A Light That Never Goes Out
The Enduring Saga of the Smiths
Written by Tony Fletcher

Format: eBook, 704 pages
On Sale: December 4, 2012
Price: $14.99

The definitive book about The Smiths, one of the most beloved, respected, and storied indie rock bands in music history.

They were, their fans believe, the best band in the world. Hailing from Manchester, England, The Smiths--Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke, and Mike Joyce--were critical and popular favorites throughout their mid-1980s heyday... Read more >

The Mastery of Music
Ten Pathways to True Artistry
Written by Barry Green

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2005
Price: $15.95

The Inner Game of Music, the breakout hit that became a standard primer in the music world, has taught thousands of musicians—professionals and amateurs alike—how to overcome self-consciousness and stage fright and to recapture a youthful, almost effortless capacity to learn. Now, in his follow-up book, The Mastery of Music, Barry... Read more >

Kiss and Make-Up

Written by Gene Simmons

Format: eBook
On Sale: December 11, 2001
Price: $11.99

You wanted the truth, you got the truth—the hottest book in the world!

Fueled by an explosive mix of makeup, costumes, and attitude, KISS burst onto the music scene thirty years ago and has become a rock institution. The band has sold more than eighty million records, has broken every concert attendance... Read more >

Hit Men
Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business
Written by Fredric Dannen

Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: July 2, 1991
Price: $16.95

Hit Men is the shocking, highly controversial expose of the venality, greed, and corruption of many of the assorted kingpins and hustlers who rule over the music industry. "A sobering, blunt, and unusually well-observed depiction of the sometimes sordid inner workings of the music business."--Billboard. 4 pages of photographs. Read more >

The Music Business
Career Opportunities and Self-Defense
Written by Dick Weissman

Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: May 27, 2003
Price: $17.00

The Must-Have Guide for Breaking
into the Music Business

Completely revised and updated for the twenty-first century, The Music Business provides essential career advice and information on how to get started and advance in all areas of the music industry—from an author who’s had careers in music as an artist and professor... Read more >

So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star
How I Machine-Gunned a Roomful Of Record Executives and Other True Tales from a Drummer's Life
Written by Jacob Slichter

Format: eBook
On Sale: June 29, 2004
Price: $11.99

A hilarious inside look at the real business of popular music by the drummer of Semisonic that does for rock and roll what Jim Bouton's Ball Four did for baseball.

After years of working day jobs and making music in his basement, Jacob Slichter wondered if his dreams of rock stardom were... Read more >

Masters of Movement
Portraits of America's Great Choreographers
Written by Rose Eichenbaum
Foreword by Clive Barnes

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2007
Price: $27.95

Where does the impulse to create originate? How does one cope with the highs and lows of the artist's life? What is the choreographer's responsibility to the dancers, the audience, the self? These are just a few of the probing questions that Rose Eichenbaum, a dancer turned photographer, asks 59 of... Read more >

Come As You Are
The Story of Nirvana
Written by Michael Azerrad

Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2013
Price: $12.99

Nirvana came out of nowhere in 1991 to sell  nearly five million copies of their landmark album  Nevermind, whose thunderous sound  and indelible melodies embodied all the confusion,  frustration, and passion of the emerging  Generation X. Come As You Are is the  close-up, intimate story of Nirvana -- the  only book with exclusive in-depth  interviews with bandmembers Kurt Cobain... Read more >

Shakey: Neil Young's Biography

Written by Jimmy McDonough

Format: Trade Paperback, 816 pages
On Sale: May 13, 2003
Price: $19.95

Neil Young is one of rock and roll’s most important and enigmatic figures, a legend from the sixties who is still hugely influential today. He has never granted a writer access to his inner life – until now. Based on six years of interviews with more than three hundred of Young’s... Read more >

Everybody Loves Our Town
An Oral History of Grunge
Written by Mark Yarm

Format: eBook, 592 pages
On Sale: September 6, 2011
Price: $11.99

Twenty years after the release of Nirvana’s landmark album Nevermind comes Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge, the definitive word on the grunge era, straight from the mouths of those at the center of it all.
 
In 1986, fledgling Seattle label C/Z Records released Deep Six, a compilation featuring a...

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