Love & Pain: The epic times and crooked lines of life inside and outside Silverchair by Ben Gillies, Chris Joannou
$44.99 AUD
Category: Music
This is the powerful, untold inside story of Silverchair, Australia's most awarded musical act, told by two of its three members. From their beginnings in Ben Gillies' garage, this trio of high school kids from Newcastle, New South Wales, became famous with their smash-hit single 'Tomorrow', setting th ...Show more
Icons of Rock: In Their Own Words by Jenny Boyd
$36.99 AUD
Category: Music
There have been innumerable 'rock star' biographies and music histories before, but there is no book that presents the deepest, innermost thoughts from some of the industry's most legendary musicians on not only how they create, but what drives their creative process. Have you ever wondered how your ...Show more
Marr's Guitars by Johnny Marr
$90.00 AUD
Category: Music
" The guitarist's guitarist, Johnny Marr redefined music for a generation. His ringing arpeggios and chordal innovations helped elevate The Smiths to be one of the most influential and important British bands of all time. Tracing Marr's career from his teenage years to his recent work on the Bond soundt ...Show more
David Bowie Mixing Memory & Desire: Photographs by Kevin Cummins by Kevin Cummins
$79.99 AUD
Category: Music
"AS ICONIC PHOTOGRAPHER, ADVENTUROUS FAN AND INSIDER EYE-WITNESS, KEVIN CUMMINS HAS ALWAYS BEEN WHERE THE CULTURAL ACTION IS. MIXING MEMORY & DESIRE WILL MAKE YOU SEE DAVID BOWIE IN A SURPRISING AND STIMULATING NEW WAY." -PAUL MORLEY "DAVID BOWIE WAS ON A CREATIVE JOURNEY THROUGH MUSIC, FASHION A ...Show more
Full Coverage: A History of the Australian Rock Press by Samuel J. Fell
$36.99 AUD
Category: Music
For over fifty years, Australia has maintained its own rock press - a vibrant, passionate, sometimes volatile industry of dozens of papers and magazines committed to the coverage of the country' s robust music scene.From the glossy and glamorous to the punk and pernicious, these publications were the me ...Show more
Why Patti Smith Matters by Caryn Rose
$24.99 AUD
Category: Music
Patti Smith arrived in New York City at the end of the Age of Aquarius in search of work and purpose. What she found--what she fostered--was a cultural revolution. Through her poetry, her songs, her unapologetic vocal power, and her very presence as a woman fronting a rock band, she kicked open a door t ...Show more
Themes for Great Cities - A New History of Simple Minds by Graeme Thomson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Music
'Nobody owes us anything, but the Simple Minds story has been too condensed. After Live Aid and 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' there hasn't been quite the credit for those first few records. I think they contain some really special music. I can hear the flaws but there's something about the spirit and im ...Show more
Sons of Beaches by Bill McDonough
$36.99 AUD
Category: Music
Family, fame and tragedy, the story of Australian Crawl's Bill and Guy McDonough. Founded in 1978, Australian Crawl has sold over 2 million records and been awarded some of Australia's highest music accolades, including an induction to the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1996. This is the true story of two brother ...Show more
Watford Forever - How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other by John Preston; Elton John
$55.00 AUD
Category: Music
The story of how one of Britain's biggest stars transformed the fortunes of a struggling football club Britain in the 1970s was beset by unrest and unemployment. Meanwhile, Watford FC were floundering in 92nd place at the bottom of the entire Football League. Enter Elton John, now the most successful r ...Show more
The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison's Legacy Goes on Trial by John Densmore
$34.99 AUD
Category: Music
In The Doors Unhinged, New York Times bestselling author and legendary Doors drummer John Densmore offers a powerful exploration of the 'greed gene' - that part of the human psyche that propels us toward the accumulation of more and more wealth, even at the expense of our principles, friendships, and th ...Show more
How to Make Gravy by Paul Kelly
$24.99 AUD
Category: Music
Paul Kelly is a uniquely gifted storyteller. For thirty years he has written songs of uncommon directness about everything from love and land rights to cricket and cooking. 'Before Too Long', 'To Her Door', 'Leaps And Bounds', 'Don't Start Me Talking', 'Dumb Things', 'From Little Things Big Things Grow' ...Show more
Songs from the Kitchen Table: Lyrics and Stories by Archie Roach, Ruby Hunter
$59.99 AUD
Category: Music
The ultimate illustrated commemoration of iconic Australian musicians, Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter - including lyrics, stories, photographs and tributes. A year after he entered the Dreamtime, Archie Roach's spirit continues to soar, much like the wedge-tailed eagle - his totem animal from his mother' ...Show more