Publisher Comments For the past 39 years, the covers of Rolling Stone have depicted the great icons of popular culture, from John Lennon, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, and Madonna to Steve Martin, Uma Thurman, and Richard Nixon. Often it was an appearance on the cover...
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I Hate Myself and Want to Die: The 52 Most Depressing Songs You've Ever Heard
by Tom Reynolds Publisher Comments Subtitled, "The 52 Most Depressing Songs You've Ever Heard". Reynolds painstakingly analyses the mysterious allure of songs that crush our spirits by looking at the 52 most depressing songs that have earned our slavish devotion over the years. Includes...
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Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation
by Sheila Weller Publisher Comments A groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists -- Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon -- charts their lives as women at a magical moment in time. Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon...
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Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll Re 3RD Edition
by Holly George Warren Publisher Comments Completely updated with new entries and extensive revisions of the previous 1,800, The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia Of RockandRoll is the authoritative volume on the world's music makers -- from the one-hit wonders to the megastars. In 1983, Rolling Stone...
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Rock On: An Office Power Ballad
by Dan Kennedy 
Powells.com Staff Pick Cleverly written and feverishly funny, Rock On is Dan Kennedy's account of his music-biz shenanigans at Atlantic Records. Written with entertaining and self-deprecating wit, Kennedy’s off-the-wall confrontations and dealings make for irresistible...
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Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984
by Simon Reynolds Publisher Comments Rip It Up and Start Again is the first book-length exploration of the wildly adventurous music created in the years after punk. Renowned music journalist Simon Reynolds celebrates the futurist spirit of such bands as Joy Division, Gang of Four, Talking...
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Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam
by Mark Levine Publisher Comments We play heavy metal because our lives are heavy metal. --Reda Zine, one of the founders of the Moroccan heavy-metal scene Music is the weapon of the future. --Fela Kuti An eighteen-year-old Moroccan who loves Black Sabbath. A twenty-two-year-old rapper...
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This Ain't No Disco: New Wave Album Covers
by Mcknight Trontz Publisher Comments Why did Frankie say "Relax"? Did anyone really want to hurt Boy George? And why didn't anybody walk in L.A.? This Ain't No Disco can't answer all these head-scratchers, but it does bring the New Wave era back with page after totally awesome page of 300...
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Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota
by Chuck Klosterman
Publisher Comments Empirically proving that -- no matter where you are -- kids wanna rock, this is Chuck Klosterman's hilrious memoir of growing up as a shameless metalhead in Wyndmere, North Dakotoa (population: 498). With a voice like Ace Frehley's guitar, Klosterman...
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The Art of Rick Griffin
by Rick Griffin Publisher Comments Rick Griffin was one of the most influential artists to emerge from the late 60s San Francisco art scene, second only perhaps to R. Crumb. His poster art and comix are descended from dada and surrealism, but take unique life in their representation of...
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Please Kill Me the Uncensored History Of
by Legs Mcneil Publisher Comments The story of Punk across the whole spectrum, from Andy Warhol's Factory, through Patti Smith, The New York Dolls and Iggy Pop, to The Sex Pistols and The Clash. 16pp b/w illus....
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No Wave: Post-Punk. Underground. New York 1976-1980
by Thurston Moore Publisher Comments No Wave is the first book to visually chronicle the collision of art and punk in the New York underground of 1976 to 1980. This in depth look at punk rock, new wave, experimental music, and the avant-garde art movement of the 70s and 80s focuses on the...
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MTV Uncensored
by Jacob Hoye Publisher Comments Enter Indulge Exit From the artists to the executives, the producers to the interns, an all-access pass to MTV's first twenty years. Voices: Anthony Kiedis, Britney Spears, Busta Rhymes, Carson Daly, Chris Connelly, Denis Leary, Dr. Dre, Ed Lover, Foxy...
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Join Together: Forty Years of the Rock Music Festival
by Marley Brant Synopsis Landmark book on live music's most high-profiled and historical concerts. Although popular music has changed and evolved through the years, the rock festival remains a distinctly exciting phenomenon where anything goes, and controversy is common... and...
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Play Like Elvis!: How British Musicians Bought the American Dream
by Mo Foster Publisher Comments 17 Watts? is the hilarious chronicle of the rise of rock guitar in Britain and the superstars it spawned....
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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung
by Lester Bangs Publisher Comments Vintage presents the paperback edition of the wild and brilliant writings of Lester Bangs--the most outrageous and popular rock critic of the 1970s--edited and with an introduction by the reigning dean of rack critics, Greil Marcus. Advertising in...
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Going Underground American Punk 1979 92
by George Hurchalla Publisher Comments The product of six years of work, this 315 page book by Eighties scene veteran George Hurchalla is one of the most comprehensive looks yet at the nationwide punk underground of the era. Featuring the photography of Marie Kanger-Born of Chicago, Dixon...
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The Cavern: The Most Famous Club in the World
by Spencer Leigh Publisher Comments "It's the dream of my life to be here in Liverpool and playing the Cavern because this music got me through my childhood."-Billy Bob Thornton "We came down from Newcastle to Liverpool in a little van in 1963 and we carried our own gear into the Cavern...
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Vintage Rock T-Shirts
by Johan Kugelberg Publisher Comments These artifacts of the original rock and roll era recall a time that seems simpler, less commercial, and more meaningful. The tee shirts shown here weren't produced for commercial use but as promotional giveaways by record companies, fans, and festivals...
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Bomp!
by Suzy Shaw Publisher Comments From 1966 to 1978, "Bomp!" was the magazine of rock-and-roll commentary and criticism that provided a view from the garage of the most crucial era in rock history. This retrospective is composed of rare gems from the magazine, including early interviews...
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