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Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her story - a memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the lyricism and haunting beauty of Patti Smith's Just Kids.
Often described as aloof, Kim Gordon opens up as never before in Girl in a Band. Telling the story of her family, growing up in California in the '60s and '70s, her life in visual art, her move to New York City, the men in her life, her marriage, her relationship with her daughter, her music, and her band, Girl in a Band is a rich and beautifully written memoir.
Gordon takes us back to the lost New York of the 1980s and '90s that gave rise to Sonic Youth, and the alternative revolution in popular music. The band helped build a vocabulary of music - paving the way for Nirvana, Hole, Smashing Pumpkins, and many other acts. But at its core, Girl in a Band examines the route from girl to woman in uncharted territory, music, art career, what partnership means - and what happens when that identity dissolves.
Evocative and edgy, filled with the sights and sounds of a changing world and a transformative life, Girl in a Band is the fascinating chronicle of a remarkable journey and an extraordinary artist.
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Iggy Pop's legendary career has been tumultuous, reaching great heights with mega-hits and then hitting rock-bottom lows in jail and mental institutions. Along the way, he's become a cult-rock hero, an inspiration for dozens of other famous rockers, and has had a pretty good time of it, too. But the image of Iggy Pop versus the man behind that image, James Newell Osterberg, Jr., is surprisingly contradictory.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Banal and Boring
- De Michael en 12-03-08
De: Paul Trynka
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Kicking and Dreaming
- A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock and Roll
- De: Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson
- Narrado por: Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson
- Duración: 8 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 946
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 853
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 847
Two sisters. Two voices. One Heart.
The mystery of "Magic Man." The wicked riff of "Barracuda." The sadness and beauty of "Alone." The raw energy of "Crazy On You." These songs, and so many more, are part of the fabric of American music. Heart, fronted by Ann and Nancy Wilson, has given fans everywhere classic, raw, and pure badass rock and roll for more than three decades. As the only sisters in rock who write their own music and play their own instruments, Ann and Nancy have always stood apart - certainly from their male counterparts but also from their female peers.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Behind-The-Scenes Look At "Heart"
- De Kathy en 11-13-12
De: Ann Wilson, y otros
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Small Town Talk
- Bob Dylan, The Band, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Friends in the Wild Years of Woodstock
- De: Barney Hoskyns
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 13 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 49
When musicians in the New York folk scene of the 1960s grew tired of city life, they decided to "get it together in the country". They headed for Woodstock - not to the site of the infamous music festival of 1969 but to the Catskills, to Bearsville, to Woodstock proper. Counterculture revolutionaries like Janis Joplin, Richie Havens, and Paul Butterfield got "back to the land", turning the once sleepy hollow into a funky Shangri-La.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Captured the era - too many mistakes
- De Frank Canino en 04-17-16
De: Barney Hoskyns
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Wild Tales
- A Rock & Roll Life
- De: Graham Nash
- Narrado por: Graham Nash
- Duración: 12 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 799
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 729
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 727
From Graham Nash - the legendary musician and founding member of the iconic bands Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Hollies - comes a candid and riveting autobiography that belongs on the reading list of every classic rock fan.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Best of the Recent Rock Biographies
- De Steven Schuster en 10-28-13
De: Graham Nash
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Torment Saint
- The Life of Elliott Smith
- De: William Todd Schultz
- Narrado por: Travis Young
- Duración: 13 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 57
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 52
Elliott Smith was one of the most gifted songwriters of the 90s, adored by fans for his subtly melancholic words and melodies. The sadness had its sources in life. There was trauma from an early age, years of drug abuse, and a chronic sense of disconnection that sometimes seemed self-engineered. Smith died violently in LA in 2003, under what some believe to be questionable circumstances, of stab wounds to the chest. By this time fame had found him, and record-buyers who shared the listening experience felt he spoke directly to them from beyond: astute, damaged, lovelorn, fighting, until he could fight no more.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Almost interesting, often overwrought, poorly read
