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Should I Stay or Should I Go? And 87 Other Serious Answers to Questions in Songs by James Ball

$19.99 NZD

Category: Music

What is love? How soon is now? Is there life on Mars?How do you solve a problem like Maria? They're some of the most famous questions ever asked. But do you know the answer to them? In Should I Stay or Should I Go?, award-winning journalist James Ball travels from the economic status of doggies in windo ws, to what war is good for and what becomes of the broken hearted to find out the definitive, fascinating and hilarious answers.In doing so he uncovers what we have always known - pop music is the key to life itself. ...Show more

Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, etc. by Jeff Tweedy

$39.99 NZD

Category: Music

Through his pioneering work in the legendary country-punk band, Uncle Tupelo, to his enduring legacy as the creative force behind the unclassifiable sound of Wilco, Jeff Tweedy has weaved his way between the underground and the mainstream - and back again. Funny, disarming, and deeply honest, his memoir casts light on his unique creative process and the stories that shaped his life and career, from a childhood spent in Illinois to the release of No Depression in the early 90s - which set the blueprint for alt-country - and later working with Mavis Staples and, posthumously, Woody Guthrie. ...Show more

Drum Course For Beginners

$14.99 NZD

Category: Music

Backstage Passes by Joanna Mathers

$39.99 NZD

Category: Music

New Zealand music was made on beer-stained stages, in grimy toilets and smoky back rooms. Backstage Passes charts the stories of the countries most celebrated live music venues. Hookers, heroin, cocaine, killings, sex in alleyways, punch-ups on dance floors - live music was the nexus around wh ich a cultural history happened. Backstage Passes has the inside story on what it was like to be part of a vibrant scene when New Zealand was a rural backwater. First-hand accounts from muscicians, fans and bar owners bring each chapter to life. The beating heart of the book is the music and the spaces within which the music was played. Rock, pop, reggae, punk and hip-hop, every genre has its heroes and villians, it's successes and casualties. Backstage Passes is a tribute to all the characters whom sizzled up the stage, worked the doors, poured the beers and danced to the beat. ...Show more

Australia Rocks: Remembering the Music of the 1950s to 1990 by Lucy Desoto

$49.99 NZD

Category: Music

Australian rock music has a rich history of performers and bands that have created not just the soundtrack for Australian lives but have also shaped the international music scene. In the early days of the 1950s and '60s, Australian rock saw performers like Johnny O'Keefe and The Easybeats. The 1970s saw Cold Chisel and AC/DC, among others, performing to packed halls locally. AC/DC turned this into international success, blasting through three decades of touring and performing. However, it was only in the 1980s and 1990s that Australian rock truly made its mark on the international stage with iconic bands such as Men at Work, Midnight Oil and INXS. Australia Rocks brings the bands and the times to life through unique photographs and evocative text. Written by a rock musician, it also goes beyond the 'big names' to highlight the many independent, often lesser-known performers who played such an integral part in shaping the industry, and shines a light on how rock music was not only influenced by global events (the Vietnam War, for example) but also formed part of enormous cultural shifts (the Swinging Sixties, the protest movement, etc.). From the demure dance halls of the 1950s to the smoke-filled pubs of the 1970s and the packed concerts of the 1990s and beyond, Australia Rocks will have music lovers dusting off their vinyl collection and remembering the good times. ...Show more

When Ziggy Played Guitar - David Bowie, the Man Who Changed the World by Dylan Jones

$30.00 NZD

Category: Music

On 6 July 1972, David Bowie, with a flame-orange cockade quiff, lavishly applied make-up, wearing a multi-coloured jumpsuit that looked as though it were made from fluorescent fish skin, and carrying a brand spanking new blue acoustic guitar, made his third appearance on Top of the Pops. It was this per formance that properly resonated with Bowie's audience, and caused a seismic shift in the zeitgeist, embedding the Ziggy Stardust persona into the nation's consciousness. In When Ziggy Played Guitar, Dylan Jones looks back at one of the most influential moments in pop history, and the birth of an icon. ...Show more

30-Second Rock Music - The 50 Key Styles, Artists and Happenings Each Explained in Half a Minute by Mike Evans

$32.99 NZD

Category: Music | Series: 30 Second Ser.

