Johnson, Brian
Summary: "Brian Johnson was born to a steelworker and WWII veteran father and an Italian mother, growing up in New Castle Upon Tyne, England, a working-class town. He was musically inclined and sang with the church choir. By the early '70s he performed with the glam rock band Geordie, and they had a couple hits, but it was tough going. So tough that by 1976, they disbanded and Brian turned to a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michael Thomas, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOHNSON, BRIAN JOHMarshall, Ben
Summary: Blending memoir, history, and music, The Who explores the influences that shaped the band and its members, from Britain’s post-war austerity to Elvis, Lonnie Donegan, and American youth counter-culture. It follows them through the Mod and Pop years and the furiously fast sixties, and charts the hit singles—"My Generation," "I’m a Boy,, "The Kids Are Alright," and "Pinball Wizard." It revels in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperDesign, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2015
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 781.6 MARSummary: While his former Pink Floyd band-mates are now global superstars, Syd Barrett remains an enigma, and prior to his sad passing in 2006, was a complete recluse. But it was Syd who originally formed the group, and immediately became its chief songwriter and lead guitarist. Some would even claim he remained the force who dominated the band throughout its most creative period. Features rare live and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SYDSummary: The musical group Sex Pistols was in existence for only 26 months and recorded only one album, yet they changed the face of music forever. This shocking portrait of arguably the most influential and certainly the most notorious rock group of all time documents their rise from the back streets of London, through their crucifixion by the British tabloids and ultimate implosion on tour in America....
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Video 2000
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Summary: The Charlatans. Madchester. Britpop. Taking on the world. Here are the highs, the lows, the joys, the agonies, and the stories of what it's like to be in a rock band, as told by front man and survivor, Tim Burgess.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BURGESS, TIM BURPrice, Simon
Summary: A complete and truly unique biography of Robert Smith and company, The Cure, chronicling their 40+ year history with hundreds of entries in A to Z fashion. Definitive and deeply researched, Curepedia will surprise and inform fans everywhere as they await The Cure's highly anticipated next album release. The Cure remain, 40 plus years into their career, one of the biggest rock bands in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 PRIWelch, Chris
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Publisher / Publication Date: Backbeat Books 2012
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 781.66 THE WHO WELHook, Peter
Summary: The bassist for the band Joy Division, the godfathers of alternative rock who reinvented music in the post-punk era, recounts how four young men from Manchester rose from the punk scene to create music that would define a generation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: It Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 HOOSummary: The story of the extraordinary final chapter of Freddie Mercury's life and how, after his death, Queen staged one of the biggest concerts in history, to celebrate his life and challenge the prejudices around HIV/AIDS.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC FREPovey, Glenn.
Summary: Presents an account of the collective and individual careers of the members of Pink Floyd, dating from before the band's formation to the present day, that includes a comprehensive list of their stage, television, and radio performances.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2010
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 782.42166 PINK FLOYD POVSummary: Directed by filmmaker Peter Jackson, this is a three-part documentary series that takes audiences back in time to the band₂s intimate recording sessions. The documentary showcases the warmth, camaraderie, and creative genius that defined the legacy of the iconic foursome, and is compiled from over 60 hours of unseen footage shot in January 1969 (by Michael Lindsay-Hogg) and more than 150 hours...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV BEASpitz, Bob
Summary: "From the author of the definitive New York Times bestselling history of the Beatles comes the authoritative account of the group Jack Black and many others call the greatest rock band of all time, arguably the most successful, and certainly one of the most notorious. Rock stars. Whatever those words mean to you, chances are, they owe a debt to Led Zeppelin. No one before or since has lived the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 SPICase, George
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hal Leonard 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PAGE, JIMMY CASDoyle, Tom
Summary: Based on exclusive first-hand interviews, a chronicle of Paul McCartney's struggles in the first decade after the Beatles' breakup discusses his reclusive life, substance abuses, arrests, and efforts to launch his band Wings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCCARTNEY, PAUL DOYMason, Nick.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.4216 MASPage, Jimmy
Summary: The photographic autobiography and visual history of the world's most iconic guitar player.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genesis Publications Limited 2014
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 780 PAGTownshend, Pete.
Summary: The legendary lead guitarist and principal songwriter for The Who, one of the most influential rock-and-roll bands of all time, pens his own story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TOWNSHEND, PETE TOWEaslea, Daryl.
Summary: Peter Brian Gabriel may have started out as a high profile rock performer with a penchant for theatrical costumes, but he was never going to age in the traditional rock manner. Neither becoming a parody of his past self nor endlessly seeking self-consciously new images, instead he took his creativeness and perfectionism into fresh fields.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GABRIEL, PETER EASJones, Steve
Summary: As the world celebrates the 40th anniversary of punk-- the influence and cultural significance of which is felt in music, fashion, and the visual arts to this day-- Steve tells his story for the very first time. This is a memoir by the guitarist of the punk pioneers the Sex Pistols. The Sex Pistols transformed twentieth-century culture and kick-started a social revolution. On the 40th...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JONES, STEVE JONYorke, Ritchie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Underwood-Miller 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 YORDavis, Stephen
Summary: Featuring exclusive interviews with the band and never-before-published photos from personal archives, this definitive account, written by a best-selling rock biographer, tells the story of the quintessential band of the 1980s, which has cemented its legacy in the pop pantheon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 DAVRidgeley, Andrew
Summary: Ridgeley tells the inside story of Wham!, his lifelong friendship with George Michael, and the formation of a band that changed the shape of the music scene in the early eighties. -- amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RIDGELEY, ANDREW RIDSting
Summary: Having been a songwriter most of my life, condensing my ideas and emotions into short rhming couplets and setting them to music, I had never really considered writing a book. But upon arriving at the reflective age of fifty, I found myself drawn, for the first time, to write long passages that were as stimulating and intriguing to me as any songwrting I had ever done. And so Broken Music began...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Press 2003