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An Economist Best Book of 2007, Jonathan Carr''s The Wagner Clan was roundly acclaimed upon its publication in hardcover. Hailed as "fiendishly enjoyable" by Salon.com and "masterly" and "enthralling" by The Daily Telegraph, it proves that the history of Europe and that of the Wagners are inextricably intertwined. Carr presents not only Richard Wagner himself--composer, philosopher, philanderer, failed revolutionary, and virulent anti-Semite--but also a colorful cast of historical figures who feature in Wagner''s story: Franz Liszt (whose illegitimate daughter Cosima married Wagner); the "mad King" Ludwig II, who saved Wagner from penury by becoming his sponsor; Friedrich Nietzsche; Arthur Schopenhauer; Richard Strauss; Gustav Mahler; Arturo Toscanini; Joseph Goebbels; Hermann Goring; and the "Wolf" himself, Adolf Hitler, a passionate fan of the Master''s music and an adopted uncle to Wagner''s grandchildren. Wagner''s British-born daughter-in-law, Winifred, was a close friend of Hitler''s and seemed momentarily positioned to marry him after the death of her husband. All through the war the Bayreuth Festival, begun by the Master himself, was supported by Hitler, who had to fill the audience with fighting men and SS officers. After the war''s devastation, the festival was dark for a decade until Wagner''s offspring--with characteristic ambition and cunning--revived it. With the sweeping scope of a Wagnerian opera, The Wagner Clan is a riveting chronicle of the ascent, decline, and rehabilitation of the German nation and its most infamous family.

"Thirty Three and a Third" is a new series of short books about critically acclaimed and much-loved albums of the last 40 years. The authors provide fresh, original perspectives often through their access to and relationships with the key figures involved in the recording of these albums. By turns obsessive, passionate, creative, and informed, the books in this series demonstrate many different ways of writing about music. What binds the series together, and what brings it to life, is that all of the authors musicians, broadcasters, scholars, and writers are huge fans of the album they have chosen.

Rock singer Melissa Etheridge has been the poster child for celebrity lesbians since she came out in the early 1990s; that her sexual orientation had been an open secret for some time, and that her songs carry a rock-solid, almost traditional Midwestern vibe, enabled her to avoid most of the opprobrium usually dished out to well-known homosexuals. Her career has included Grammy awards, a performance at a gay inaugural ball for President Clinton, and outspoken advocacy for gay rights. From its opening pages, where she reveals the childhood physical and sexual abuse she received from her older sister, THE TRUTH IS... is a sometimes harrowing but always honest account of a life fraught with both difficulty and triumph. Etheridge writes frankly, humorously, and viscerally about her growing awareness of her lesbianism, about how her sexuality informs her songwriting, and about her long relationship with Julie Cypher, with whom she had two children (with sperm donated by none other than singer-songwriter David Crosby), and from whom she separated in 2000. By turns philosophical and realistic, THE TRUTH IS... is a candid recounting of the life of this pioneering singer and personality.

My Chemical Romance are the most significant band in alternative rock for the last decade, selling 5 million albums and selling out arenas worldwide until their split after twelve years together. Author Tom Bryant has been given unparalleled access to the band over the course of their extraordinary career and has a unique archive of interviews with Gerard Way and his brother Mikey, Ray Toro and Frank Iero, as well as their friends and those closest to them, allowing him to go behind the scenes and bring their stories to life. In this unauthorised biography he takes us from their New Jersey beginnings to international superstardom, from the demons they have battled to the power of their lyrics and their extraordinary connection with their fans. This is a definitive account of the most adored rock band this century, a story of self-belief and the pursuit of dreams.

'Sounding like one instrument, a wild whirling bagpipe, the Stones chugged to a halt. But the crowd didn't stop, we could see Hells Angels spinning like madmen, swinging at people. By stage right a tall white boy with a black cloud of electric hair was dancing, shaking, infuriating the Angels by having too good a time.' The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones is not just the greatest book about the greatest rock 'n' roll band, it is one of the most important books about the 1960s capturing its zeitgeist - that uneasy mix of excess, violence and idealism - in a way no other book does. Stanley Booth was with the Rolling Stones on their 1969 U.S. tour, which culminated in the notorious free concert at Altamont. But this book is much more than a brilliant piece of journalism. It gives a history of the Rolling Stones from their early rhythm 'n' blues days in west London clubs to the end of the 1960s; and it interweaves with mastery the two tragic stories of the decline and death of Brian Jones and the terrifying Altamont concert itself, where the Hells Angels, supposedly providing security, ran amok and murdered a member of the audience. Although it took nearly fifteen years to write, the book that emerged has been rightly acclaimed as 'the one authentic masterpiece of rock 'n' writing'.

