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Born into a family of five, Frank Bello grew up in difficult circumstances. His father abandoned his wife and children. Left with no male role model, Frank found inspiration in heavy metal bass players, following their example and forging a career with Anthrax from his early teens - first as a roadie, and then as the group's bass player.

Zwei Jahre nach dem Höhepunkt seiner Karriere und dem gleichzeitigen Ende dieser, hat Raphael "RAF Camora" Ragucci noch bei weitem nicht alles mit seinen Fans geteilt was ihm auf der Seele liegt. Mit seiner Musikerlaufbahn abgeschlossen und völlig in sich gekehrt verfasste er seine Autobiographie Der Pakt. Das Hörbuch bietet einen noch nie zuvor dagewesenen, schonungslos ehrlichen Einblick hinter die Kulissen und wirft ein Licht auf die Schattenseiten seines Weges zum Erfolg.

This fun and fast-paced rock-and-roll memoir from hit singer-songwriter J.T. Harding shows what it takes to go from South Detroit to the top of the Nashville charts. In Party Like a Rockstar, J.T. Harding charts his life from a kid growing up in Michigan to a chart-topping songwriter living in Nashville and working with country music stars like Keith Urban and Kenny Chesney.

Charly Hübner zeigt sein schriftstellerisches Talent. Selten wurde so leidenschaftlich über Musik geschrieben, selten so eindrücklich über den Effekt, den diese auf einen Jugendlichen haben kann. Dieses Hörbuch ist eine Schatzkiste voller Erinnerungen und Anekdoten eines Lebens, für das der Frontmann der lautesten Band der Welt seine berühmten Weisheiten geschrieben haben könnte: "I'm in love with rock'n'roll, it satisfies my soul". Ob als pickliger Jugendlicher in der Dorfdisko, wenn das erste Mal "The Hammer" gespielt wird, oder bei der Party nach der ersten Filmpremiere - immer ist Motörhead als Soundtrack dabei.

Merle Haggard was one of the most important country music musicians who ever lived. The Hag tells, without compromise, the extraordinary life of Merle Haggard, augmented by the deep secondary research, sharp detail, and ample anecdotal material that biographer Marc Eliot is known for, and enriched and deepened by more than 100 new and far-ranging interviews.

To write about Tony Wilson, a.k.a. Anthony H. Wilson, is to write about a number of public and private characters and personalities, a clique of unreliable narrators, constantly changing shape and form. At the helm of Factory Records and the Haçienda, Wilson unleashed landmark acts such as Joy Division and New Order into the world as he pursued myriad other creative endeavours, appointing himself a custodian of Manchester's legacy of innovation and change.

Nur wenige deutschsprachige Künstler blicken auf eine solche Karriere zurück: Seit fast 50 Jahren steht Roland Kaiser auf der Bühne, Hits wie "Santa Maria", "Joana", "Dich zu lieben" oder "Warum hast du nicht nein gesagt" machten ihn bekannt, er verkaufte mehr als 90 Millionen Tonträger, wurde mit Preisen geehrt und trat so häufig in der ZDF-Hitparade auf wie niemand sonst: 67 Mal. Die Konzerte seiner jährlichen Kaisermania in Dresden sind in wenigen Minuten ausverkauft.

Arguably the most influential force in Jamaican music, Lee Perry brought Bob Marley to international stardom and collaborated with artists such as Sir Paul McCartney, The Clash and The Beastie Boys. The book delves behind the myth of Perry to give a fuller examination of his life and work through extensive interviews with family members, fellow artists, friends, lovers, enemies, as well as the man himself to present a complex portrait of a unique soul driven by unseen spiritual forces.

Tim Bergling war ein musikalisches Ausnahmetalent und prägte mit seinen Melodien eine Ära, in der schwedische und europäische House Music die Welt eroberte. Doch zugleich war er ein zurückgezogener und verletzlicher junger Mann, der mit unmenschlicher Geschwindigkeit erwachsen werden musste. Nach mehreren Zusammenbrüchen und Krankenhausaufenthalten folgte 2016 das überraschende Tour-Aus - und kaum zwei Jahre später nahm Tim sich das Leben.

