Why Bowie Matters by Will Brooker
22.99 NZD
Category: Music
A unique, moving and dazzlingly researched exploration of the places, people, musicians, writers and filmmakers that inspired David Jones to become David Bowie, what we can learn from his life's work and journey, and why he will always matter. When David Bowie died on 10th January 2016, it seemed the w ...Show more
Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette (Introduction by); Full Cast (Commentaries by)
60.00 NZD
Category: Music
Celebrating its 25-year anniversary in 2020, singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette's Grammy-Award winning album Jagged Little Pill has come to define a generation. In the "triumphant and moving" (Variety) Broadway musical of the same name, Morissette's iconic numbers-including smash hits like "Ironic," "Y ...Show more
Slowhand: The Life and Music of Eric Clapton by Philip Norman
27.99 NZD
Category: Music
Eric Clapton is acknowledged to be rock's greatest virtuoso, the unrivalled master of its most essential tool, the solid-body electric guitar. Clapton transfigured three of the 1960s' most iconic bands, the Yardbirds, Cream and Blind Faith, walking away from each when it failed to measure up to his exa ...Show more
Be Bad, Be Bold, Be Billie: Live Life the Billie Eilish Way by Scarlett Russell
27.99 NZD
Category: Music
THE PERFECT GIFT FOR BILLIE EILISH FANS Be Bad, Be Bold, Be Billie is the ultimate guide to living life the Billie Eilish way. Billie Eilish isn't up for conforming to society's expectations. She's not going to be labelled, restricted or dismissed. She's choosing to rewrite the rules, challenge the sy ...Show more
Jimi Hendrix: the Stories Behind the Songs by David Stubbs
45.00 NZD
Category: Music | Series: Stories Behind the Songs Ser.
In Jimi Hendrix: The Stories Behind the Songs, music journalist and author David Stubbs provides the definitive companion to Hendrix's recorded output, from the early years, including 'Hey Joe' and 'Purple Haze' through to his posthumously released trilogy that concluded with Both Sides Of The Sky. Qui ...Show more
Brian May's Red Special Guitar - The Story of the Home-Made Guitar That Rocked the World by Brian May; Simon Bradley
39.99 NZD
Category: Music
Get the full story behind the Red Special, Brian May's hand-built guitar--a unique instrument that helped make May's musical dreams come true. In 1963, Brian May and his father Harold started to build the Red Special--an electric guitar meant to outperform anything commercially made. Here, Brian talks ...Show more
The Eagles by Ben Fong-Torres
45.00 NZD
Category: Music
Eagles: Take It To The Limit is the fascinating inside story of one of the greatest rock bands of all time, written by one of music journalism's most influential voices. Ben Fong-Torres was at Rolling Stone magazine when the Eagles were a cover story in 1979. He followed the band's career, interviewed t ...Show more
The Wichita Lineman - Searching in the Sun for the World's Greatest Unfinished Song by Dylan Jones
24.99 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
The sound of 'Wichita Lineman' was the sound of ecstatic solitude, but then its hero was the quintessential loner. What a great metaphor he was: a man who needed a woman more than he actually wanted her. Written in 1968 by Jimmy Webb, 'Wichita Lineman' is the first philosophical country song: a heartbre ...Show more
Boy on Fire - The Young Nick Cave by Mark Mordue
45.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
The first volume of the long-awaited, near-mythical biography of Nick Cave, by award-winning writer, Mark Mordue. A deeply beautiful, profound, profane and poetic biography of the early formative years of the dark prince of Australian rock 'n' roll, Boy on Fire is Nick Cave's creation story. This is the ...Show more
David Bowie: Changes - A Life in Pictures 1947-2016 by Chris Welch
45.00 NZD
Category: Music
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
Bruce Springsteen: All the Songs - The Story Behind Every Track by Philippe Margotin; Jean-Michel Guesdon
80.00 NZD
Category: Music
The most in-depth exploration of Springsteen's songs ever written.The latest book in the bestselling All the Songs series, this is the most in-depth exploration of Springsteen's songs ever written.Spanning nearly 50 years of albums, EPs, B-sides, and more, read the full story behind every single song th ...Show more
The Rolling Stones in the Beginning - With Unseen Images by Bent Rej
80.00 NZD
Category: Music
A unique portrait of a band on the brink of superstardom.From March 1965 to May 1966, photographer Bent Rej enjoyed unparalleled access to the Rolling Stones as one of the trusted inner circle, accompanying the band on its first full European outing: the Satisfaction tour. The Rolling Stones In the ...Show more