From the Beatles to Elton John and the Rolling Stones,Tony King has been a confidante and creative muse forsome of the world's greatest artists. Now, for the firsttime, he tells his story.

So, I''ve written a book.Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ("It''s a piece of cake! Just do 4 hours of interviews, find someone else to write it, put your face on the cover, and voila!") I have decided to write these stories just as I have always done, in my own hand. The joy that I have felt from chronicling these tales is not unlike listening back to a song that I''ve recorded and can''t wait to share with the world, or reading a primitive journal entry from a stained notebook, or even hearing my voice bounce between the Kiss posters on my wall as a child.This certainly doesn''t mean that I''m quitting my day job, but it does give me a place to shed a little light on what it''s like to be a kid from Springfield, Virginia, walking through life while living out the crazy dreams I had as young musician. From hitting the road with Scream at 18 years old, to my time in Nirvana and the Foo Fighters, jamming with Iggy Pop or playing at the Academy Awards or dancing with AC/DC and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, drumming for Tom Petty or meeting Sir Paul McCartney at Royal Albert Hall, bedtime stories with Joan Jett or a chance meeting with Little Richard, to flying halfway around the world for one epic night with my daughtersthe list goes on.I look forward to focusing the lens through which I see these memories a little sharper for you with much excitement.

El relato más íntimo y personal del líder de la exitosa banda Foo Fighters, ahora en tapa blanda.Por suerte, mi memoria se ha mantenido relativamente intacta. Desde pequeño, siempre he medido mi vida en avances musicales, y no en meses o años. Para recordar un momento y un lugar en concreto, mi mente vuela a canciones, albumes y bandas. Desde las emisoras AM de los setenta hasta cada uno de los microfonos que he usado, te puedo ir diciendo el que, el quien, el donde y el cuando desde las primeras notas de cualquier cancion que haya saltado de un altavoz a mi alma. O de mi alma al altavoz. Para algunas personas, el detonante de un recuerdo es un sabor, para otras puede ser un olor o algo que vean. Mi detonante es el sonido, como un recopilatorio inacabado a la espera de ser enviado. Aunque nunca he sido de los que coleccionan cosas, si colecciono momentos. En ese sentido, mi vida pasa ante mis ojos y a traves de mis oidos todos los dias. En este libro he tratado de reflejar algunos de esos momentos lo mejor que he podido. Por supuesto, esos recuerdos estan llenos de musica. Y a veces pueden ser ruidosos. Sube el volumen. Escucha conmigo. En The Storyteller, una coleccion de momentos de todas las epocas de su vida, Dave Grohl nos ofrece algo extraordinario: un retrato crudo y sincero de una vida excepcional hecha a base de momentos normales y corrientes. Cuando nos habla del amor visceral por la musica y sus compañeros, de su profunda conexion con su ciudad natal, Springfield (Virginia), y del asombro con el que ve crecer a sus hijas, Dave Grohl nos cuenta sus recuerdos del mismo modo en que escribe sus canciones, desde lo mas hondo de su alma. Repleto de reflexiones sobre sus giras con los Scream, su entrada en Nirvana y el desmoronamiento del grupo, la creacion de los Foo Fighters cuando se encontraba en un momento decisivo de su vida y como ahora recorre el mundo como un padre de familia, The Storyteller son unas memorias llenas de vida y humor en las que Dave nos transmite su lucida vision de la fama. Ahora que ya sabemos que Dave Grohl es uno de nuestros musicos mas valiosos, The Storyteller nos los presenta como un escritor rebosante de encanto y talento.

