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"Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go-Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it's the rock and roll she loves most. By the time she's twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things. Another band getting noticed is The Six, led by the brooding Billy Dunne....
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"Soho, London, 1967. Folk-rock-psychedelic quartet Utopia Avenue is formed. Guitarist Jasper de Zoet, a shy, half-Dutch public-school musical prodigy, was hearing voices long before he dropped acid. Keyboardist Elf Holloway must defy the prejudices of her bank manager father, her housewife mother, and her age to forge her own career. Bassist Dean Moss cannot, will not, spend his life on the factory floor like everyone else in Gravesend. Band manager...
6) Scorch
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Steel brothers saga volume 24
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Waterhouse Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"She’s chasing a new passion… He’s digging up old secrets… After nearly losing her father to a heart attack, Rory Pike realizes life is fragile. So once her dad is on the mend, she jumps at the chance to live out her dreams. She joins her brother’s rock band on a mini tour, and while fronting them may not be her passion, at least she’ll be singing, and it’ll help keep her from worrying about her boyfriend’s mysterious investigations...
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Diversion Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"From iconic rock journalist Mick Wall comes the definitive account of America���s best-selling band of all time���who have sold more records than Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones combined���exploring the hedonistic days of the ���70s music scene in LA, their ruthless, meteoric rise to fame, and the dark truths beneath their musical fa��ade of peaceful, easy feelings. "Surely make you lose your mind���" So the...
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Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Lesley-Ann Jones writes, the Rolling Stones are "still roaming the globe like rusty tanks without a war to go to. Jumping, jacking, flashing, posturing, these septuagenarian caricatures with faces that might have been microwaved but coming on like eternal thirty-year-olds.” On 12th July 1962, the Rollin’ Stones performed their first-ever gig at London’s Marquee jazz club. Down the line, a ‘g’ was added, a spark was lit and their destiny...
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Exile (Kevin Emerson) volume 2
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Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"In the second book of the Exile series, Kevin Emerson continues the electrifying journey of Summer and Caleb with more romance, mystery, and music"-- Provided by publisher.
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Backbeat Books
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c2011
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English
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Digs deep into quirks, obscure anecdotes, and burning questions surrounding the Sabs. In a fast-moving, topical format, this book covers a tremendous amount of information, delectable to any Sabbath fan, but hard to find in a traditional biography.
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Tom Doherty Associates
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[1990]
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When Dave Kendall realizes that his rock band is under the control of hanger-on "Master" Jefferies, he figures he's just been partying too hard. But Diana Tregarde and charming vampire Andre Le Brel have been tracking Jeffries for some time. Now the witch and the vampire face Jeffries and his evil minions in a battle for the soul of rock-and-roll.
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Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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The documentary tracks the unlikely musical career of one of the longest-running and most prolific of the first-wave British punk bands, charting their progression from socialist art students with no musical skills through their reinvention as the rabble-rousing progeny of Hank Williams. Featuring performances by the band as well as interviews with celebrity fans including Jonathan Franzen, Fred Armisen, Will Oldham, and Mary Harron.
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Backbeat Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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In this insightful text, rock writer and cultural critic George Case details one of the biggest and most mythologized rock 'n' roll groups of all time. Here, finally, are the answers to the puzzles that have haunted fans for decades. This fast-moving read delves deep, featuring topics such as the meaning of Led Zeppelin's enigmatic album covers; the truth about leader Jimmy Page's involvement with the occult; a breakdown of the sometimes murky roots...
16) Exile
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Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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As band manager for the up-and-coming DangerHeart, seventeen-year-old Summer Carlson navigates a relationship with the lead singer and decides whether to act on information that could rocket the band to stardom.
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Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020
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English
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A confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robertson's young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band. The film is a moving story of Robertson's personal journey, overcoming adversity and finding camaraderie alongside the four other men who would become his brothers in music, together making their mark on music history.
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Eagle Rock Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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"[T]ells the story of the Rolling Stones' unparalleled journey from blues-obsessed teenagers in the early sixties to their undisputed status as rock royalty. All of the Rolling Stones have been newly interviewed and their words form the narrative arc that links together the archive footage of performances, news coverage and interviews, much of it previously unseen ... [and] gives the viewer an intimate insight into exactly what it's like to be part...
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Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"As the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame says: "Before the world heard of KISS, the New York Dolls, Marilyn Manson or Ozzy Osbourne, there was Alice Cooper, the original shock-rock band." When Alice Cooper became the stuff of legend in the early '70s, their shows were monuments of fun and invention. Riding on a string of hits like "I'm 18" and "School's Out," they became America's highest-grossing act, producing four platinum albums and hitting number one...
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