Omnibus Press

From Elvis Presley's Sun Sessions to Radiohead's OK Computer, here is the very best of rock and pop music of the Twentieth Century. A consumer's critical guide to the music, enabling the reader to...

A Continual Farewell tells the story of the relationship between Factory Records' Tony Wilson and his first wife, Lindsay Reade, through their letters, Factory Records memorabilia and numerous family...

From bass player to lead guitarist, singer and last remaining founding member, Steve Diggle has been the driving force keeping Buzzcocks alive since he first met Pete Shelley in 1976. Together they...

Beyonc? Knowles first rose to fame as lead singer of Destiny's Child, one of the most successful girl groups of all time. Since striking out on her own as a solo artist in 2003, with her...

Dubbed the 'man in black', guitarist Ritchie Blackmore found fame with 1970s rock giants Deep Purple. He then walked away from them to create Rainbow, only to abandon them and form another band in...

Marc Bolan was the very first superstar of the Seventies. As the seductive focus of "T Rex", he revelled in fame and fortune, released a string of classic records, but then lost his way, bingeing on...

Bruno Mars has sold over 115 million records worldwide as a singer, producer and songwriter. This book documents his childhood in Honolulu and how he found fame from the age of four. Here is the...

The Great Drugs Bust has everything; sex, drugs, rock and roll and a huge slice of British social history. At its core are four pep pills, a Sunday tabloid, two celebrated rock stars and a court case...

Chris Wright: One Way Or Another is the astonishingly explosive autobiography of the man who signed bands like Jethro Tull and Ten Years Later, at the forefront of the British Rock invasion of...

This sensational biography charts Christina Aguilera's rise to the top in the face of parental issues, panic attacks, self-harm, and professional betrayals big and small.Initially driven by a...

The 40-year story of the rock band Yes reveals the rows, bust-ups and personal tensions, the twists, surprises, humour and drama of their lives together. Welch talks to members past and present and...

Author Martin Roach reveals how the band members met, played their early gigs, financed their own early EPs and how with four hit albums under their belt they still continue to maintain a tight...

An updated edition of the best-selling biography of the unique and uncompromising Slim Shady. From his roots in a racially divided Detroit, through his work Dr. Dre and The Bass Brothers, to his...

Teenage punk, self-taught musician, bandleader, session man, smoker, drinker, multi-millionaire, David Grohl has achieved a rare feat, a rock 'n' roll double crown having been a member of two hugely...

In a world dominated by industry created pop idols, the story of David Gray is a heartwarming one of passionate belief in music and a healthy mistrust of celebrity. In this first major account of...

Death Rap chronicles the triumphs and tragedies of the notorious hip-hop superstar Tupac Shakur, the figurehead of a musical movement that came to define black culture in America and beyond. Sharp,...

Foreword by Johnny Depp.Long acclaimed as one of the best rock books ever written, Diary of a Rock 'n' Roll Star is Ian Hunter's candid account of Mott the Hoople's five week American tour in...

We were living through the realities of war and bringing the war onto the stage... Everybody hated us, man, says Alan Vega who, along with electronic jazz maverick Martin Rev, formed Suicide, the...

Alan Clayson presents an English-language biography of Edgard Varese, a contemporary of Debussy, Stockhausen and Stravinsky and hero of Zappa, The Dead and Laurie Anderson.Author: Alan...

Over the last 15 years, Mark Everett's band, Eels, has released nine acclaimed albums, from Beautiful Freak to 2010's Tomorrow Morning. Everett is also one of music's most fascinating characters and...

The best-selling biography of Eminem - now fully updatedAn unflinching account of rapper Marshall Mathers' rise to fame from his native Detroit to worldwide superstardom and on to his latest globally...

Fade to Black chronicles the lives and deaths of more than 1500 movie personalities. Included are not just the big stars but a wealth of important characters from the history of film.Some achieved...

Behind The Locked Door is Graeme Thomson's rich, insightful account of George Harrison's extraordinary life and career.As a Beatle, Harrison underwent a bewilderingly compressed early adulthood,...

The definitive account of one of rock 'n' roll's most engagingly shambolic acts as well as an evocative portrait of the times in which they raised hell and recorded some timeless tracks, now updated...

From their 1974 debut at New York's premier punk dive, through the classic albums and blistering live sets, The Ramones cut an unforgettable swathe through two decades of pop.They set the scene for...

This revised edition of Hot Wired Guitar brings Beck's story bang up to date, from his adventures at The White House in December 2012 with Mick Jagger and US President Barack Obama, to touring the...

Formed in the heyday of punk, Madness were true originals who mixed ska and reggae rhythms with social comment and music hall humour to become a British group like no other.Their appeal endures to...

When the anarchic vocalist of Can left the celebrated German band in late 1973, the ensuing decade-long absence was taken by many to be the end of his personal story. But it was just the beginning.In...

First substantial overview of the life and career of Pharrell Williams, the foremost producer of the modern era, and performer in his own right. It follows him from his days growing up in Virginia,...

From The Beatles' patronage of his 1968 debut album to his Grammy awards for Hourglass, James Taylor has remained a universally acclaimed songwriter of effortless eloquence and power. In this major...