Gifts

Nirvana - The Complete Illustrated History

Nirvana unintentionally tore the music world asunder in 1991 with “Smells like Teen Spirit.” At the time, MTV and the pop charts were dominated by vapid hair metal acts and Michael Jackson. Nirvana represented a much-needed return to...

Metallica - The Complete Illustrated History

Formed in Los Angeles in 1981, Metallica has become one of the bestselling bands in rock history. In this, the first complete illustrated treatment of the band, Martin Popoff presents the group's entire hisotry and provides a full discography, while a...

Led Zeppelin The Neal Preston Collection

No one has captured the romance and mystique of Led Zeppelin on film more successfully than American photographer Neal Preston. His stunning collection of photographs shows Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham in full flight, both...

George Jones The Life And Times Of A Honky Tonk Legend

George Jones's nearly 60-year recording and performing career has had a profound influence on modern country music and influenced a younger generation of singers, including Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Randy Travis, Tim McGraw, and Trace Adkins. As Merle...

Michael Jackson - Making History

This is a lavishly illustrated, full color photo book featuring an exclusive interview with the King of Pop. Jackson openly discussed the “History World Tour\", his music, and his future, all before his tragic death in June 2009. The book also takes a...

Jimi Hendrix - The Stories Behind Every Song

Jimi Hendrix was probably the greatest solo rock guitarist of all time. His music and performance style changed the face of popular music for ever and 40 years after his death he is still worshipped by fans and acknowledged by leading musicians,...

Jimi Hendrix - Musician

Many books about Hendrix concentrate on showmanship and rock-and-roll excess, but Keith Shadwick's Jimi Hendrix: Musician brings to Hendrix's musical legacy as a guitarist, singer, and composer a depth of analysis missing from other accounts of his...

The Grateful Dead FAQ

The Grateful Dead rose out of San Francisco's '60s underground rock scene with an unprecedented sound and image. Its members, steeped in rock, folk, classical, and blues; their instrumental prowess; and their refusal to bow to commercial conventions...

The Eagles FAQ

If the Beatles wrote the soundtrack of the swinging '60s, then the Eagles did the same for the cynical '70s. The story of the Eagles is also the story of most artists of their time – the drugs, the music, the excesses, and the piles of cash. But...

Dylan - 100 Songs & Pictures

This edition is both a celebration of a great artist and a highly-collectable book that shows Dylan’s work in the context of his life and times, as well as revealing his influence on some of the greats who were his contemporaries or followers. Each of...

Mr. Tambourine Man - The Story Of The Byrds' Gene Clark

Gene Clark soared to fame as a founding member and frontman of The Byrds, one of the most important and influential groups of the '60s. His songwriting with The Byrds and subsequent work as a solo artist and with Dillard & Clark mark him as one of...

Clapton - The Ultimate Illustrated History

He was born Eric Patrick Clapton, but you can just call him “Slowhand.” Over the years, fans of Eric Clapton have debated the high points of an epic career in blues and rock 'n' roll spanning nearly fifty years. Which song best epitomizes...