I always say that what I love about music history is that it’s really the history of people. Yes, technically all history is, but music history is not about presidents or kings or generals, it’s about regular people who make a change, try something new, go their own way. Almost every music story begins with [...]
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You might wonder why you would need a collection of journalism by one single writer, entirely about one single band who were only around long enough to make two studio albums. Even to me, it sounded like it could be a bit much. But this book is so much more than it appears to be [...]
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Pamela Des Barres is now very well-known for having been a prominent groupie to some of music history’s most famous (or infamous) rock stars during the cultural explosion of 1960s California, but her book I’m With The Band is a far more innocent affair than that reputation implies. Unlike some of her groupie contemporaries, Des [...]
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Mötley Crüe’s The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band is, despite my initial assumptions, a really great music book. Even if you haven’t read it, I’m sure you’ve heard the stories about the band hanging out with Ozzy Osbourne, snorting ants and whatnot. Yes, it’s all in there and it is indeed [...]
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Brett Milano’s Vinyl Junkies: Adventures in Record Collecting is one of my all-time favorite music books. To be honest, it’s not really all that much about music itself, but about the sub-culture of obsessive vinyl collectors. Milano journeys into the depth of the vinyl junkie world, meeting all sorts along the way and mostly asking [...]
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