Favourite Rock books.

[Roy Batty]

quite like this one

Petrology: Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic
by Harvey Blatt, Brent E. Owens, Brent Edward Owens, Robert J. Tracy

[unbroken69]

quite like this one

Petrology: Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic
by Harvey Blatt, Brent E. Owens, Brent Edward Owens, Robert J. Tracy

I was wondering who would be the first. Well done Roy. Time to die.

[TWO SUNSPOTS]

Man Enough To Be A Woman - Jayne County.

A superb read, sometimes funny and sometimes sad but always compelling.

[wadey]

Velvet Underground: Up Tight

Ian Dury Song by Song: Jim Drury

[unbroken69]

Velvet Underground: Up Tight

Ian Dury Song by Song: Jim Drury

Uptight isn´t bad, but if you want a deeper and more substantial view of Velvet Underground try this one : The Velvet Underground (Icons of Pop Music) by Richard Witts. A warts and all account of the main players and how they where prepared to shaft one another. It´s quite sympathetic to John Cale.

[theraven1979]

45 by Bill Drummond is worth a look


Jim

[zontar]

Agree on UP TIGHT. The interview material is skilfully collated enough that you quickly stop checking to see who was attributed to each quote.

One of the collaborators, Warhol associate Victor Bockris, also aided John Cale in his autobio WHAT'S WELSH FOR ZEN? Cale can often be a self-pitying moper, but the oversized book features striking graphics, and Cale gleefully shovels the dirt on Lou Reed.

[mantheylovetohate]

Chalkhills & Children (XTC)
Everything (MSP)
TMTLTH (Stranglers)
Song by song (HC)
Drink with Shane Macgowan
Light at the end of the tunnel (Damned)
Beat Surrender (Jam)
No blacks, no irish or whatever (Rotten)
Praying to the aliens (Numan)
A bit of a blur (Alex James-Blur)

Hopefully at some stage books by Al Hillier & Garry Coward Williams too

[unbroken69]

45 by Bill Drummond is worth a look


Jim

I have it sitting in my Mum´s, forgot to bring it with me last time I was home, so looking forward to reading it.

[theraven1979]

It's pretty cool - on his 45th birthday he decided to look back on his life. Quite amusing in parts. Also, "The Manual: How to have a number 1" is interesting in the recording process.

Jim

45 by Bill Drummond is worth a look


Jim

I have it sitting in my Mum´s, forgot to bring it with me last time I was home, so looking forward to reading it.

[Alias]

It's pretty cool - on his 45th birthday he decided to look back on his life. Quite amusing in parts. Also, "The Manual: How to have a number 1" is interesting in the recording process.

Jim

45 by Bill Drummond is worth a look


Jim

I have it sitting in my Mum´s, forgot to bring it with me last time I was home, so looking forward to reading it.

Kinda struggling with 17 at the mo, put it down about 2 months ago and havn't picked it up yet.

[C r a s s !]

I'm not an avid reader, especially these days due to lack of time, but I remeber Tony Moon's Down by the Jetty was a great read although it's the pages are huge and the spine thin. Fascinating Dr. Feelgood document all the same.

The Ian Dury one and Ska-d Out by Horace Panter were good too. The one on Crass didn't teach me a thing I hadn't already known although that's no fault of the author I know Penny Rimbaud who lives in the next village to me and was party to all the stories that ended up in this chumky book. Crass fans all love it but even they get miffed seeing typos on every page, none more so than me! Money saved on proofing? Editing too as facts are unnecessarily repeative chapter to chapter. And I really enjoyed Barry Cain's 77 Sulphate and I just wish he'd follow it up soon. Guess that was my fave.