Product Description: Exclusive interviews with producers and engineers and extensive commentary from band members on the making of such classics as Back in Black and Highway to HellHaving transcended their Australian roots to become a global phenomenon, AC/DC has reigned over rock 'n' roll for almost four decades, and here the band members help provide a definitive account of the making of the greatest hard rock anthems of all time...read more

Product Description: The initial volume of Behind the Boards was the first definitive rock-record producers anthology of its kind, taking music fans and those interested in sound recording inside the studio to experience the creation of life-changing music! Behind the Boards II: The Making of Rock n Rolls Greatest Hits Revealed takes fans inside the creation of still more legendary rock gems, including Hotel California by the Eagles; Should I Stay or Should I Go? by the Clash; Rocketman by Elton John; Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie; Start Me Up by the Rolling Stones; The Thrill Is Gone by B...read more

Product Description: The term "soundtrack of our lives" is one commonly tossed around by artists, fans, critics, and historians in discussing rock 'n' roll's timeless hits, spanning every subgenre, from pop to hard rock, heavy metal to new wave. In the pages of Behind the Boards: The Making of Rock 'n' Roll's Greatest Records Revealed , the first definitive rock record-producers' anthology of its kind, readers are taken inside the studio, into the creation of the generations of classic records that collectively make up that soundtrack of our lives...read more

Time Magazine recently quipped in their gossip section that the Backstreet Boys might be transforming into the millennium's new Motley Crue not that "Nikki Sixx has mellowed out..." Following a two-decade education in rebellion as Hard Rock's mad scientist, highlighted by a now-infamous (& temporarily lethao) heroine overdose, relationships with some of Hollywood's most lucious leading ladies, including Vanity, Playboy Playmate Brandi Brandt, and current wife, Baywatch star Donna D'Errico, and a 20-year multi-platinum run (selling 40 million records worldwide) as the creative center of Hard Rock's most decadent and notorious band, Motley Crue, Nikki Sixx's legacy among rock and metal fans worldwide is legendary. "An Education in Rebellion: The Biography of Nikki Sixx", featuring exclusive interviews with those closest to Nikki, including Lita Ford, Bob Timmons, Neil Zlozower, Tom Werman, Quiet Riot frontman Kevin Dubrow, Dangerous Toys bassist Michael Hannon, and others, promises to paint for its readers both an intimate and wildly colorful portrait of the life of hard rock's most important icon!

Product Description: Iron Maiden are without doubt one of heavy metal's most successful indie bands. This book takes you into the studio with the band who show no sign of slowing down and whose influence can still be heard in a thousand metal bands today.

Discusses the life and career of rap artist Jay-Z.

Product Description: Nine multiplatinum albums are revisited in this tour of the recorded works of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the ongoing cornerstone of L.A.'s alternative rock scene for nearly a quarter of a century. Widely credited as the founders of rap-rock with such efforts as their 1983 self-titled debut album, the 1989 crossover hit Mother's Milk, and their 1991 commercial breakthrough BloodSugarSexMagik, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have remained consistently at the top of the album charts with their potent mix of hard rock and funk, selling 50 million albums and winning seven Grammy Awards along the way...read more

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Product Description: From The Heart of Saturday Night through Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards, a rare look at the creative process of the Grammy-winning visionary artist Via exclusive interviews with engineers and producers and quoted commentary from Tom Waits himself, this book investigates the artistic process behind his unique sound—a sound which has mutated over his career and proved nearly impossible to mimic, although many have tried...read more