- De PerpetualGeorge en 01-27-14
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All These Things That I've Done
- My Insane, Improbable Rock Life
- De: Matt Pinfield, Mitchell Cohen
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 7 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 38
Matt Pinfield is the ultimate music fan. He's the guy who knows every song, artist, and musical riff ever recorded, down to the most obscure band's B-side single on its vinyl-only EP import. As a child, music helped Pinfield make sense of the world. Later he would approach his music idols after concerts and explain why he loved their music. As an adult, rock music inspired his career, fueled relationships, and, at times, became a life raft.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Couldn't stop listening
- De RunnerGirlDE en 10-02-24
De: Matt Pinfield, y otros
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Iggy Pop
- Open Up and Bleed
- De: Paul Trynka
- Narrado por: William Dufris
- Duración: 14 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 75
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
Iggy Pop's legendary career has been tumultuous, reaching great heights with mega-hits and then hitting rock-bottom lows in jail and mental institutions. Along the way, he's become a cult-rock hero, an inspiration for dozens of other famous rockers, and has had a pretty good time of it, too. But the image of Iggy Pop versus the man behind that image, James Newell Osterberg, Jr., is surprisingly contradictory.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Banal and Boring
- De Michael en 12-03-08
De: Paul Trynka
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Shine Bright
- A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop
- De: Danyel Smith
- Narrado por: Danyel Smith
- Duración: 13 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 97
A weave of biography, criticism, and memoir, Shine Bright is Danyel Smith’s intimate history of Black women’s music as the foundational story of American pop. Smith has been writing this history for more than five years. But as a music fan, and then as an essayist, editor (Vibe, Billboard), and podcast host (Black Girl Songbook), she has been living this history since she was a latchkey kid listening to “Midnight Train to Georgia” on the family stereo.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Ok might have been better reading the hard copy
- De cde en 06-18-22
De: Danyel Smith
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Who I Am
- De: Pete Townshend
- Narrado por: Pete Townshend
- Duración: 17 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,149
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,029
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,019
From the voice of a generation: the most highly anticipated autobiography of the year, and the story of a man who wanted The Who to be called The Hair; wanted to be a sculptor, a journalist, a dancer and a graphic designer; became a musician, composer, librettist, fiction writer, literary editor, sailor; drank too much and nearly died; detached from his body in an airplane, on LSD, and nearly died; planned to write his memoir when he was 21; and published this book at 67.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Glad To Meet You
- De Mel en 10-12-12
De: Pete Townshend
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So Many Roads
- The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead
- De: David Browne
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 15 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 162
No longer dismissed as relics of the hippie era, a new generation has lionized the Dead for creating a culture that paved the way for social networking, free music swapping, and the uncompromising anticorporate attitude of indie rock. Now, fifty years after the band first began changing rock 'n' roll both sonically and psychically, So Many Roads paints the most vivid portrait yet of the Grateful Dead, one of the most enduring institutions in American music and culture.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great first book on the Dead
- De robert en 10-30-15
De: David Browne
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Alice in Chains
- The Untold Story
- De: David de Sola
- Narrado por: Sebastian York
- Duración: 12 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 914
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 798
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 799
Alice in Chains was the first of grunge's big four - ahead of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden - to get a gold record and achieve national recognition. With the charismatic Layne Staley behind the microphone, they became one of the most influential and successful bands to come out of the Seattle music scene. But as the band got bigger, so did its problems.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing!!!!
