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
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
Long Road - Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation by Steven Hyden
38.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
A leading music journalist's riveting chronicle of how beloved band Pearl Jam shaped the times, and how their legacy and longevity have transcended generations. Ever since Pearl Jam first blasted onto the Seattle grunge scene three decades ago with their debut album, Ten, they have sold 85M+ albums, pe ...Show more
Queen Uncovered: Unseen photographs, rarities and insights from life with a rock 'n' roll band by Peter Hince
70.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
Packed with images and ephemera from Queen's head roadie, covering life on the road and in the studio, backstage and on-stage, relaxing at parties, filming iconic music videos and much more besides.
The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah" by Alan Light
35.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
Praised as a “thoughtful and illuminating” (The New York Times) work of music journalism, this is the unforgettable, fascinating, and unexpected account of one of the most performed and beloved songs in pop history — Leonard Cohen’s heartrending “Hallelujah.” When Leonard Cohen first wrote and recorded ...Show more
The Impossible Art: Adventures in Opera by Matthew Aucoin
40.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
From its beginning, opera has been an impossible art. Its first practitioners, in seventeenth-century Florence, set themselves the unreachable goal of reproducing the wonders of ancient Greek drama, which no one can be sure was sung in the first place. Opera's greatest artists have striven to fuse multi ...Show more
Bowie at 75 by Martin Popoff
110.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
A unique and beautifully produced celebration of the iconic and beloved rock star, Bowie at 75 examines David Bowie's extraordinary life through the lens of 75 significant career achievements and life events.Hendrix, Joplin, Mercury...few rock artists garner as much adulation after passing as they did i ...Show more
Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page
40.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his performance in Juno finally shares his truth. Full of intimate stories, from chasing down secret love affairs to battling body image and struggling with familial strife, Pageboy is a love letter to the power of being seen. With this evocative an ...Show more
The Double Life of Bob Dylan Volume 2: 1966-2021: 'Far away from Myself' by Clinton Heylin
85.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
The second volume of Clinton Heylin's magisterial biography takes us from Dylan's 1966 motorcycle accident to the present day. We meet a man who is determined to confound expectations; yet whatever he does only seems to confirm his iconic status to fans and critics alike.There are peaks and troughs. Lo ...Show more
David Bowie: Changes - A Life in Pictures 1947-2016 by Chris Welch
45.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
David Bowie: Changes \b0 is a celebration of the international figure all starry-eyed hopefuls aspired to be when setting out on a path to fame and fortune in the music industry - whether they know it or not. Through more than 150 stellar photos, it tells the story of an artist the likes of which we'd n ...Show more
Then It Fell Apart by Moby
33.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
*Featured in The Times' 'Best Books of the Year So Far' 2019*'Somehow this chronicle of a long, dark night of the soul also involves funny stories involving Trump, Putin, and a truly baffling array of degenerates.' Stephen Colbert ***What do you do when you realise you have everything you think you've ...Show more
The Beatles: The Illustrated Lyrics by Unnamed
65.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
The lyrics to the songs of the Beatles read like poetry. This book treats them as such, and illustrates each track artistically, paying careful attention to detail and high design standards. The stories, themes and ideas behind nearly 200 songs are explored in this beautiful book that includes photogra ...Show more