Books about music - making it, the industry, rock n' roll excess

Siamsa Sessions · 01-10-2012 12:15PM #1

I seem to have been reading a few biographies lately - Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Bez (Happy Mondays), Ronnie Drew

But the bedside table is looking empty now again and I was just wondering if anyone had any specific music-related books they'd recommend?

My taste is broad so anything would be welcomed.

Thanks.

cloptrop · 01-10-2012 12:18PM

Siamsa Sessions wrote: »

I seem to have been reading a few biographies lately - Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Bez (Happy Mondays), Ronnie Drew

But the bedside table is looking empty now again and I was just wondering if anyone had any specific music-related books they'd recommend?

My taste is broad so anything would be welcomed.

Thanks.

Bez was a good one for most of it . Im gonna go lookin for an honest captain beefheart one . He sounds interesting from what I heard.

Rigsby · 01-10-2012 12:57PM

cloptrop wrote: »

Im gonna go lookin for an honest captain beefheart one . He sounds interesting from what I heard.

Captain Beefheart "The Biography" is a good read, as is Jack Bruce "Composing Himself".

SouthTippBass · 01-10-2012 12:58PM

Not a bio, but an industry standard. Something in it for everyone.....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Need-Know-About-Music-Business/dp/0670918865/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1349096115&sr=1-1

Siamsa Sessions · 01-10-2012 03:58PM

Cheers - I'll check 'em out

Kieran.

iomega · 01-10-2012 05:32PM

The ultimate in RnR excess is The Dirt - Motley Crue: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band.

UsedToWait · 01-10-2012 08:27PM

Kill Your Friends by John Niven is a funny book about A&R in the English music scene around the time of Britpop - touch of American Psycho thrown in the mix for good measure..

rednik · 01-10-2012 08:41PM

Slash - The autobiography
Don Felder - Heaven & Hell my life in the Eagles
Sammy Hagar - Red
Stephen Davis - Hammer of the Gods

All are a good read.

raindog.promo · 02-10-2012 01:39PM

Wonderland Avenue by Danny Sugarman.

About The Doors (he was their publicist or something similar). Great book. Lots of madness involved.

Siamsa Sessions · 03-10-2012 01:55PM

Cheers again.

Kieran

doughef · 03-10-2012 09:02PM

raindog.promo wrote: »

Wonderland Avenue by Danny Sugarman.

About The Doors (he was their publicist or something similar). Great book. Lots of madness involved.

Could not agree more.. It goes on to mention his time managing Ray Manzarek and Iggy Pop.

Fantastic book

CaptainSnipes · 03-10-2012 10:39PM

Came out last May: Here Comes Everybody — the story of The Pogues, by James Fearnley (their accordionist). He spins a decent yarn for an instrumentalist.

FloatingVoter · 03-10-2012 10:42PM

raindog.promo wrote: »

Wonderland Avenue by Danny Sugarman.

About The Doors (he was their publicist or something similar). Great book. Lots of madness involved.

By the same guy - No one Here Gets Out Alive.
Both are worth it just to know what Iggy Pops idea of home refurb was like in the 1970s.

odonopenmic · 04-10-2012 12:06PM

Hellfire - Jerry Lee Lewis Biography. It reads like a novel. Treat!

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead - Warren Zevon Biography. Some story - he got music lessons from Stravinsky when he was a kid.

Books about music - making it, the industry, rock n' roll excess

Comments