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

The charts are the evening news of the music industry. This title collects the charts that show the rise or demise of each single as it enters the charts, either winning over a large audience or just making music for its own smaller group of fans. It includes the song title, act, record label and total number of weeks on chart for each single.

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.

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

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.

Follows the amazing journey of the Beatles, from early beginnings to the international supergroup. In this book, each fully-illustrated double-page spread covers either a year of their history, one of the band members or an album. It builds to tell the story of the Fab Four in words and pictures.

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.

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.

* 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.

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.

Morrissey is the greatest disturbance popular music has ever known. This book examines the work of this performer, whose intelligence, humour, suffering and awkwardness have fascinated audiences. It traces the trajectory of Morrissey's career - from its beginning in the early 80s to the release of his album, Ringleader of the Tormentors .

* The Specials have announced their reunion tour - beginning on 22nd April 2009 and ending at the Brixton Academy on 7th May * Lays bear the difficult relationship between the band's white grammar school kids and working class rude boys * Neville continues to tour, both here and abroad, with The Neville Staple Band and has built up a large and dedicated following

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

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 ...

Madness came to prominence in the UK in the wake of the Punk/New Wave explosion and must be seen in the context of Britain in the late 70s, musically, socially and politically. Through interviews with the band, this title tells the inside story of how Madness rose to be the most successful singles band of the 1980s in the UK charts.

This fascinating autobiography of the country music legend recounts the highs and lows, the struggles and hard-won triumphs of his remarkable life.

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.

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 .