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With over ten million albums sold and multiple Grammy nominations, the hard rock band Godsmack has become one of the most successful groups of the last decade. The band"s driving beats and searing lyrics have garnered widespread acclaim, while their well-known work ethic has earned the...

Book DescriptionOut of the hardscrabble port city of Liverpool, England, there emerged a rock +n+ roll group that would become the most celebrated of all time. And the soul of that group was John Lennon, -the Smart Beatle,+ who with his mates changed theway the world looked, partied and lived. From...

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Born in England, but raised in LA, Slash was 15 when he first held the beat-up, one-string guitar his grandmother had discarded in a closet.As soon as he could string chords and a solo together, Slash wanted to be in a band. He found that band in the form of Guns N" Roses, one of the greatest...

"Decoded" is a book like no other: a collection of lyrics and their meanings that together tell the story of a culture, an art form, a moment in history, and one of the most provocative and successful artists of our time.

With the charismatic Dolores O"Riordan at the helm, The Cranberries have flown in the face of fashion to become Ireland"s biggest musical export since U2. By concentrating largely on the US market and ignoring the barbs of a cynical UK music press, the band from Limerick have now chalked...

After breaking out with her 2003 award winning album Frank, Amy Winehouse quickly became a name to watch. Since then, she"s released the massively successful follow-up Back to Black, which includes the prophetic single "Rehab" and risen rapidly to become one of the biggest female...

Book DescriptionThe son of a former slave, Paul Robeson (1898-1976) rose to become an All-American athlete, Phi Beta Kappa student, internationally celebrated singer and actor, and champion of racial equality. Yet despite his courage and many accomplishments, he could not overcome the combined...

Book DescriptionOn July 3rd, 1971, one of the most popular rock stars of all time, Jim Morrison, died of a drug overdose. Or, did he?

Book DescriptionHaving been a songwriter most of my life, condensing my ideas and emotions into short rhyming couplets and setting them to music, I had never really considered writing a book. But upon arriving at the reflective age of fifty, I found myself drawn, for the first time, to write long...

Book DescriptionContains biographical data on hundreds of composers from Latin America: dates of birth and death, information on their background and training, a selective listing of their works, and sources for further study. With an index of composers by country.