Los relatos más íntimos y anecdóticos del líder de la exitosa banda Foo Fighters.Por suerte, mi memoria se ha mantenido relativamente intacta. Desde pequeño, siempre he medido mi vida en avances musicales, y no en meses o años. Para recordar un momento y un lugar en concreto, mi mente vuela a canciones, albumes y bandas. Desde las emisoras AM de los setenta hasta cada uno de los microfonos que he usado, te puedo ir diciendo el que, el quien, el donde y el cuando desde las primeras notas de cualquier cancion que haya saltado de un altavoz a mi alma. O de mi alma al altavoz. Para algunas personas, el detonante de un recuerdo es un sabor, para otras puede ser un olor o algo que vean. Mi detonante es el sonido, como un recopilatorio inacabado a la espera de ser enviado.Aunque nunca he sido de los que coleccionan cosas, si colecciono momentos. En ese sentido, mi vida pasa ante mis ojos y a traves de mis oidos todos los dias. En este libro he tratado de reflejar algunos de esos momentos lo mejor que he podido. Por supuesto, esos recuerdos estan llenos de musica. Y a veces pueden ser ruidosos.Sube el volumen. Escucha conmigo.EnThe Storyteller, una coleccion de momentos de todas las epocas de su vida, Dave Grohl nos ofrece algo extraordinario: un retrato crudo y sincero de una vida excepcional hecha a base de momentos normales y corrientes. Cuando nos habla del amor visceral por la musica y sus compañeros, de su profunda conexion con su ciudad natal, Springfield (Virginia), y del asombro con el que ve crecer a sus hijas, Dave Grohl nos cuenta sus recuerdos del mismo modo en que escribe sus canciones, desde lo mas hondo de su alma. Repleto de reflexiones sobre sus giras con losScream, su entrada en Nirvana y el desmoronamiento del grupo, la creacion de los Foo Fighters cuando se encontraba en un momento decisivo de su vida y como ahora recorre el mundo como un padre de familia,The Storyteller son unas memorias llenas de vida y humor en las que Dave nos transmite su lucida vision de la fama.Ahora que ya sabemos que Dave Grohl es uno de nuestros musicos mas valiosos,The Storyteller nos los presenta como un escritor rebosante de encanto y talento.

Este libro revela cómo Taylor convirtió sueños en canciones, pistas en estrategias y cada álbum en una declaración. Desde los easter eggs que anticiparon su futuro hasta el plan que la llevó a recuperar sus masters, pasando por las regrabaciones, el fenomeno global del Eras Tour y el nacimiento de The Life of the Showgirl, su era mas spicy, feliz y enamorada.Porque si eres swiftie, sabes que nada ocurre por casualidad

Siendo aquí lo más parecido al hard-rock anglosajón que vivía suépoca más gloriosa a lomos de bandas legendarias como Led Zeppelin,Deep Purple o Black Sabbath, los sevillanos escalaron hastabien arriba a base de tenacidad y ayudados solo por su propio esfuerzo.Aunque, por desgracia, el infortunio les persiguio de forma inmisericordeno pudiendo eludir la acelerada caida que los condujohasta el olvido. Este libro cuenta por primera vez la historia del cuarteto,con todas sus luces y todas sus sombras. Desde sus inicios afinales de los sesenta como Los Tormentos, pasando por su consolidacioncomo The Storm entre 1970 y 1976, cuando se disolvieronpor primera vez por culpa de la malditamiliy mas tarde, denominadosStorm, a secas, entre 1978 y 1981, viviendo una efimera reaparicion.En 2014, sorprendiendo a propios y extraños, unos Stormen plena forma volvieron a grabar editando Trilogia, el album quese sumaria a sus ya clasicos The Storm (1974) y El dia de la tormenta(1980) y a los que pronto añadirian un cuarto, Cyber Dream (2019) ysu primer directo, Storm Live50 años de tormenta.

In 2002 the Stones celebrate their 40th anniversary. Their story - the band's rise, the Marianne Faithfull, Brian Jones and Altamont scandals, the groundbreaking hits - is the stuff of twentieth century legend, and core to popular culture. But as always, Norman's skills as a researcher and biographer bring a whole new dimension to such a story. Written with a personal knowledge and the trust of the participants, this fully updated version includes the Jerry Hall/Mick Jagger split and the stones' lives as tax exiles. "The Stones are lucky to have found a biographer of Philip Norman's class" - Pete Townshend. "An elegiac book, a record of evanescence as much as of durability, and it reminds us of an epoch that threw up lions with no more energy than it threw out losers" - "The Times".