Working Class Man by Jimmy Barnes
27.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
It's a life too big and a story too extraordinary for just one book. Jimmy Barnes has lived many lives - from Glaswegian migrant kid to iconic front man, from solo superstar to proud father of his own musical clan. In this hugely anticipated sequel to his critically acclaimed bestseller, Working Class B ...Show more
Composers Who Changed History by DK
65.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
MEET THE WORLD'S GREATEST COMPOSERS - FACE TO FACE This stunning visual celebration of the world's most celebrated composers tells the fascinating stories of their lives and works. Lavishly illustrated with portraits of each composer, alongside photographs of their homes and studios, and original musica ...Show more
Dead People I Have Known by Shayne Carter
40.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography | Reading Level: good
In Dead People I Have Known, the legendary New Zealand musician Shayne Carter tells the story of a life in music, taking us deep behind the scenes and songs of his riotous teenage bands Bored Games and the Doublehappys and his best-known bands Straitjacket Fits and Dimmer. He traces an intimate history ...Show more
All You Need Is Love: The End of the Beatles - An Oral History by Those Who Were There by Steven Gaines, Peter Brown
40.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
All You Need is Love is a ground-breaking oral history of the Beatles and how it all came to an end. Based on never-before-published or heard interviews with Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and their families, friends, and business associates, this is a landmark book, containing ...Show more
Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres by Kelefa Sanneh
45.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
A rigorous and celebratory journey through the history of pop music, from the former New York Times music critic. From his own adolescence, when his allegiance was to punk rock, to his work as one of the essential voices of our time on music and culture at the New York Times and the New Yorker, Kelefa S ...Show more
Keith Urban: His amazing journey from daydreamer to superstar by Jeff Apter
37.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
A comprehensive biography that documents how Keith Urban lived out his childhood dream - and the price he's had to pay to reach the top. Keith Urban came from humble origins. Born in New Zealand and raised in outer Brisbane, his father worked at the local tip; Keith was a high school dropout. When he w ...Show more
Eagles - Dark Desert Highway by Mick Wall
30.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
'This could be heaven or this could be hell...' So sings Don Henley on their biggest hit, 'Hotel California', and it is true that the Eagles story was one that blurred the ultimate Hollywood highs and subterranean LA lows beyond recognition.The band that embodied the American dream with globe-straddlin ...Show more
The Double Life of Bob Dylan: Vol. 1 - A Restless Hungry Feeling, 1941-1966 by Clinton Heylin
50.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
The definitive biography of one contemporary culture's most iconic and mysterious figures - musical revolutionary, Nobel Prize-winner, chart-topping recording artist. 'The definitive, scrupulously researched biography of a life steeped in mystery' Observer. The definitive biography of one contemporary ...Show more
Guitar Family Trees: The History of the World's Most Iconic Guitars by Terry Burrows
50.00 NZD
Category: Music - Instruments
Discover the rich history behind the world's favorite musical instrument in Guitar Family Trees. This striking visual catalog charts the histories of the most prominent and sought after guitars and their manufacturers, including such household names as Gibson, Martin, Rickenbacker, and Fender. From the ...Show more
The Number Ones - Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music by Tom Breihan
38.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
Beloved music critic Tom Breihan's fascinating narrative of the history of popular music through the lens of game-changing #1 singles from the Billboard Hot 100. When Tom Breihan launched his Stereogum column in early 2018, "The Number Ones"--a space in which he has been writing about every #1 hit in th ...Show more
AC/DC at 50 by Martin Popoff
90.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography | Series: At 50 Ser.
A beautifully produced, photo-packed celebration of the ultimate rock band, AC/DC at 50 examines the extraordinary history of the Australian rockers through the lens of 50 milestone events and an illustrated gatefold timeline. Authored by acclaimed rock writer Martin Popoff, AC/DC at 50 provides a visu ...Show more
Living on a Thin Line by Dave Davies
38.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
The all new, must-read memoir by legendary Kinks guitarist Dave Davies Dave Davies is the co-founder and lead guitarist of epoch-defining band the Kinks, a group with fifty million record sales to their name. In his autobiography, Davies revisits the glory days of the band that spawned so much extraord ...Show more