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  • Musican or Band Biographies
  • fasthaggis
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    I have been looking around for a couple of music books to buy Son #2 .

    He loves his guitar so my short list so far is :-

    Set the Boy Free ..Johnny Marr

    Lonely Boy ..Steve Jones

    Scar Tissue ..Anthony Kiedis

    How Music Works..David Byrne

    Any other suggestions mucho appreciated.

    Thanks

    zippykona
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    Head On . Julian Cope. Lots of drug references if you are ok with that.
    A crazy crazy book.

    masterdabber
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    Life….Keith Richards

    A colourful life as you might expect

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    fingerbang
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    I read a great Jeff Buckley and Tim biography. Two for the price of one! There’s a few biogs for both men but this is the one I’ve read. If it gets your son into their great music then even better. And Jeff was a virtuoso guitarist, GIT graduate/ LA shredder if your boy is an axeman

    fingerbang
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    The new Rob halford autobiography is supposed to be good, particularly if your son’s a metalhead. It might be a bit near the knuckle though

    razorrazoo
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    The Dirt – Motley Cru

    Slash

    gallowayboy
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    Not guitar related, but James Fearnley wrote a brilliant memoir of his time with the pogues….
    And head on as above, and the sequel repossessed by cope are also great.

    allanoleary
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    Acid for the children: Flea

    BoardinBob
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    Scar Tissue ..Anthony Kiedis

    Very little about music, almost entirely about his drug taking. Just in case that might not be suitable for your son.

    MoreCashThanDash
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    Duff from G’n’R was a great read. Also a mountain bike tie in.

    BoardinBob
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    Duff from G’n’R was a great read. Also a mountain bike tie in.

    Slash’s one is very good as well

    metalheart
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    Girl in a Band – Kim Gordon
    Clothes, Music, Boys – Viv Albertine

    J-R
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    Another vote for Life….Keith Richards – It’s facsinating about his stageringly colourful life and also on discussing some of his playing style. And just very well (ghost)-written.

    I’m interested to read the David Byrne book – he should be an interesting writer.

    eskimonumber1
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    Substance by Peter Hook is one of the best I’ve read.

    How not to run a club is also decent but a bit off topic.

    vdubber67
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    Henry Rollins – Get in the Van. Less of a biography per se and more of a history of his time with Black Flag. Some insane stories of hard work, and long months. NOT a typical rock star book.

    kilo
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    +1 for Peter Hook, he is very funny and frank about NO and JD days

    DezB
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    Will Carruthers – Playing the Bass With 3 Left Hands

    Ray Davies: A Complicated Life by Johnny Rogan.
    Here it is against a normal sized book

    kayla1
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    Dave Grohl’s is a good read.

    wonkey_donkey
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    If he’s into classic UK guitarists try Bernie Marsden’s Where’s My Guitar?: An Inside Story of British Rock and Roll. Loads of great tales – mostly drug free.

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    And My Bass and Other Animals by Guy Pratt is great and often hilarious

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    both have quite a lot of “gear detail” if he’s into that.

    allanoleary
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    Dave Grohl’s is a good read.

    I have that floating around somewhere… really must get round to reading it

    fasthaggis
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    Thanks folks.

    Ordered  Life ,Substance and because he’s a leftie and one of his mates has ‘loaned’ him a Bass, I had to get him Playing the Bass with 3 Left Hands 🙂

    Harry_the_Spider
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    45 by Bill Drummond

    IHN
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    Bit more niche, but ‘Hardcore Troubadour; the life and near death of Steve Earle’ is good.

    DezB
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    I had to get him Playing the Bass with 3 Left Hands
    Great choice.
    I had to buy some of Will Carruthers artwork after reading that.
    Oh yeah! Also his 1970s Gibson Thunderbird bass is up for auction!
    Marvellous story here:
    https://willcarruthers.squarespace.com/blog/2020/11/7/storied-gibson-thunderbird-bass-for-sale-one-careless-owner

    leegee
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    The Dirt – Motley Cru

    really good, it’ll make you think you wasted your life though.

    The gym I go to had a table with books on for members to leave and take before Covid and I picked up the Adam Ant Biography which was good.

    zinaru
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    Another vote for Will Carruthers – Playing the Bass With 3 Left Hands

    A very honest and enjoyable read.

    Blackflag
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    Another vote for Rollins – Get In The Van.

    But I bet you can all guess why I would say that…

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