?favorite music autobiography/biography? (country, punk, rock, great song, albums)

joyboyo53 · 07-05-2007, 08:41 AM

well what have you? i would say my favorite is "cash". johnny cash may be classified as a country artist... but he was a ****ing rock star. a great song writer as well.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 07-05-2007, 11:59 AM

Off the top of my head.....

Dear Boy (Keith Moon) by Tony Fletcher
Give The Anarchist A Cigarette (Mick Farren) by Himself
Stoned (Early Stones) by Andrew Loog Oldham
Englands Dreaming (English Punk Movement) by Jon Savage
No Dogs , No Blacks , No Irish (Sex Pistols) by John Lydon
Get In The Van (Black Flag) by Henry Rollins
Touching From A Distance (Ian Curtis) by Deborah Curtis
My Magpie Eyes Are Hungry for the Prize (Creation Records / Oasis / Primal Scream / MBV) by David Cavanagh
Hip Priest (Mark E Smith / The Fall) by Simon Ford

And Mark E Smith's autobiography is due out next year

And a special mention to Showbusiness: The Diary of a Rock 'n' Roll Nobody by Mark Radcliffe because it's one of the funniest books i've ever read.

anticipation · 07-05-2007, 02:06 PM

White Line Fever (Lemmy Kilmister)

~~CAPTAIN CAVEMAN~~ · 07-05-2007, 02:40 PM

"I, Shithead" by Joey Shithead is the only one I've read.

And I didn't finish it yet.

sleepy jack · 07-05-2007, 07:56 PM

Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing is really good, the Bob Dylan chronicles are amazing. I like reading music biographies, I don't like Hendrix but I gained a bunch of respect for him after reading his. I use to have respect for Jim Morrison after reading his i've decided he was just a dick. Cash is great.

Chrono · 07-06-2007, 03:18 PM

Motley Crue's The Dirt was pretty good.
Marilyn Manson's was a disappointment.

joyboyo53 · 07-06-2007, 03:24 PM

thats because manson is a disappointment...

jackhammer · 07-09-2007, 04:48 PM

Scar Tissue-Anthony Kiedis-brutally honest with no self pitying.

joyboyo53 · 07-09-2007, 11:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackhammer

Scar Tissue-Anthony Kiedis-brutally honest with no self pitying.

he seemed to kinda suck his own **** in that book. i liked it but he was all

"i ****ed this hot chick and did some heroin. then we watched a movie and i left to **** some other hot chick."

but ya it was alright i guess. was a total rock star life though...

Pilzkopf · 07-10-2007, 10:23 AM

England's Hidden Reverse by David Keenan. It's about Current 93, Coil, and Nurse With Wound.

07-05-2007, 08:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
joyboyo53 down the rabbit hole Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: the mountain called monkey Posts: 764	?favorite music autobiography/biography? well what have you? i would say my favorite is "cash". johnny cash may be classified as a country artist... but he was a ****ing rock star. a great song writer as well.

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Off the top of my head..... Dear Boy (Keith Moon) by Tony Fletcher Give The Anarchist A Cigarette (Mick Farren) by Himself Stoned (Early Stones) by Andrew Loog Oldham Englands Dreaming (English Punk Movement) by Jon Savage No Dogs , No Blacks , No Irish (Sex Pistols) by John Lydon Get In The Van (Black Flag) by Henry Rollins Touching From A Distance (Ian Curtis) by Deborah Curtis My Magpie Eyes Are Hungry for the Prize (Creation Records / Oasis / Primal Scream / MBV) by David Cavanagh Hip Priest (Mark E Smith / The Fall) by Simon Ford And Mark E Smith's autobiography is due out next year And a special mention to Showbusiness: The Diary of a Rock 'n' Roll Nobody by Mark Radcliffe because it's one of the funniest books i've ever read. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Scar Tissue-Anthony Kiedis-brutally honest with no self pitying. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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Pilzkopf One Sick Sonuvabitch Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Der Autobahn of life! Posts: 49	England's Hidden Reverse by David Keenan. It's about Current 93, Coil, and Nurse With Wound. __________________

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anticipation Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,565	White Line Fever (Lemmy Kilmister)

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~~CAPTAIN CAVEMAN~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: VAN Posts: 2,530	"I, Shithead" by Joey Shithead is the only one I've read. And I didn't finish it yet.

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Chrono Groupie Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1	Motley Crue's The Dirt was pretty good. Marilyn Manson's was a disappointment.

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joyboyo53 down the rabbit hole Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: the mountain called monkey Posts: 764	thats because manson is a disappointment...