Legendary musician Peter Hook tells the whole story - the fun, the music, the vast loss of money, the legacy - of Manchester's most iconic nightclub

Hot new boy band JLS welcome you to their world

* A fascinating, informative and very funny guide to rock and roll from one of our finest music journalists and writers

Twenty-eight years after its original release, The Clash's London Calling was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame as a 'recording of lasting qualitative or historical significance'. It has topped polls for the best album of the seventies. It regularly makes the top five in Best of British album polls.

This biography of Michael Jackson includes the behind-the-scenes story to many of the landmarks in his life - his legal and commercial battles, his marriages, his passions and addictions and his children.

When Paul McCartney told the world in 1970 that he had no plans to work with the Beatles again, it was widely viewed as a cultural tragedy by the media and public alike. This title tells the dramatic story of the personal and business rivalry that has dominated the Beatles' lives since 1969.

Captures the anarchic energy of Manchester pop moment. This book describes the highs, the lows and the transcendent pop moments of Manchester's most famous sons.

What is a wiseman? What is a prophet? Someone with a strange, unflappable demeanor. Someone who speaks in cryptic koans, words whose meanings take years to unravel. Someone who has confronted death, God, sin, and the immortal soul. Someone unfit for this world, but too brilliant to depart it. Someone - in short - like Keith Richards. Here, at last, the wisdom of this indefatigable man is ...

Steven Patrick Morrissey is one of the most original and controversial voices in the history of popular music. With The Smiths, he led the most influential British guitar group of the 1980s, his enigmatic wit and style defining a generation. This title provides a biographical portrait of this man and his music.

An hilarious & touching coming-of-age from one of Britain's leading music broadcasters, this is the story of a boy's obsessive relationship with pop. A life lived through music, from Stuart's audience with the Beatles (aged 3) to living - and leaving - the sex, drugs (chiefly lager in a plastic glass) and rock and roll lifestyle.

* The frank, shocking and inspiring autobiography of Anthony Kiedis, lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers - 'the world's biggest band' (MOJO) * 'Book of the Year' N.M.E.

One of popular music's most celebrated poet/singer/songwriters, Bob Dylan is a legend, a maverick and a superstar who has rarely given away much about his personal life. A truly unique collectable book about the man, this features the full sheet music of his most important songs plus the intimate stories behind them - all accompanied by 100 rare photographs. Many of the songs have been chosen by .

From Johnny Cash's childhood on an Arkansas cotton farm to his early years at Sun Records, this autobiography covers his life on the road and performances for world leaders. There is also the dark side of his life: amphetamines and pain killers, a suicide attempt and a spiritual awakening.

By any standards, the Kings of Leon are unique. Three brothers and their first cousin, all surnamed Followill, the quartet from a God-fearing Tennessee background has conquered the music world on their own terms in a manner reminiscent of The Foo Fighters. They have audaciously mixed elements of classic rock with grunge, garage and a very contemporary attitude. The result is music that has found .

BBC Radio2 DJ Mark Radcliffe looks back on some of the best and worst days of his life in this love letter to music.

This is the personal insight into the life of the notorious mogul and Pop Idol judge, Simon Cowell. From his early days and his increasing fascination to the world of music to the backstage gossip on the latest series of Pop Idol, it's all here.

Contains interviews with the band themselves. This book charts the band's ascension and includes interviews with the numerous associates over their entire career, and also includes the author's eyewitness accounts at various stages along the way.

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Part rock trivia contest, part encyclopedia of excess, this title features over 150 lists that chronicle rock and roll's enduring genre.

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