Your favorite music books/bios?

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,677
    Recently on another music site someone asked, "What is your favorite book about The Rolling Stones". I posted something a little off-topic by mentioning Steve Kurutz' book, Like a Rolling Stone which is a book about Glen Carroll and his Stones tribute band Sticky Finger. Another poster wrote back and mentioned he plays in that band from time to time. Cool!

    Any other recent music book favorite finds out there?
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  • InHiding80
    InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    Just purchased the new Tom Petty book on iTunes.

    Red by Sammy Hagar
    Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis
    Who I Am by Pete Townshend
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,677
    InHiding80 said:

    Just purchased the new Tom Petty book on iTunes.

    Red by Sammy Hagar
    Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis
    Who I Am by Pete Townshend

    I picked up Red recently as well. Not a huge Hagar fan but it looks interesting. A little browsing gives me the sense he's a pretty good guy. Haven't gotten around to the Kiedis or Townshend yet either but I hear they are both quite good.

    Others anyone?
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    -Roberto Benigni

  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,829
    The Basketball Diaries - Jim Carroll

  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Here, There, Everywhere (My Life Recording The Beatles)
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  • samjam
    samjam New York Posts: 9,283
    I devoured Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis. Holy crap that man has lived one hell of a life. Great read. Probably my favorite music auto-bio/bio I've read.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,677
    edited February 2024
    I just finished reading Kim Gordon's (of Sonic Youth, et al) memoir, Girl in a Band.  First rate!  I love it.  Great stories about her growing up days in L.A./ So Cal, and later years in NYC and Massachusetts, and (of course) here years with Sonic Youth.  Great reading!

    Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon Goodreads


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    -Roberto Benigni

  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,508
    edited March 2024


    I can’t say enough about this book. Both a wonderful history of the South (which is not always good), but a stellar biography of an amazing band, connecting the history of cities in the South and how they played into the creation of the band and their songs. Great stuff on Muscle Shoals and the fantastic recording history there as well.
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  • GB281198
    GB281198 Virginia Posts: 639
    Recently read Geddy Lee's book My Effin' Life and a biography of Tom Petty. Both very good. They were an interesting contrast of a band that got along very well (Rush) and one that didn't at times( the Heartbreaker's).  Currently reading Wayne Kramer's book The Hard Stuff.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,677
    GB281198 said:
    Recently read Geddy Lee's book My Effin' Life and a biography of Tom Petty. Both very good. They were an interesting contrast of a band that got along very well (Rush) and one that didn't at times( the Heartbreaker's).  Currently reading Wayne Kramer's book The Hard Stuff.

    Warren Zanes' Petty is one of my favorite music biographies!
    I didn't know Wayne Kramer had a memoir- might have to check it out!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,864

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,677
    Loujoe said:

     Wow, nice! 
    I have an even 10 Ramones books and read and love them all.  Time to make it 11! 
    And how cool that you have a singed copy! 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • soph189
    soph189 Posts: 592

    Enjoyed this one and recommend the audiobook. Mark is the narrator and his raspy voice brings the raw and brutally honest stories alive. 
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,410
    a few I can remember. I’m on the library (yes, the library) wait list for the geddy lee book.


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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,677
    Wobbie said:
    a few I can remember. I’m on the library (yes, the library) wait list for the geddy lee book.



    Some great titles there (and a few to put on my reading list!) 
    Azerrad's Our Band Could Be Your Life is way up on my list of favorite music books.  SO darned good!

    I really liked Mould's See a Little Light despite squirming a bit in the parts where he went into some detail about his sexual exploits.  One thing for sure, it's an honest book.

    And Hooray for the library! 
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    -Roberto Benigni

  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,410
    Thought the exact same about the Mould book…I told a gay buddy it was a bit “graphic”…he said “men are pigs, right?”…I said “yeah”…he said “imagine putting two of them together .” 

    these have been on my ipad FOREVER. the buddy who sent them says The Dirt is great….I’m not a huge fan of either the Crue or Aerosmith…I was reading another Zevon book (from the library!) but I had to quit it….it was so damn depressing! RIP Warren.


    If I had known then what I know now...

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    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,677
    Wobbie said:
    Thought the exact same about the Mould book…I told a gay buddy it was a bit “graphic”…he said “men are pigs, right?”…I said “yeah”…he said “imagine putting two of them together .” 

    these have been on my ipad FOREVER. the buddy who sent them says The Dirt is great….I’m not a huge fan of either the Crue or Aerosmith…I was reading another Zevon book (from the library!) but I had to quit it….it was so damn depressing! RIP Warren.



    Oh man yes, we lost Warren way too soon.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,450
    I haven't read a lot of bios in this genre but I just finished Dave Grohl's book and enjoyed it a lot.
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  • Loujoe
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