Favorite Classic Rock Books?

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Permalink Reply by johnlennon2 on April 23, 2008 at 8:09pm

I've read few biography type rock star books. (did that sentence make sense?) I did read Many Years From Now by Barry Miles about Paul McCartney. I usually get reference books; discographies and the like. I'll give you a few examples. The Great Rock Discography by Martin Strong, or The Phish Companion by Phish. The 3 holy books in my collection though are 1. Way Beyond Compare and 2. That Magic Feeling both by John C. Winn and 3. Eight Arms To Hold You by Chip Madinger & Mark Easter. These three basically tell you everything that the Beatles ever recorded. OK, they're a little out of date, but my copies are pretty worn out. I'm a rabid completest. (is that spelled right? i'm thinking it should be -ist but it says that's wrong)

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Permalink Reply by Robin on April 27, 2008 at 1:20pm

My favorite books are anything about the Beatles. I just can't get enough of them. The most recent one I've read is Pattie Boyd's book. If you haven't read this one yet, I highly recommend it. It's fascinating how she ended up with two of the most famous rockers of all time not only falling in love with her but dedicating some of the best known and loved songs of all time too. I just recently met her at the Fest for Beatles Fans in March of this year. It was a brief meeting (rush, rush) but it was still pretty thrilling to actually talk to her for a couple of minutes.
Other than the Beatles, I like biographies about rock stars. Their lives fascinate me.

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Permalink Reply by Deedee on August 5, 2008 at 8:38pm

I also loved hammer of the gods.I couldn't put it down and I'm not a big book reader.

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Permalink Reply by Deedee on August 5, 2008 at 8:39pm

I think I'd like to read one about Johnny Cash.He was quite the badass.

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Permalink Reply by Jessica on August 8, 2008 at 6:13pm

If your a John Lennon fan, read "Memories of John Lennon" by Yoko Ono. Different artist such as Alicia keys and bono talk about how they were influenced by him and friends of his talk about shared memories. You really get to see the true john lennon. It's an amazing book.

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Permalink Reply by J. on August 9, 2008 at 9:44am

Light My Fire: My Life With the Doors - Ray Manzarek. My personal favorite. I think it gives a better written account of what was going on w/the Doors. Much more than John's book, not for the content of John & Jim not getting along, just that Rays a better writer.

Break On Through: The Life & Death of Jim Morrison. I really dig this book too.

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Permalink Reply by J. on August 10, 2008 at 6:50pm

Oh & I forgot.... Fong-Torres' book is awesome. Really neat getting some perspective from Jim's parents. An excellent pick up when/if you get the chance.

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Permalink Reply by Michelle on September 1, 2008 at 7:30pm

One book that I thought was really good. ( And yeah I'd put 80s rock bands in classic rock-land) Anyway a book I thought was great was Nikki Sixx-The Heroin Diaries. It was a compelling book....I couldn't oput it down (yet there were some parts that were very difficult to read) I read the book in a day for the first time and have read it a second time. Just thinking of how big Motley Crue were at the time and how things really were. I find him an inspiration! I also ordered The Dirt. I should be getting that in a few days :)

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Permalink Reply by Michelle on September 1, 2008 at 7:33pm

Also in The Heroin Diaries (I forgot to mention this).....There were the diary entries directly from Nikki Sixx..then the comments from people around him at the time. Really gives you a sense of what really was going on! Kurt Cobain's Journals is a good one too.

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Permalink Reply by PatriciaAHuge RikEmmettAndTRIUMPHFan on December 12, 2008 at 7:19pm

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Permalink Reply by PatriciaAHuge RikEmmettAndTRIUMPHFan on December 12, 2008 at 11:27pm

My Favorite Band's TRIUMPH,RUSH,PINK FLOYD, STYX,YES,LED ZEPPELIN But I Love Robert Plant's Solo Work A Lot Better.

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Permalink Reply by tyedye on September 5, 2009 at 3:07pm

Led Zeppelin, the Definitive Biography by Ritchie Yorke is my favorite Led Zep bio. I ate it up from the very first page. It's required reading for every Led Zeppelin fan.


The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison, book of poems, entitled Wilderness.
Jim was first and foremost a poet. This book was amazing and meant a great deal to the author. :)

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