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Unfaithful music & disappearing ink / by Costello, Elvis.;
Subjects: Biographies.; Costello, Elvis.; Rock musicians;
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The lives of Brian : a memoir / by Johnson, Brian,1947 October 5-author.;
"Brian Johnson was born to a steelworker and WWII veteran father and an Italian mother, growing up in New Castle Upon Tyne, England, a working-class town. He was musically inclined and sang with the church choir. By the early '70s he performed with the glam rock band Geordie, and they had a couple hits, but it was tough going. So tough that by 1976, they disbanded and Brian turned to a blue-collar life. Then 1980 changed everything. Bon Scott, the lead singer and lyricist of the Australian rock band AC/DC died at 33. The band auditioned singers, among them Johnson, whom Scott himself had seen perform and raved about. Within days, Johnson was in a studio with the band, working with founding members Angus and Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams, and Phil Rudd, along with producer Mutt Lange. When the album, Back in Black, was released in July-a mere three months after Johnson had joined the band-it exploded, going on to sell 50 million copies worldwide, and triggering a years-long worldwide tour. It has been declared 'the biggest selling hard rock album ever made" and 'the best-selling heavy-metal album in history.' The band toured the world for a full year to support the album, changing the face of rock music-and Brian Johnson's life-forever." --publisher's website.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Johnson, Brian, 1947 October 5-; AC/DC (Musical group); Geordie (Musical group); Autobiographies.; Rock musicians; Working class men;
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Brothers / by Van Halen, Alex,author.;
In this intimate and open account--nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you've ever read--Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of family, friendship, music and brotherly love in a remarkable tribute to his beloved brother and band mate. Told with acclaimed New Yorker writer Ariel Levy, Brothers is seventy-year-old drummer Alex Van Halen's love letter to his younger brother, Edward, (Maybe "Ed," but never "Eddie"), written while still mourning his untimely death. In his rough yet sweet voice, Alex recounts the brothers' childhood, first in the Netherlands and then in working class Pasadena, California, with an itinerant musician father and a very proper Indonesian-born mother--the kind of mom who admonished her boys to "always wear a suit" no matter how famous they became--a woman who was both proud and practical, nonchalant about taking a doggie bag from a star-studded dinner. He also shares tales of musical politics, infighting, and plenty of bad-boy behaviour. But mostly his is a story of brotherhood, music, and enduring love. "I was with him from day one," Alex writes. "We shared the experience of coming to this country and figuring out how to fit in. We shared a record player, an 800 square foot house, a mom and dad, and a work ethic. Later, we shared the back of a tour bus, alcoholism, the experience of becoming famous, of becoming fathers and uncles, and of spending more hours in the studio than I've spent doing anything else in this life. We shared a depth of understanding that most people can only hope to achieve in a lifetime." There has never been an accurate account of them or the band, and Alex wants to set the record straight on Edward's life and death. Brothers includes never-before-seen photos from the author's private archives.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Van Halen, Alex.; Van Halen, Eddie, 1955-2020.; Van Halen (Musical group); Brothers; Rock musicians;
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Wreck the halls [text (large print)] : a novel / by Bailey, Tessa,author.;
"Melody Gallard may be the daughter of music royalty, but her world is far from glamorous. She spends her days restoring old books and avoiding the limelight ... But when a producer offers her a lot of money to reunite her mother's band on live TV, Mel begins to wonder if it's time to rattle the cage, shake up her quiet life--and see him again, the only other person who could wrangle the rock and roll divas. Beat Dawkins, the lead singer's son, is Melody's opposite--the camera loves him, he could charm the pants off anyone, and his mom is not a potential cult leader. Still, they might have been best friends, if not for the legendary feud that broke up the band"--
Subjects: Christmas fiction.; Romance fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Christmas stories.; Bands (Music); Children of celebrities; Family secrets; Man-woman relationships; Mothers; Reality television programs; Singers; Women rock musicians;
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Wreck the halls : a novel / by Bailey, Tessa,author.;