Con uno stile evocativo che richiama le sonorità del jazz, Flea racconta gli anni che lo hanno formato come artista e come uomo, e attraverso aneddoti esilaranti, meditazioni poetiche e gli imprevedibili cortocircuiti della sua fantasia ripercorre le tappe che lo hanno portato dall'Australia alle periferie di New York per approdare infine a Los Angeles, una città che a cavallo degli anni Settanta e Ottanta è affascinante e al tempo stesso cruda, violenta ma anche inesauribile fonte di ispirazione.

An album-by-album celebration of the life and music of Mac Miller through oral histories, intimate reflections, and critical examinations of his enduring work.

By 1952, when Gosh started touring, using marijuana was not something one publicized. The Federal Bureau of Narcotics called it the "devil weed" and intended to round up musicians who played "bad" music - jazz - on marijuana charges; the exploitative film Reefer Madness was on the circuit through the 1940s and '50s, and cannabis use was criminalized and mandatory minimum sentences established. Needless to say, Bobby Gosh's concern about "coming out" as a marijuana user was well justified.

Harry Freedman uncovers the spiritual traditions that lie behind Leonard Cohen's profound and unmistakable lyrics. The singer and poet Leonard Cohen was deeply learned in Judaism and Christianity, the spiritual traditions that underpinned his self-identity and the way he made sense of the world. In this book Harry Freedman, a leading author of cultural and religious history, explores the mystical and spiritual sources Cohen drew upon, discusses their original context and the stories and ideas behind them.

Music for Life: The Salani Brothers is based on the adventures of two brothers, Renato and Giulio Salani, who reaped lots of success in life thanks to their love for music, persistence, courage, hard work, and their faith in God. The main sources used to write this book are: Renato Salani’s diary, the numerous interviews with the leading characters of the book itself and the research carried out by the author, Barbara Salani, over the course of four years.

Throughout his adult life, whether he was opening a Seattle record store in the '90s or touring the world as the only non-White band member in alternative rock bands, Nabil Ayers felt the shadow and legacy of his father's musical genius, and his race, everywhere.

Aquest famós recull d’històries de Gay Talese, peça de museu del periodisme nord-americà d’ara i d’abans, mostra un Frank Sinatra malhumorat amb un fort refredat que li ha fet perdre la veu. A més a més, conté històries del bevedor i perdedor Patterson, del genial Peter O’Tootle, de les models de Vogue, de Joe Louis i l’anècdota del seu pare amb la màfia siciliana, de la patètica trobada entre Fidel Castro i Muhammad Ali, o dels seus inicis com a periodista.

David Bowie is known all over the world for a string of hit songs and a reputation for extravagance on stage. He was the one, after all, who helped launch glam rock in the 1970s. Who could ever forget his persona of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars? When Bowie had ridden this wave to its conclusion, he found new ways to reinvent himself. He embraced soul, funk, hard rock, and even the industrial machinations of Nine Inch Nails.

Frank Sinatra, also known as The Voice, Ol’ Blue Eyes, Leader of the Pack, and countless other titles, was a man of many faces. Part mobster, part philanthropist, part political activist, and part civil rights leader, Frank participated in powerful institutions and movements that shaped America’s history. Married four times, constantly surrounded by women, Frank was able to sing about loneliness with aching authenticity. He made teen girls swoon, beautiful women tremble, and grown men cry.

From a Grammy-nominated musician comes a lyrical testament to love and resilience through the lens of parenting her young son, who has nonverbal autism.

"Har något av allt detta hänt på riktigt?" Frågan ställdes av chefen för ett stort Stockholmsförlag som läst mitt bokmanus. Jag heter Peo Thyrén. När jag var tolv år grundade jag rockbandet Noice. 1980, fem år efter de första gitarrackorden hemma i Gustavsberg, var Noice tillsammans med Gyllene Tider Sveriges största band och spelade för utsålda folkparker och skrikande tonåringar. När Noice splittrades var jag uträknad. Men inom ett år bildade jag och gitarristen Kee Marcello gruppen Easy Action och skrev kontrakt med ett av de största skivbolagen i USA.