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This is the audiobook version of the new 4th edition of the unauthorized Slayer band history Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography. Author D.X. Ferris updated this popular book after the band's surprising 2024 reunion. The audio version covers the group's ongoing reunion seasons.

Un bambino come tanti: silenzioso, non bello, con grandi occhi pieni di domande. Dal momento in cui il mondo si accorge di lui, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart non avrà più pace. Per farlo dovrà però rinunciare alla spensieratezza, alle amicizie, agli amori e persino alla salute, mentre per restare nell'orbita della sua vita eccezionale coloro che lo amano, come la sorella Nannerl e la madre Anna, si sacrificheranno fino ad annullarsi.

Alexander Hacke, eine der einflussreichsten Persönlichkeiten der deutschen Avantgarde, feierte im Oktober 2025 seinen 60. Geburtstag. Seine fesselnde, nunmehr komplett überarbeitete und erweiterte Autobiografie "KRACH – Verzerrte Erinnerungen" (Ventil Verlag) zeichnet seinen Weg durch Punk, experimentelle Musik und die wilden Jahre Westberlins nach – und natürlich die Geschichte der legendären Band, mit der er jahrzehntelang Musikgeschichte geschrieben hat: Einstürzende Neubauten, deren Klangwelten bis heute wegweisend sind.

Exploding on the music scene in the early 1970s, the rock group KISS combined raw energy with theatrical showmanship—not to mention face painting! Founding member Gene Simmons—an outrageous star whose superlong tongue, legendary sexual exploits, and demonic makeup have made him a rock icon—recounts his own story as well as the history of the band. In KISS and Make-Up, Simmons shares a wild, shocking, and unbelievable tale about an immigrant boy from Israel who studied to be a rabbi but was saved by rock and roll and became one of the most notorious rock stars in the world.

L'histoire fascinante de la chanteuse qui a révolutionné le paysage musical français et conquis le monde. Cette biographie, nourrie d'interviews exclusives des proches de la chanteuse, retrace le parcours extraordinaire d'Aya Nakamura, depuis ses premiers pas dans la musique jusqu'à sa consécration internationale.

Darren Hayes was always a storyteller. As a child, in suburban Queensland in the 1970s, he told himself he was going to be a pop star - and he did it. Throughout Savage Garden's astonishing success - which included multiple Australian number 1s, cracking the US charts and selling more than 35...

The first in-depth cultural history of one of the most famous American contemporary musicals featuring archival research and first-hand accounts from its creators and collaborators.

Confessions of a Rock n Roll Name Dropper: My Life Leading up to John Lennon’s Last Interview is Laurie Kaye's fascinating and well reviewed memoir—the story of her rock radio related life and career wrapped around December 8th, 1980, which was John Lennon’s last day on earth and thanks to RKO Radio that's when she conducted at the Dakota what tragically turned out to be his final interview, which ended mere hours before he was shot and killed!

An in-depth exploration of the lessons and affirmations of Beyoncé’s work and how she continues to speak for the historically unspoken for. This is not a Beyoncé biography. This is a love letter to a musician whose songs star in our first dances, our workout playlists, and our justice...

Kareem Thomson’s life has been shaped by resilience, heartbreak, and an unyielding will to rise from the ashes. A husband, father, and military veteran, Kareem has overcome unimaginable challenges. As DJ Kayotik, he has rocked crowds across five continents, working alongside some of the biggest names in music, including 50 Cent. But behind the accolades, there is a man with a story much deeper than his public persona.

The Real Rock Follies is a real-life story of youthful trust betrayed, dreams of stardom dashed and cruel lessons learnt. The three girls, then in their late twenties, learned too late that in the harsh showbiz world you can hardly trust anyone, not even your friends. However, despite everything, they got the last laugh.

Con un lenguaje poético y un estilo inigualable, Vibraciones y elucubraciones de un escribidor de canciones son los sentimientos de una leyenda que comenzó en garitos de tercera acompañando al piano a un joven Raphael y acabó obteniendo la admiración del mismísimo Gabriel García Márquez, quien cantaba emocionado sus canciones, que se sabía de memoria. Es también la historia apasionante de un éxito arrollador de millones en ventas e innumerables reconocimientos. Y es, sobre todo, la historia de todas las personas que se enamoraron con sus canciones sonando de fondo.

A groundbreaking investigative account of the shocking rise and fall of the mogul who brought hip-hop to the mainstream, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at the music industry and the destructive power of celebrity If it wasn’t for Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ability to harness the...

Few people knew that Freddie Mercury kept a diary. When he died in 1991, he left behind seventeen handwritten notebooks chronicling his life and times, which he had begun to write in 1976 when Queen were at the height of their global fame. His final entry was made just weeks before his death. Only four of his nearest and dearest ever knew what became of those diaries. To one of them, Freddie secretly entrusted the collection just before he died. A mind-blowing listen, they constitute the closest thing to a Freddie Mercury autobiography that the world will ever know.

Jazz legend Cootie Williams left home to start his career as a professional musician at the age of fifteen. In 1940, after eleven years as one of the major soloists with the Duke Ellington orchestra, Williams was lured away to the band of Benny Goodman, one of the most popular bands in the country. At the time, it was a controversial move―it was still taboo for African Americans to share the bandstand with white people.

If you’ve never heard of Nick Panaseiko, that’s entirely understandable. He was a backstage guy, making sure that the act onstage is playing to a full house, making sure their records were on the radio and in record stores. He was a promo man. Kelly Jay of Crowbar referred to the Canadian music industry of the era as a matter of ‘six degrees of Nick Panaseiko’. Taking off from a popular Panasonic ad campaign of the day, legendary rocker Ronnie Hawkins dubbed him, ‘Nick Panaseiko, a man slightly ahead of his time’.

In this compelling new exploration, Tupac Shakur: The Revolutionary Artist Who Changed Music, Jasmine Dyggan delves deep into the man behind the myth. Each chapter examines a different facet of his extraordinary life — from his politically charged upbringing and his meteoric rise to fame, to his profound social commentary, cinematic promise, and the mystery surrounding his tragic death.

While other kids were enjoying the head-bashing pleasures of tackle football, a freshly bar mitzvahed Steven Blier was inhaling operas and getting his first taste of accompanying professional singers. Beginning with impromptu piano gigs in the 1960s, Blier ascended to a dazzling career as an accompanist, teacher, and producer that has taken him to the highest reaches of artistic achievement. Today, Blier has partnered many of the brightest stars in music and thousands have fallen in love with his work via his acclaimed New York Festival of Song.

Unbreakable Rhythm isn’t your typical rock-star memoir. It’s not about fame, excess, or ego — it’s about purpose, perseverance, and using your platform to lift others. From playing massive festivals and television stages to hosting life-changing workshops for young people around the world, Frank Zummo shares his journey from humble beginnings to international success — and how music became a vehicle for healing, hope, and connection.

Born into a white, suburban family, Vera fell for black music as a child and started down a winding performer's path that would buoy him the rest of his life. In the sixties, Vera paid his bills by songwriting (for other artists) through the day and playing mobbed up clubs at night. As blue-eyed soul went out of fashion, Vera, like many other musicians, found himself scrounging for survival gigs, but one crucial difference set him apart: he abstained from the drugs and drink that fuelled – and eventually claimed – so many of his contemporaries.