"Melody Gallard may be the daughter of music royalty, but her world is far from glamorous. She spends her days restoring old books and avoiding the limelight ... But when a producer offers her a lot of money to reunite her mother's band on live TV, Mel begins to wonder if it's time to rattle the cage, shake up her quiet life--and see him again, the only other person who could wrangle the rock and roll divas. Beat Dawkins, the lead singer's son, is Melody's opposite--the camera loves him, he could charm the pants off anyone, and his mom is not a potential cult leader. Still, they might have been best friends, if not for the legendary feud that broke up the band"--
Subjects: Christmas fiction.; Romance fiction.; Novels.; Christmas stories; Bands (Music); Children of celebrities; Family secrets; Man-woman relationships; Mothers; Reality television programs; Singers; Women rock musicians;
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Insomnia / by Robertson, Robbie,author.;
"The rock legend tells the story of his wild ride with Martin Scorcese -- as friends, adventure-seekers, and boundary-pushing collaborators -- with all the heart of his New York Times bestselling memoir, Testimony. For three decades, Robbie Robertson has produced soundtracks for Martin Scorsese's films, a relationship that began when Robertson convinced Scorsese to direct The Last Waltz, the iconic film of the Band's farewell performance at the Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving 1976. The closing of the Band's story with that landmark concert opened a new door in Robbie Robertson's life -- specifically the door to Scorsese's Malibu home. With both men on the outs with their wives, Robertson moved into Scorsese's place, inaugurating a two-year "lost weekend" of wild revelry and adventure. Though both men had already accomplished culture-changing feats, neither had reached thirty-five years of age, and each in his way stood at a creative precipice, searching for the beginning of a new phase of life and work. Their shared journey would take them around the world and down the rabbit hole of American culture in the long hangover of the seventies, a path lined with equal parts hedonism and paranoia, set against the backdrop of the disco-fueled streets of New York and the grand mansions of Mulholland Drive. With a cast of characters featuring Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Sam Peckinpah, and many more, Insomnia is part comedy, part travelogue, echoing the blissed-out ride of Fear and Loathing as taken by two titans of American arts. Insomnia is an intimate portrait of a remarkable creative friendship, one that would explore the outer limits of excess and experience before returning to tell the tale"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Robertson, Robbie.; Scorsese, Martin.; Band (Musical group); Last waltz (Motion picture : 1978); Film composers; Motion picture producers and directors; Rock musicians;
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Fetishized : a reckoning with yellow fever, feminism, and beauty / by Yu, Kaila,1979-author.;
"A deeply personal memoir-in-essays, reckoning with being an object of Asian fetish and how media, pop culture, and colonialism contributed to the oversexualization of Asian women -- from Kaila Yu, former pin-up model and lead singer of Nylon Pink"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Yu, Kaila, 1979-; Nylon Pink (Musical group); Asian American women; Asian American women; Asian American women; Models (Persons); Orientalism; Women rock musicians; Women singers;
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Slowhand : the life and music of Eric Clapton / by Norman, Philip,1943-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Clapton, Eric.; Rock musicians;
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Zappa [videorecording] / by Winter, Alex,1965-film director.; Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Frank Zappa.Between the diverse stylistic influences, the prolific and challenging output, and the provocatively dim view of American culture, rock music had never seen his like and assuredly never will again. Combining unprecedented access to his family archives with the testimonials of collaborators like Steve Vai, Ruth Underwood, Pamela Des Barres and many others, the life and legend of Frank Zappa get a remarkable examination in this documentary effort from director Alex Winter.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Documentary films.; Biographical films.; Zappa, Frank.; Rock musicians;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Rock 'n learn. [videorecording] / by Rock 'N Learn, Inc.,production company,film distributor.;
Live action, animation, songs, and games make learning the alphabet fast and fun.G.DVD ; wide screen presentation.
Subjects: Children's films.; Nonfiction films.; Educational films.; Instructional films.; English language; Language arts (Primary); Reading; English language;
For private home use only.
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