- De Rob en 12-23-16
De: David de Sola
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Deal
- My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Grateful Dead
- De: Bill Kreutzmann, Benjy Eisen
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 13 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 575
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 513
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 511
On their 50th anniversary comes a groundbreaking rock-and-roll memoir by one of the founding members of the Grateful Dead. The Grateful Dead are perhaps the most legendary American rock band of all time. For 30 years, beginning in the hippie scene of San Francisco in 1965, they were a musical institution, the original jam band that broke new ground in so many ways.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Decent but not great
- De Monty S en 03-02-16
De: Bill Kreutzmann, y otros
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Walk This Way
- Run-DMC, Aerosmith, and the Song That Changed American Music Forever
- De: Geoff Edgers
- Narrado por: Geoff Edgers
- Duración: 6 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 41
Washington Post staff writer Geoff Edgers takes a deep dive into the story behind "Walk This Way", Aerosmith and Run-DMC's legendary, groundbreaking mashup that forever changed music.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A MUST LISTEN/READ
- De Aron Teo Lee en 05-17-19
De: Geoff Edgers
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Liner Notes
- On Parents & Children, Exes & Excess, Death & Decay, & a Few of My Other Favorite Things
- De: Loudon Wainwright III
- Narrado por: Loudon Wainwright III
- Duración: 10 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 60
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 60
A memoir by the influential Grammy Award-winning singer and actor - son of journalist Loudon Wainwright, former husband of Kate McGarrigle and Suzzy Roche, and father of Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Lucy Wainwright Roche, and Lexie Kelly Wainwright - a captivating meditation on relationships and creativity from the patriarch of one of America's great musical families. With a career spanning more than four decades, Loudon Wainwright III has established himself as one of the most enduring singer-songwriters who emerged from the late '60s.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best ever book for listening
- De Jeff Bernhardt en 10-29-17
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Relentless
- The Memoir
- De: Yngwie J. Malmsteen
- Narrado por: Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Fred Berman
- Duración: 7 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 178
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 161
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 160
Yngwie Malmsteen's revolutionary guitar style - combining elements of classical music with the speed and volume of heavy metal - made him a staple of the 80s rock scene. Decades later, he's still a legend among guitarists, having sold 11 million albums and influenced generations of rockers since. In Relentless, Malmsteen shares his personal story, from the moment he burst onto the scene seemingly out of nowhere in the early 80s to become a household name in the annals of heavy metal.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Bloviations
- De David A. Kaplowitz en 12-29-19
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John Lennon
- The Life
- De: Philip Norman
- Narrado por: Graeme Malcolm
- Duración: 12 h y 52 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 168
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 131
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 130
Philip Norman turns his formidable talent to the Beatle for whom belonging to the world's most beloved pop group was never enough. Drawing on previously untapped sources, and with unprecedented access to all the major characters, here is the definitive portrait of John Lennon. This biography takes a fresh and penetrating look at Lennon's much-chronicled life, including the songs that have turned him, posthumously, into almost a secular saint.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Really Bad Abridgement Job (slash job)
- De Let's Be Reasonable en 12-04-08
De: Philip Norman
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Keith Richards
- The Unauthorised Biography
- De: Victor Bockris
- Narrado por: Adrian Mulraney
- Duración: 20 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 42
In 1992, Victor Bockris' celebrated biography was the first to recognize Richards' pivotal role in the legend of the Rolling Stones. Now that book on rock's most incredible survivor has been expanded. Here are the true facts behind Richards' battles with his demons: the women, the drugs and the love-hate relationship with Jagger. His struggle with heroin and his status as the rock star most likely to die in the 1970s. His scarcely believable rebirth as a family man in the 1980s. Illuminated with revealing quotes and thoughtful insights into the man behind the band that goes on forever.
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3 out of 5 stars
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doesn't comapre to LIFE
- De A. Garofalo en 02-20-14
De: Victor Bockris
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Catch a Wave
- The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson
- De: Peter Ames Carlin
- Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot
- Duración: 14 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 212
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 190
In Catch a Wave, Peter Ames Carlin pulls back the curtain on Brian Wilson, one of popular music's most revered luminaries, as well as its biggest mystery. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and never-before heard studio recordings, Carlin follows the Beach Boys from their earliest days through Brian's deepening emotional problems to his triumphant re-emergence with the release of Smile, the legendarily unreleased album he had originally shelved.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not great
- De J. Barker en 08-08-16
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Born to Run
- De: Bruce Springsteen
- Narrado por: Bruce Springsteen
- Duración: 18 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 10,755
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 9,857
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 9,810
In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl's halftime show. The experience was so exhilarating that Bruce decided to write about it. That's how this extraordinary autobiography began. Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life, bringing to this audio the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Me Springsteen's book moved me beyond words...
