Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups

For many fans, David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust era remains the most extraordinarily creative period in his career. As a member of Bowie's legendary ba...

Discover the remarkably honest and captivating story of one of the world's greatest ever singing talents, Sir Tom Jones 'Brilliantly told' SUNDAY T...

The inside story of The Cure'Beautifully realised' Irish TimesComing of age in Thatcher's Britain in the late 70s and early 80s was really tough, e...

A GUARDIAN AND INDEPENDENT BEST MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR At last an expert classicist gets to grips wi...

Robert Plant is one of the few genuine living rock legends. Frontman of Led Zeppelin, musical innovator and seller of millions of records...

A breathtaking, never-before-seen glimpse into life on tour with David Bowie, by the late singer''s official tour photographerIn 1983 David Bowie s...

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES, GRAMMY-NOMINATED BESTSELLERA SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, ROLLING STONE, AND ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR A panoramic ...

A thoughtfully curated and gloriously illustrated retrospective of the bands studio releases, Queen, comes just in time for the 45th anniversary of...

The amazing life of Madness frontman and national treasure, SuggsSuggs is one of pop music's most enduring and likeable figures. Written with the a...

The definitive history of Pink Floyd, one of the world's great bands, by founder member Nick Mason.One of the most fascinating rock bands ever, Pin...

Mozart's greatest works were written in Vienna in the decade before his death (17811791). This biography focuses on Mozart's dual roles as a perfor...

The Jesus and Mary Chains swooning debut Psychocandy seared through the underground and through the pop charts, shifting the role of noise within p...

In The Complete Beatles Songs, Steve Turner shatters many well-worn myths and adds a new dimension to the Fab Four's rich legacy. This beautifully...

Born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, George Michael was raised in a family of Greek Cypriot immigrants in North London, and dreamed of stardom when h...

When punk rock reared its spiky head in the early seventies, Marc Bell had the best seat in the house. Already a young veteran of the prototype Ame...

In January of 1979, the great soul artist Donny Hathaway fell fifteen stories from a window of Manhattans Essex House Hotel in an alleged suicide. ...

Since forming on YouTube in 2012, The Vamps have become one of the biggest bands in the UK. They have travelled the world with massive arena tours,...

Imagine being alongside one of the greatest bands in the history of rock, touring the world and being there as they perform at some of the best and...

Sleater-Kinneys 1997 album Dig Me Out is built on Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownsteins competing guitars, Janet Weisss muscular rhythms, and layered...

At the outset of summer in 1990, a Houston gangsta rap group called the Geto Boys was poised to debut its self-titled third album under the guidanc...

Fascinating insight, stunning photographs and rare memorabilia from the last band that mattered. The full story of the band, their key concerts and...

'Genuinely funny; indeed, the story will keep you entertained for a very long time' Sunday Times   Joy Division changed the face of music. Godfathe...

In this original memoir following Billy Idol from his childhood in England to his fame at the height of the punk-pop revolution, the iconic superst...