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Toure. Never Drank the Kool-Aid: Essays. Picador. Mar. 2006. c.416p. ISBN 0-312-42578-3. pap. $15. MUSIC This collection of essays and journalistic features doesn't differ much from other anthologies by contemporary [...]

Simmons, Russell with Nelson George. Life and Def: Sex, Drugs, Money, and God. Crown. Oct. 2001. c.288p. photogs. ISBN 0-609-60607-7. $24. MUSIC Drug use and supermodel encounters fill much of [...]

Azerrad, Michael. Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991. Little, Brown. Jul. 2001. c.528p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-316-063797. $25.95. MUSIC Music journalist Azerrad [...]

Klosterman, Chuck. Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota. Scribner. May 2001. c.288p. ISBN 0-7432-0227-9. $23. MUSIC Let it be known that Fargo Rock City does [...]

Walker, Clinton. Highway to Hell: The Life & Times of AC/DC Legend Bon Scott. Verse Chorus. Apr. 2001. c.320p. photogs. discog. LC 99-69645. ISBN 1891241-13-3. pap. $22.95. MUSIC First published [...]

Hirshey, Gerri. We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The True Story of Women in Rock. Atlantic Monthly. Apr. 2001. c.288p. bibliog. index. LC 00-056923. ISBN 0-87113-788-7. $25. MUSIC Rolling [...]

Sullivan, Caroline. Bye Bye Baby: My Tragic Love Affair with the Bay City Rollers. Bloomsbury, dist. by St. Martin's. Feb. 2001. 275p. ISBN 0-7475-4703-3. pap. $14.95. MUSIC Sullivan, a noted [...]

Green, Al with Davin Seay. Take Me to the River. HarperEntertainment: HarperCollins. Sept. 2000. c.352p. photogs. ISBN 0-380-97622-6. $25. MUSIC In this autobiographical work, Green hardly deals with his famed [...]

Cope, Julian. Head-On: Memories of the Liverpool Punk-Scene and the Story of the Teardrop Explodes (1976-82)/Repossessed: Shamanic Depressions in Tamworth & London (1983-89). ea. vol: Thorsons: HarperCollins UK, dist. by [...]

Meltzer, Richard. A whore Just Like the Rest: The Music Writings of Richard Meltzer. Da Capo. 2000. 575p. ISBN 0-306-80953-2. pap. $17. MUSIC This book is akin to that best-of [...]

(*) Chusid, Irwin. Songs in the Key of Z: The Curious Universe of Outsider Music. A Capella: Chicago Review, dist. by Independent Pubs. Group. 2000. c.272p. illus. bibliog. discog. ISBN [...]

Furman, Elina. Korn: Life in the Pit. Griffin: St. Martin's. May 2000. c.192p. ISBN 0-312-25396-6. pap. $11.95. MUSIC While many rock biographies capitalize on harrowing tales of backstage chemical dependencies, [...]

Evans, Mark. Dirty Deeds: My Life Inside/ Outside of AC/DC. Bazillion Points, dist. by PGW. Dec. 2011. c.288p, photogs. ISBN 9781935950042. pap. $19.95. MUSIC While former AC/DC bassist Evans provides [...]

Kane, Arthur 'Killer'. I, Doll: Life and Death with the New York Dolls. Chicago Review, dist. by IPG. Aug. 2009. c.256p. photogs. index. ISBN 978-1-55652-941-2. $24.95. MUSIC The release of [...]

Lawrence, Sharon. Jimi Hendrix: The Man, the Magic, the Truth. HarperEntertainment: HarperCollins. 2005. 368p. photogs. index. ISBN 0-06-056299-4. $24.95. MUSIC A veteran journalist and friend of the late Jimi Hendrix, [...]

So What!: The Good, the Mad, and the Ugly. Broadway. Aug. 2004. c.288p. ed. by Steffan Chirazi. ISBN 0-7679-1881-9. $29.95. MUSIC The recently released documentary Metallica: Some Kind of Monster […]

Hunter. Seb. Hell Bent for Leather: Confessions of a Heavy Metal Addict. Fourth Estate: HarperCollins. Aug. 2004. c.288p. illus. ISBN 0-06-072292-4. $26.95. MUSIC Anyone who has read Chuck Klosterman's heavy […]

Griffin: St. Martin's. Nov. 2003. c.320p. ISBN 0-312-30863-9. pap. $14.95. MUSIC Greenwald's take on emo progresses the way one would expect when a senior contributing writer to SPIN magazine treats [...]

Warner. Oct. 2003. c.448p. photogs. ISBN 0-446-53073-5. $27.95. MUSIC Considering recent products like KISS condoms and coffins, it's easy to assume that Behind the Mask is just another forgettable facet [...]

HarperEntertainment: HarperCollins. Apr. 2003. c.400p. photogs. ISBN 0-06-052362-X. $24.95. MUSIC A freelance journalist who has written extensively on technology and music, Christe might as well drop the 'e' from his […]

Spitz, Marc & Brendan Mullen. We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk. Three Rivers: Crown. Nov. 2001. c.304p. photogs. bibliog. LC 2001049137. ISBN 0-609-80774-9. pap. $13. [...]