- De Ellen O'Brien en 12-12-16
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Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
- A Memoir
- De: Carrie Brownstein
- Narrado por: Carrie Brownstein
- Duración: 7 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,705
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,565
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,555
From the guitarist of the pioneering band Sleater-Kinney, the book Kim Gordon says "everyone has been waiting for" and a New York Times Notable Book of 2015 - a candid, funny, and deeply personal look at making a life - and finding yourself - in music. Before Carrie Brownstein became a music icon, she was a young girl growing up in the Pacific Northwest just as it was becoming the setting for one the most important movements in rock history.
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3 out of 5 stars
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fussy
- De Ex en 01-09-16
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Sonic Life
- A Memoir
- De: Thurston Moore
- Narrado por: Thurston Moore
- Duración: 19 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
Thurston Moore moved to Manhattan’s East Village in 1978 with a yearning for music. He wanted to be immersed in downtown New York’s sights and sounds—the feral energy of its nightclubs, the angular roar of its bands, the magnetic personalities within its orbit. But more than anything, he wanted to make music—to create indelible sounds that would move, provoke, and inspire. His dream came to life in 1981 with the formation of Sonic Youth, a band Moore cofounded with Kim Gordon and Lee Ranaldo.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disembodied Art and Intellect
- De Kris en 11-02-23
De: Thurston Moore
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Rebel Girl
- My Life as a Feminist Punk
- De: Kathleen Hanna
- Narrado por: Kathleen Hanna
- Duración: 9 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 518
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 482
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 482
Kathleen Hanna’s band Bikini Kill embodied the punk scene of the 90s, and today her personal yet feminist lyrics on anthems like “Rebel Girl” and “Double Dare Ya” are more powerful than ever. But where did this transformative voice come from? In Rebel Girl, Hanna’s raw and insightful new memoir, she takes us from her tumultuous childhood to her formative college years and her first shows. As Hanna makes clear, being in a punk “girl band” in those years was not a simple or safe prospect.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book was so needed
- De Dana Landis en 07-06-24
De: Kathleen Hanna
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Face It
- A Memoir
- De: Debbie Harry
- Narrado por: Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Clem Burke, y otros
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 954
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 832
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 831
Musician, actor, activist, and the iconic face of New York City cool, Debbie Harry is the front woman of Blondie, a band that forged a new sound that brought together the worlds of rock, punk, disco, reggae, and hip-hop to create some of the most beloved pop songs of all time. As a muse, she collaborated with some of the boldest artists of the past four decades. The scope of Debbie Harry’s impact on our culture has been matched only by her reticence to reveal her rich inner life - until now.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointed
- De Jessica Eastman en 12-23-19
De: Debbie Harry
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Reckless
- My Life as a Pretender
- De: Chrissie Hynde
- Narrado por: Rosanna Arquette, Chrissie Hynde
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 602
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 544
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 539
Chrissie Hynde, the songwriter and front woman of The Pretenders in its various incarnations, has for 35 years been one of the most admired and adored and imitated figures in rock. This long-awaited memoir tells her life story in full and utterly fascinating detail, from her all-American Ohio '50s childhood to her classic baby-boomer seduction by the rock of the '60s to her sojourn in the crucible of punk that was '70s London to her instant emergence with her band, The Pretenders, in 1980 into stardom as a frontwoman and songwriter.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Too long to get to The Pretenders...
- De Greg en 04-20-16
De: Chrissie Hynde
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Set the Boy Free
- The Autobiography
- De: Johnny Marr
- Narrado por: Johnny Marr
- Duración: 9 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 613
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 559
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 556
An artist who helped define a period in popular culture, Johnny Marr tells his story in a memoir as vivid and arresting as his music. The Smiths, the band with the signature sound he cofounded, remains one of the most beloved bands ever and have had a profound influence on a number of acts that followed - from the Stone Roses, Suede, Blur, and Radiohead to Oasis, The Libertines, and Arctic Monkeys.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best autobiography I've ever read!
