Band Biographies Worth Bothering With

demonrail666 · 07.21.2008, 01:37 PM

I tend to read lots of these but rarely find them that interesting. Just wondering if there were any you'd read that you enjoyed.

atsonicpark · 07.21.2008, 01:39 PM

the long hard road out of hell.

demonrail666 · 07.21.2008, 01:42 PM

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the long hard road out of hell.

Who's that about?

atsonicpark · 07.21.2008, 01:45 PM

my master mystikal marilyn manson

radarmaker · 07.21.2008, 02:03 PM

I assume you've already read Head On/Repossessed? That and Shakey [Neil Young] probs top the pile for me.
And while it's not a band bio, Danny Sugarman's Wonderland Avenue takes some beating in the rock'n'roll memoir stakes.

Savage Clone · 07.21.2008, 02:11 PM

I all seriousness, David Lee Roth's auto-bio "Crazy From The Heat" is pure entertainment.

atsonicpark · 07.21.2008, 02:13 PM

motley crue's dirt.

HECKLER SPRAY · 07.21.2008, 02:31 PM

"Heavier than the sky" was funny to read.

pantophobia · 07.21.2008, 02:35 PM

Are We nOT mEN? bio of DEVO is quite a great read

how Jerry Casale was present at the Kent State shootings, the early history of the band when they opened for Sun Ra (and alienated the crowd so bad they were the only audience left when Sun Ra played) and cool booji boy fun

toxic johnny · 07.21.2008, 02:36 PM

From The Velvets To The Voidoids by Clinton Heylin is one of my faves...

batreleaser · 07.21.2008, 02:37 PM

i was never a big nirvana fan, always a fan though, but after reading that nirvana book (forget the author) that was actually about the band and not kurt and his heroin habit (allthough theres plenty of that mentioned) i was an uber fan.

both no wave books

the slash autobiography is hilarious

the book about the recording of 'ecile on main street' is a good read

Toilet & Bowels · 07.21.2008, 03:35 PM

the sun ra biography by john f szwed is a good read

acousticrock87 · 07.21.2008, 04:00 PM

Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff & Time Buckley

It's fucking incredible. By David Browne, the guy that just wrote the new Sonic Youth bio.

MellySingsDoom · 07.21.2008, 04:09 PM

If you don't have it already, the "Wreckers Of Civilization" book about Coum Transmisions/Throbbing Gristle is pretty ace.

Everyneurotic · 07.21.2008, 06:14 PM

i was going to buy wreckers of civiilization before i went skint.

i recommend the germs/darby crash bio lexicon devil and the spacemen 3 book.

i'm starting lemmy's autobio very soon.

uhler · 07.21.2008, 06:28 PM

dance of days and banned in dc

Pookie · 07.21.2008, 06:53 PM

I quite enjoyed Jayne County's Man Enough To Be A Woman. I don't remember a great deal about it to be honest, but I remember enjoying reading it.

A really great book though is Redemption Song, the Joe Strummer biography by Chris Salewicz. One of the best biographies I've ever read, music or otherwise.

krastian · 07.21.2008, 10:32 PM

Riders on the Storm by John Densmore......although everybody here hates The Doors so..............

acousticrock87 · 07.22.2008, 04:04 AM

I bought No One Here Gets Out Alive and never read it. Not sure if I'll ever get around to it. Maybe on some vacation.

The Doors have their place. Great jukebox music.

Cantankerous · 07.22.2008, 04:08 AM

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Riders on the Storm by John Densmore......although everybody here hates The Doors so..............

no way, i love them

room full of mirrors, about jimi hendrix (i think that's what it's called??)
a season in hell with the rolling stones
up and down with the rolling stones (seriously entertaining, was written by their dealer)

07.21.2008, 01:37 PM	#1
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,509	I tend to read lots of these but rarely find them that interesting. Just wondering if there were any you'd read that you enjoyed.
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radarmaker the end of the ugly Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,122	I assume you've already read Head On/Repossessed? That and Shakey [Neil Young] probs top the pile for me. And while it's not a band bio, Danny Sugarman's Wonderland Avenue takes some beating in the rock'n'roll memoir stakes.
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Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,286	I all seriousness, David Lee Roth's auto-bio "Crazy From The Heat" is pure entertainment.
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	motley crue's dirt. __________________
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HECKLER SPRAY invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Near Paris, France Posts: 3,762	"Heavier than the sky" was funny to read. __________________
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pantophobia expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,349	Are We nOT mEN? bio of DEVO is quite a great read how Jerry Casale was present at the Kent State shootings, the early history of the band when they opened for Sun Ra (and alienated the crowd so bad they were the only audience left when Sun Ra played) and cool booji boy fun
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toxic johnny expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London Posts: 1,657	From The Velvets To The Voidoids by Clinton Heylin is one of my faves... __________________ Built Toxic J Tough Optic Disc
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batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	i was never a big nirvana fan, always a fan though, but after reading that nirvana book (forget the author) that was actually about the band and not kurt and his heroin habit (allthough theres plenty of that mentioned) i was an uber fan. both no wave books the slash autobiography is hilarious the book about the recording of 'ecile on main street' is a good read __________________ listen to pink reason
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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,215	the sun ra biography by john f szwed is a good read
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acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff & Time Buckley It's fucking incredible. By David Browne, the guy that just wrote the new Sonic Youth bio.
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MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	If you don't have it already, the "Wreckers Of Civilization" book about Coum Transmisions/Throbbing Gristle is pretty ace. __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	i was going to buy wreckers of civiilization before i went skint. i recommend the germs/darby crash bio lexicon devil and the spacemen 3 book. i'm starting lemmy's autobio very soon. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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uhler invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 3,615	dance of days and banned in dc
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Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	I quite enjoyed Jayne County's Man Enough To Be A Woman. I don't remember a great deal about it to be honest, but I remember enjoying reading it. A really great book though is Redemption Song, the Joe Strummer biography by Chris Salewicz. One of the best biographies I've ever read, music or otherwise.
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krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	Riders on the Storm by John Densmore......although everybody here hates The Doors so.............. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	I bought No One Here Gets Out Alive and never read it. Not sure if I'll ever get around to it. Maybe on some vacation. The Doors have their place. Great jukebox music.
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