Billy Ray Cyrus does well with firsts. His first major album, 1992's Some Gave All sold over 20 million copies on the strength of the ubiquitous hit song 'Achy Breaky [...]

Randall Sullivan's Untouchable is a delayed and dutiful response to a brilliant pop star's perceived identity. This hefty book gets to the heart of the most perplexing mysterious surrounding Michael [...]

Sisk, Eileen. Buck Owens: The Biography. Chicago Review, dist. by IPG. Aug. 2010. c.400p. photogs. bibliog. index. discog. ISBN 978-1-55652-768-5. $24.95. MUSIC Buck Owens would hate this book. The country [...]

* Leigh, Mickey & Legs McNeil. I Slept with Joey Ramone: A Family Memoir. Touchstone: S. & S. Dec. 2009. c.416p, photogs. ISBN 978-0-7432-5216-4. $26. MUSIC Don't be fooled by [...]

Wall, Mick. When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin. St. Martin's. Nov. 2009. c.496p. photogs. index. ISBN 978-0-312-59000-0. $27.99. MUSIC In the days before the Internet, this [...]

Lindeen, Laurie. Petal Pusher: A Rock and Roll Cinderella Story. Atria: S. & S. Jun. 2007. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-7432-9232-0. $24. MUSIC Lindeen--married to Paul Westerberg, best known as the lead [...]

Frank, Josh & Caryn Ganz. Fool the World: The Oral History of a Band Called Pixies. Griffin: St. Martin's. Apr. 2006. c.320p. photogs. index. discog. ISBN 0-312-34007-9. pap. $14.95. MUSIC [...]

Jefferson, Margo. On Michael Jackson. Pantheon. Jan. 2006. c.160p. ISBN 0-375-42326-5. $20. MUSIC Jefferson is just like most Americans--she thinks Michael Jackson is a weirdo. But rather than blindly brand [...]

Ro, Ronin. Raising Hell: The Reign, Ruin, and Redemption of Run-D.M.C. and Jam Master Jay. Amistad: HarperCollins. Nov. 2005. c.352p, index. ISBN 0-06-078195-5. $24.95. MUSIC Music journalist Ro (Have Gun [...]

Charles R. Cross entranced readers with his skillful Kurt Cobain biography Heavier Than Heaven (2001), still the definitive book on the late Nirvana frontman. He returns with Room Full of [...]

* Cross, Charles R. Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix. Hyperion. Aug. 2005. c.400p. photogs. ISBN 1-4013-0028-6. $24.95. MUSIC While albums with 'rare' or 'lost' Jimi Hendrix [...]

BERLINGER, JOE with GREG MILNER. Metallica: This Monster Lives. St. Martin's. 2004. c.288p. photogs. ISBN 0-312-33311-0. $24.95. MUSIC This companion to the acclaimed Metallica documentary that Berlinger codirected with Bruce [...]

Lost in the Grooves: Scram's Capricious Guide to the Music You Missed. Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group. Nov. 2004. c.304p. ed. by Kim Cooper & David Smay. ISBN 0-415-96998-0. $19.95. […]

SLICHTER, JACOB. So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star: Free Falling Through the Fame Factory. Broadway. Jun. 2004. c.240p. ISBN 0-7679-1470-8. $21.95. MUSIC Slichter is the drummer of […]

Broadway. Mar. 2004. c.320p. photogs. index. ISBN 0-7679-1536-4. $24.95. MUSIC Rock stars are often stereotyped as drugged-out, oversexed artists, but Yetnikoff's life story shows how some of the guys behind [...]

Villard. Jan. 2004. c.304p. ISBN 14000-6014-1. $23.95. MUSIC While interviewing a New York City musician for an article, Stapinski (Five-Finger Discount) found out about her need for a drummer. This [...]

Bonus. Aug. 2003. c.459p, photogs. 1-56625-197-4. $22.95. MUSIC Home to such renowned rock temples as the Whisky (formerly the Whisky A-Go-Go), the Roxy, and the A-list restaurant the Rainbow Bar [...]

SINCE ITS BIRTH 30 some years ago, heavy metal has been the bastard child of rock'n'roll, ignored, mistreated, and misunderstood by the powers that be. In the publishing world especially, […]

Three Rivers: Crown. Nov. 2002. c.496p. index. ISBN 0-609-80732-3. pap. $14. MUSIC For the new school of metalheads just discovering Guns 'n' Roses and Ozzy Osbourne, freelance journalist Konow has [...]

Temple Univ. (Sound Matters). Oct. 2002. c.280p. ed. by Steve Jones. permanent paper, index. LC 2001050819. ISBN 1-56639-965-3. $59.50; pap. ISBN 1-56639-966-1. $19.95. MUSIC A compilation of essays from scholars [...]

Feral House. Aug. 2002. c.312p. photogs. discog. ISBN 0-922915-70-9. pap. $16.95. MUSIC Since his heroin overdose in 1980, Darby Crash has become a symbol of punk irreverence, but his posthumous [...]