Music Biographies & Memoirs

Richard Thompson Softcover | 12.9 x 1.8 x 19.8 cm | 290 pp Faber & Faber | 2022 | 9780571376988 The memoir of international music icon Richard Thompson, co-founder of the legendary folk rock group Fairport Convention. Richard Thompson came of age during an extraordinary...

Hardcover | 16.26 x 3.05 x 23.62 cm | 272 pp Hachette | 2022 | 9780306828027 An intimate, coming-of-age memoir by legendary guitarist Kid Congo Powers, detailing his experiences as a young, queer Mexican-American in 1970s Los Angeles through his rise in the glam...

Hardcover | 20.32 x 2.79 x 31.24 cm | 240 pp Thames & Hudson | 2019 | 9780500022009  Supreme Glamour builds a complete picture of the charm and sophistication of The Supremes. With the assistance of her close personal friend Mark Bego, founding member Mary...

Softcover | 11 x 1.1 x 18.5 cm | 150 pp Kicks Books | 2012 | 9780965977760 Rare & Collectible The autobiography of legendary music producer Kim Fowley told in his own poetry and prose. Kim Vincent Fowley (1939-2015) was an American record producer, songwriter...

Chris Frantz Hardcover | 16.38 x 3.38 x 24.23 cm | 384 pp St. Martin's Press | 2020 | 9781250209221 One of the most dynamic groups of the ‘70s and ‘80s, Talking Heads, founded by drummer Chris Frantz, his girlfriend Tina Weymouth, and lead...

Simon Williams Softcover | 12.7 x 1.6 x 19.7 cm | 328 pp Nine Eight Books | 2022 | 9781788707312  As a one-time NME journalist, former Xfm radio presenter, toilet-circuit promoter and the founder of enduring homespun British record label Fierce Panda, Simon Williams...

Greg Graffin Hardcover | 16.13 x 3.81 x 24 cm | 368 pp Hachette | 2022 | 9780306924583 Greg Graffin (b. 1964) is the lead vocalist and songwriter of Bad Religion, recently described as "America's most significant punk band." Since its inception in Los Angeles...

Ray Raghunath Cappo Hardcover | 15.24 x 2.79 x 22.86 cm | 368 pp Insight Editions | 2024 | 9781647228682 Ray Cappo (b.1966) was a hardcore punk singer and pioneer of the straight-edge movement living on the Lower East Side of New York City...

Kris Needs & Alex Patterson Softcover | 15.88 x 2.54 x 23.5 cm | 352 pp Omnibus Press | 2021 | 9781787602335 Always steered by Alex Paterson, The Orb were the mischief-making pioneers of the late 80s acid house revolution. Inventing "ambient house", they took...

Kathleen Hanna Hardcover | 15.9 x 3 x 24 cm | 304 pp William Collins Books | 2024 | 9780008365349 This is an electric, searing memoir by the original Riot Grrrl and legendary front-woman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre. Kathleen Hanna’s rallying cry to...

Hardcover | 16.3 x 3 x 24.4 cm | 336 pp Nine Eight Books | 2023 | 9781788709446 charts the life and career of Sex Pistols legend Glen Matlock through the lens of his most formative songs - from the ones that influenced him...