- De Lulu P. en 01-24-17
De: Johnny Marr
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Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
- A Memoir
- De: Carrie Brownstein
- Narrado por: Carrie Brownstein
- Duración: 7 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,705
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,565
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,555
From the guitarist of the pioneering band Sleater-Kinney, the book Kim Gordon says "everyone has been waiting for" and a New York Times Notable Book of 2015 - a candid, funny, and deeply personal look at making a life - and finding yourself - in music. Before Carrie Brownstein became a music icon, she was a young girl growing up in the Pacific Northwest just as it was becoming the setting for one the most important movements in rock history.
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3 out of 5 stars
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fussy
- De Ex en 01-09-16
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Sonic Life
- A Memoir
- De: Thurston Moore
- Narrado por: Thurston Moore
- Duración: 19 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
Thurston Moore moved to Manhattan’s East Village in 1978 with a yearning for music. He wanted to be immersed in downtown New York’s sights and sounds—the feral energy of its nightclubs, the angular roar of its bands, the magnetic personalities within its orbit. But more than anything, he wanted to make music—to create indelible sounds that would move, provoke, and inspire. His dream came to life in 1981 with the formation of Sonic Youth, a band Moore cofounded with Kim Gordon and Lee Ranaldo.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disembodied Art and Intellect
- De Kris en 11-02-23
De: Thurston Moore
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Rebel Girl
- My Life as a Feminist Punk
- De: Kathleen Hanna
- Narrado por: Kathleen Hanna
- Duración: 9 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 518
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 482
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 482
Kathleen Hanna’s band Bikini Kill embodied the punk scene of the 90s, and today her personal yet feminist lyrics on anthems like “Rebel Girl” and “Double Dare Ya” are more powerful than ever. But where did this transformative voice come from? In Rebel Girl, Hanna’s raw and insightful new memoir, she takes us from her tumultuous childhood to her formative college years and her first shows. As Hanna makes clear, being in a punk “girl band” in those years was not a simple or safe prospect.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book was so needed
- De Dana Landis en 07-06-24
De: Kathleen Hanna
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Face It
- A Memoir
- De: Debbie Harry
- Narrado por: Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Clem Burke, y otros
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 954
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 832
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 831
Musician, actor, activist, and the iconic face of New York City cool, Debbie Harry is the front woman of Blondie, a band that forged a new sound that brought together the worlds of rock, punk, disco, reggae, and hip-hop to create some of the most beloved pop songs of all time. As a muse, she collaborated with some of the boldest artists of the past four decades. The scope of Debbie Harry’s impact on our culture has been matched only by her reticence to reveal her rich inner life - until now.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointed
- De Jessica Eastman en 12-23-19
De: Debbie Harry
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Reckless
- My Life as a Pretender
- De: Chrissie Hynde
- Narrado por: Rosanna Arquette, Chrissie Hynde
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 602
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 544
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 539
Chrissie Hynde, the songwriter and front woman of The Pretenders in its various incarnations, has for 35 years been one of the most admired and adored and imitated figures in rock. This long-awaited memoir tells her life story in full and utterly fascinating detail, from her all-American Ohio '50s childhood to her classic baby-boomer seduction by the rock of the '60s to her sojourn in the crucible of punk that was '70s London to her instant emergence with her band, The Pretenders, in 1980 into stardom as a frontwoman and songwriter.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Too long to get to The Pretenders...
- De Greg en 04-20-16
De: Chrissie Hynde
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Set the Boy Free
- The Autobiography
- De: Johnny Marr
- Narrado por: Johnny Marr
- Duración: 9 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 613
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 559
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 556
An artist who helped define a period in popular culture, Johnny Marr tells his story in a memoir as vivid and arresting as his music. The Smiths, the band with the signature sound he cofounded, remains one of the most beloved bands ever and have had a profound influence on a number of acts that followed - from the Stone Roses, Suede, Blur, and Radiohead to Oasis, The Libertines, and Arctic Monkeys.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best autobiography I've ever read!
