Books about Music - Page 2

George W. Bush · 07-24-2004, 02:00 PM

a great book was called "inside the doors studio" by Rick Neillsonns, it was a 1970's limited printing study of The Doors studio sessions

George W. Bush · 07-24-2004, 02:02 PM

another good one is PunkMania (forget the author)

George W. Bush · 07-24-2004, 02:03 PM

anything by Ritchie Unterberger (the guy knows classic rock like no other)

Bort · 07-25-2004, 10:47 AM

"Rock & Pop Year by Year" by Luke Crampton & Dafydd Rees
I think it's a great book, because it contains the history of popular music from the beginning of it in the early fifties up to 2002. It also features a lot of very good pictures, very interesting quotations and all #1 hit singles in the US & UK of the past 50 years.

If you're interested in biographies (& Hip-Hop), I strongly recommend you "Unbelievable - The Life, Death and Afterlife of The Notorious B.I.G." by Cheo Hodari Coker. It's amazing.

TEMPTED · 08-02-2005, 01:38 PM

I was going to put this in the idle banter or whatever, but there's already a topic on it, so cool.

Anyone read Hedi Slimane's London: Birth Of A Cult?

i'm thinking about getting it, because I liked 'Stage' but if its only about pete doherty maybe not.

Geryon · 08-02-2005, 02:05 PM

Harry Partch - Genesis of a Music: An Account of a Creative Work, Its Roots and Its Fulfillments

I'm currently I am saving up to purchase this book and the entirety of The Harry Partch Collection. Once I have bought it I'll tell more about it.

whiteskittlz · 08-02-2005, 02:22 PM

I know there's a Soundgarden biography called "Crown of Thorns", but the it has mixed reviews. There's another book on them that I couldn't find a review for. There's also one in Spanish, "Soundgarden - Desde El Agujero Negro". Maybe I should check some of these out, along with perhaps a Pumpkins bio, anyone have a recommendation for that?

The only music book I've read was a kids book about The Beatles, and instead of saying they experimented with drugs, it says they just messed around in the studio.

TastyWheat · 08-03-2005, 03:56 AM

I'm reading Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley right now. I'm enjoying it except for the fact it describes Jeff's death first. After I finish I'm going to read In Search of The La's: A Secret Liverpool.

TheZola · 08-03-2005, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by George W. Bush

a great book was called "inside the doors studio" by Rick Neillsonns, it was a 1970's limited printing study of The Doors studio sessions

Wow, Mr President, I figured you couldn't read.

Hey, one question, Mr President:
Why are you such a cunt?

iam the walrus · 08-03-2005, 04:07 PM

Stanley Booth's True Adventures of the Rolling Stones...sublime