30-Second Rock Music starts with 1950s rock'n'roll (and its roots) and explores blues and folk, progressive and heavy metal, punk, indie and alt rock, profiling extraordinary bands and musicians along the way. Featuring groups as diverse as Wilco, The Killers, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie W onder and The White Stripes, this book promises rock fans the world tour of a lifetime, from Detroit to Tokyo and everywhere in between.   ...Show more

The Chain - 50 Years of Fleetwood Mac by Pete Chrisp

$65.00 NZD

Category: Music

Lavishly illustrated story of 50 years of Fleetwood Mac by respected music journalist.Fifty years later, as they prepare for their gigantic farewell world tour throughout 2018, they remain one of the biggest bands of all time - a position they have held since 1977 when, with the help of John's wife, Chr istine McVie, and two virtually unknown American musicians called Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, they released an LP titled Rumours that went on to become the world's best-selling album. That, in itself, is a remarkable story. Now consider the highs and lows, the successes and failures, the personal turmoil, tragedy and heartbreak through which this band has journeyed over the last 50 years ... and the story of Fleetwood Mac becomes one of pure drama. The greatest ever rock 'n' roll soap opera ...Show more

The Clash - All the Albums, All the Songs by Martin Popoff

$45.00 NZD

Category: Music

Formed in London in 1976 by Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, and Paul Simonon at the outset of that city's punk rock boom, The Clash went on to outlast their peers and create some of the most influential albums in rock 'n' roll--not just punk--even breaching the mainstream in 1982 and earning the title "The On ly Band That Matters" along the way. In their eight-year career, The Clash offered six CBS Records studio releases, including one double and one triple LP, and increasingly melded influences ranging from rockabilly to ska, reggae, and even hip-hop into their sound. Veteran music journalist Martin Popoff dissects each of the 103 tracks, including the circumstances that led to their creation, the recording processes, the historical contexts, and more. In addition, an introductory essay sets the scene for each album, while sidebar features explore influences on the band, album art, non-LP singles, the band's staunch political stance, and song details, such as running time, instruments played, engineers, and studios. ...Show more

Miles and Me: Miles Davis the Man, the Musician, and Friendship by Quincy Troupe

$30.00 NZD

Category: Music

Poet, activist, and journalist Troupe's candid account of his friendship with Miles Davis--a revealing portrait of a great musician and an engrossing chronicle of the author's own artistic and personal growth.back.

Music from Big Pink 33 1/3 by John Niven

$21.99 NZD

Category: Music | Series: 33 1/3

"Music From Big Pink" is a factional novella: a place where fictional characters rub shoulders with real people, and where actual documented events thread their way through the text alongside imagined scenarios. Through the eyes of twenty-three-year-old Greg Keltner, drug dealer, wannabe musician, and h anger-on, we witness the gestation and birth of an album that will go on to cast its spell across forty years. John Niven brings these characters to life with remarkable skill, and the result is an exhilarating, vivid, and powerfully moving book about the highs - and lows - of creating musical history. ...Show more

Pink Floyd - Album by Album by Martin Popoff

$45.00 NZD

Category: Music | Series: Album by Album Ser.

With more than a quarter billion albums sold, Pink Floyd stands among the all-time giants of rock. This beautifully produced look back at Pink Floyd's fifteen studio releases features entertaining, in-depth panel discussions with rock journalists and musicians moderated by author Martin Popoff. The resu lting insights, opinions, and anecdotes explore everything from the band's mostly Syd Barrett-penned debut to breakthrough iconic releases such as The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall, the songwriting tandem Roger Waters and David Gilmour, interband conflicts, and more. Illustrated throughout with performance and candid offstage photography as well as rare memorabilia, Pink Floyd: Album by Album is a multifaceted celebration of a beloved band. Book jacket. ...Show more