Biography & autobiography / Composers & Musicians

Nicki Minaj: An Unauthorized Biography

von Belmont and Belcourt and Be Biographies

With so many different sides of her personality coming out in each new track, it's hard to figure out just who Nicki Minaj really is. But like any other story, it sometimes helps to look back at the beginning...

Chasing the Sun

von Juanes

"I'm doing what I believe I was brought to this world to do: to create music that raises awareness, renews hearts, and generates change. I'll continue looking to the stars and traveling the globe as God permits...

The Unknown Paul McCartney

von Ian Peel

Internationally acclaimed, knighted and immortalised in music's pantheon, Paul McCartney nevertheless remains one of the least fully appreciated of modern icons.

Throughout his career, McCartney has initiated...

Makeup to Breakup: My Life In and Out of Kiss

von Peter Criss & Larry Sloman

LEGENDARY founding KISS drummer Peter “Catman” Criss has lived an incredible life in music, from the streets of Brooklyn to the social clubs of New York City to the ultimate heights of rock ’n’ roll...

Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell

von Tom Bower

For this definitive biography, acclaimed journalist and bestselling author Tom Bower was granted unprecedented access to Simon Cowell and those around him—and the result is a fascinating multilayered portrait...

My Cross to Bear

von Gregg Allman

As one of the greatest rock icons of all time, Gregg Allman has lived it all and then some. For almost fifty years, he's been creating some of the most recognizable songs in American rock, but never before has...

Life

von Keith Richards & James Fox

[As lead guitarist of the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics, and the songs that roused the world. A true and towering original, he has always walked his own path, spoken his mind,...

Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock

von Sammy Hagar

Loud rock, fast cars, and Cabo.

This is the life of Sammy Hagar.

For almost forty years, Sammy Hagar has been a fixture in rock music. From breaking into the industry with the band Montrose to his multiplatinum...

One Day It'll All Make Sense (with audio/video enhancements)

von Common & Adam Bradley

Common has earned a reputation in the hip-hop world as a conscious artist by embracing themes of love and struggle in his songs. His journey toward understanding is rooted in his relationship with a remarkable...

Rod: The Autobiography

von Rod Stewart

The extraordinary life and career of music legend Rod Stewart, in his own words for the first time.

With his soulful and singular voice, narrative songwriting, and passionate live performances Rod Stewart has...

It's So Easy: and other lies

von Duff McKagan

A founding member of Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver shares the story of his rise to the pinnacle of fame and fortune, his struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction, his personal crash and burn, and his...

I Am Ozzy

von Ozzy Osbourne & Oren Harari

"They've said some crazy things about me over the years. I mean, okay: 'He bit the head off a bat.' Yes. 'He bit the head off a dove.' Yes. But then you hear things like, 'Ozzy went to the show last night, but...

Britten's Children

von John Bridcut

Britten’s Children confronts the edgy subject of the composer’s obsessional yet strangely innocent relationships with adolescent boys. One of the hallmarks of Benjamin Britten’s music is his use of boys’...

Not Dead & Not for Sale: A Memoir

von Scott Weiland & David Ritz

In the early 1990s, Stone Temple Pilots—not U2, not Nirvana, not Pearl Jam— was the hottest band in the world. STP toppled such mega-bands as Aerosmith and Guns N’ Roses on MTV and the Billboard charts....

My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy

von Albert "Prodigy" Johnson & Laura Checkoway

From one of the greatest rappers of all time, a memoir about a life almost lost and a revealing look at the dark side of hip hop’s Golden Era . . .

In this often violent but always introspective memoir, Mobb...

Foolish/Unfoolish: Reflections on Love

von Ashanti Douglas

Check back soon to read more details about Foolish/Unfoolish by Ashanti Douglas.

Washed by Blood

von Brian Welch

An Out-of-Control Rock Star. An Inescapable Addiction to Drugs. A Miraculous Redemption through Jesus Christ.

You think you've heard this story before but you haven't. Washed by Blood is a look at the dramatic...

The Way You Wear Your Hat

von Bill Zehme

Within is a masterful assembly of the most personal details and gorgeous minutiae of Frank Sinatra's way of living--matters of the heart and heartbreak, friendship and leadership, drinking and cavorting, brawling...

The Art of Nick Cave

von John H. Baker

Known for his work as a performer and songwriter with The Birthday Party, the Bad seeds and Grinderman, Australian artist Nick Cave has also pursued a variety of other projects including writing and acting....

Bruce

von Peter A Carlin

This sweeping biography of one of America’s greatest musicians is the first in twenty-five years to be written with the cooperation of Bruce Springsteen himself. With unfettered access to the artist, his family,...