Time was when rock 'n' roll just didn't exist, but for anyone under 50 it's virtually impossible to imagine a world without the opening chord of A Hard Day's Night or the chorus of Hound Dog ringing in our ears. Rock has provided the soundtrack to our post-war history.
Dave Grohl, drummer in Nirvana on Kurt Cobain's genre-defining grunge anthems, successfully switched instruments to then become guitarist, singer, and frontman of the acclaimed Foo Fighters. This biography traces Grohl's history from schoolboy to superstar, examining his musical roots, and his motivation to remain at the top of his tree.
Offers an unusual angle on the game of football. This book features profiles, from Beckham to Pele, mixed with history, statistics, anecdotes and opinion. It is a useful purchase for any football fan.
This series has done so well that we have produced a smaller, more portable size for those who wish to have a more manageable gift book. These are also available in the original oversized coffee table format of 16 1/2 x 11 3/4 with 256 pages. Beautifully illustrated throughout with stunning photos, most of them panoramic.
Recounts his life and work from his boyhood as Reg Dwight to his tribute to Princess Diana, and describes his relationship with the lyricist Bernie Taupin, his troubles with alcohol, drugs, and bulimia, his costumes, his charitable work, and related topics
All the varied strands of Grohl's musical output are examined in this detailed guide to his career, placing the singer/guitarist/drummer superstar in the context of contemporaries and musical styles that have influenced him. Born in Ohio but raised in Washington, DC, Grohl's first professional drumming work was with Scream. Heatley examines this early period, before turning to Grohl's contribution to Nirvana's immortal album Nevermind. After Kurt Cobain's 1994 suicide, Grohl relaunched his career as guitarist/singer of the Foo Fighters, the band originally created as a studio vehicle for Grohl's songwriting ambitions. The Foos' eponymous 1995 first release went platinum, and 1997's The Colour and the Shape was another a worldwide hit. Two years later, There is Nothing Left to Lose was released to equal critical acclaim. Heatley looks closely at the development of the Foo Fighters during this period and at the contributions made by the other members of the band. In 2002, Grohl surprised everyone by climbing back on the drummer's stool again to tour with hard rock contenders Queens of the Stone Age (he has also played with Tom Petty, Probot, Nine Inch Nails, Garbage, and Killing Joke). As Grohl changes and develops, few can predict his next move. As the man himself said "I've done almost everything I could imagine doing."
Features the A to Z of the most watched and anticipated football tournament in the world - The World Cup. Of interest to football fans, this book contains features on almost all the key teams, players, managers, and countries that have shaped the tournament.
Sex, drugs, egos, money, fans, music, god and who we love and hate... the rock stars have their say. Featuring over 2,000 words of wisdom and stupidity from all your favourite rock stars and five decades of rock'n'roll.Quotes 'Don't interpret me. My songs don't have any meaning. They're just words.' - Bob Dylan. 'I was a veteran before I was a teenager.' - Michael Jackson. 'I would rather eat my own testicles than reform The Smiths, and that's saying something for a vegetarian.' - Morrissey. 'I am the only man who can say he's been in Take That and at least two members of the Spice Girls.' - Robbie Williams. 'Rehab is a cop-out.' - Amy Winehouse.
John Peel had a pioneering radio career that spanned almost forty years, inhich he championed left-field sounds from Captain Beefheart to Siouxsie andhe Banshees. When he died suddenly at the age of sixty-five in October 2004,illions mourned the loss of this quirky, influential figure. This highlyuccessful biography by Michael Heatley, now in paperback, traces Peel'sascinating life from boyhood and adolescence to his early counter-cultureays on pirate radio, and charts his lengthy maverick career at Radio One upo his later years where he found a new audience on Radio Four's popularaturday morning show, Home Truths.
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