Thoroughly recommend The Lives of John Lennon by Albert Goldman. To quote J.Burchill '...but beware. Contact with the truth can be fatal to your blind faith'.
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Rock biographies
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steve56
Re: Rock biographies
julie birchall,didnt she write 1 bout the sex pistols:i knew i was right or something?
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Biggie
Re: Rock biographies
Alright, here we go. In my humble opinion, the best rock biographies are (in no real order);
"Crazy Fron The Heat" - David Lee Roth. More a collection of stories, but a very funny collection. Roth did some fucked up shit back in the day.
"White Line Fever" - Lemmy. A god. Cracking book, couldn't put it down. Very opinionated as well.
"Hammer of the Gods" - already mentioned multiple times and rightly so.
"Walk This Way" - Aerosmith. Really candid, about all the drugs and the women. After reading this I genuinely couldn't believe the band were still together.
"KISS and Makeup" - Gene Simmons. His autobiography, a good read, lots of funny stories, but a real forum for bashing Ace and Peter too. Not good if you want to think of KISS as a happy band!
but the winner, hands down, is "The Dirt" - Motley Crue. The most fucked up book I have ever read. Smack, hookers, vehicular manslaughter, stealing clothes from homeless chicks and some of the best music of the glam/sleaze era, it's all here. I honestly can't recommend this book enough. It's subtitled "Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Band" and it really does live up to it. Read it immediately!
"Crazy Fron The Heat" - David Lee Roth. More a collection of stories, but a very funny collection. Roth did some fucked up shit back in the day.
"White Line Fever" - Lemmy. A god. Cracking book, couldn't put it down. Very opinionated as well.
"Hammer of the Gods" - already mentioned multiple times and rightly so.
"Walk This Way" - Aerosmith. Really candid, about all the drugs and the women. After reading this I genuinely couldn't believe the band were still together.
"KISS and Makeup" - Gene Simmons. His autobiography, a good read, lots of funny stories, but a real forum for bashing Ace and Peter too. Not good if you want to think of KISS as a happy band!
but the winner, hands down, is "The Dirt" - Motley Crue. The most fucked up book I have ever read. Smack, hookers, vehicular manslaughter, stealing clothes from homeless chicks and some of the best music of the glam/sleaze era, it's all here. I honestly can't recommend this book enough. It's subtitled "Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Band" and it really does live up to it. Read it immediately!
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Ace
Re: Rock biographies
The Crue book is good reading, as is the Roth book, but its just a cash in on there bygone days with a 'Look at us, we're MASSIVE rock stars.
A good book with a brilliant title is John (Rotten) Lydon, 'No Blacks, Dogs or Irish'
A good book with a brilliant title is John (Rotten) Lydon, 'No Blacks, Dogs or Irish'
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buttsie
Re: Rock biographies
AC/DC by Malcolm Dome 1982 from the Proteous Rock series
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steve56
Re: Rock biographies
if yer having trouble sleeping the cliff richard story should do it.
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Ace
Re: Rock biographies
Don't bother with the Cliff book, just read some of Steves posts .....yawn 
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steve56
message to arnold layne
you mentioned sahb,delilah played that on the juke box back in 75 wen i was on hols in rustiington,sussex.the boston tea party was a good one,framed[big louis]the impossible dream.
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buttsie
Re: Rock biographies
I'd give this site a look see
Great listings and reviews
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Great listings and reviews
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B...OZ