- De Lulu P. en 01-24-17
De: Johnny Marr
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Unknown Pleasures
- Inside Joy Division
- De: Peter Hook
- Narrado por: Peter Hook
- Duración: 7 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 427
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 379
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 374
Joy Division changed the face of music. Godfathers of alternative rock, they reinvented music in the post-punk era, creating a new sound - dark, hypnotic, and intense - that would influence U2, Morrissey, R.E.M., Radiohead, and numerous others. The story is now legendary: In 1980, on the heels of their groundbreaking debut, Unknown Pleasures, and on the eve of their first U.S. tour, the band was rent asunder by the tragic death of their enigmatic lead singer, Ian Curtis.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Like sitting next to Hooky in a bar...
- De Andrew en 03-26-13
De: Peter Hook
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Girls to the Front
- The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution
- De: Sara Marcus
- Narrado por: Julie McKay
- Duración: 11 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 79
Girls to the Front is the epic, definitive history of the Riot Grrrl movement - the radical feminist punk uprising that exploded into the public eye in the 1990s, altering America's gender landscape forever. Author Sara Marcus, a music and politics writer for Time Out New York, Slate.com, Pos, and Heeb magazine, interweaves research, interviews, and her own memories as a Riot Grrrl front-liner.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Story!
- De Amoryn Smith en 02-05-20
De: Sara Marcus
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Under the Big Black Sun
- A Personal History of L.A. Punk
- De: John Doe, Tom Desavia
- Narrado por: Exene Cervenka, Henry Rollins, full cast
- Duración: 7 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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Under the Big Black Sun explores the nascent Los Angeles punk rock movement and its evolution to hardcore punk as it's never been told before. Authors John Doe and Tom DeSavia have woven together an enthralling story of the legendary West Coast scene from 1977 to 1982 by enlisting the voices of people who were there. The book shares chapter-length tales from the authors along with personal essays from famous (and infamous) players in the scene.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A love song to the early punk days in LA.
- De Brenda en 07-09-16
De: John Doe, y otros
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Cured
- The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys
- De: Lol Tolhurst
- Narrado por: Lol Tolhurst
- Duración: 9 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 533
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Cured is not only the first insider account of the early days of the band, it is a revealing look at the artistic evolution of the enigmatic Robert Smith, the iconic lead singer, songwriter, and innovative guitarist at the heart of The Cure. A deeply rebellious, sensitive, tough, and often surprisingly "normal" young man, Smith was from the start destined for stardom, a fearless nonconformist and provocateur who soon found his own musical language through which to express his considerable and unique talent.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thank you Lol!
- De Goobs en 10-24-16
De: Lol Tolhurst
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Some New Kind of Kick
- A Memoir
- De: Kid Congo Powers, Chris Campion - contributor
- Narrado por: Kid Congo Powers, Raphael Corkhill
- Duración: 8 h y 54 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 78
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 70
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Kid Congo Powers has been described as a “legendary guitarist and paragon of cool” with “the greatest resume ever of anyone in rock music." That unique imprint on rock history stems from being a member of not one but three beloved, groundbreaking, and influential groups—Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, the Cramps, and last but not least, The Gun Club, the wildly inventive punk-blues band he co-founded. Some New Kind of Kick begins as an intimate coming-of-age tale.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A queer Latino punk rocker memoir
- De Armando en 02-18-25
De: Kid Congo Powers, y otros
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Just Kids
- De: Patti Smith
- Narrado por: Patti Smith
- Duración: 9 h y 50 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,174
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Just Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. It serves as a salute to New York City during the late 60s and 70s and to its rich and poor, its hustlers and hellions. A true fable, it is a portrait of two young artists' ascent, a prelude to fame.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Darkly Self Centered & Narrow View
- De Sara en 10-05-15
De: Patti Smith
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Mud Ride
- A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion
- De: Steve Turner
- Narrado por: Lloyd Floyd, Steve Turner
- Duración: 6 h y 51 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 54
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In the late '80s and early '90s, Steve Turner and his friends—Seattle skate punks, hardcore kids, and assorted misfits—started forming bands in each other’s basements and accidentally created a unique sound that spread far beyond their once-sleepy city. Mud Ride offers an inside look at the tight-knit grunge scene, the musical influences and experiments that shaped the grunge sound, and the story of Turner's bands, Green River and Mudhoney.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Story
- De Mr_GS en 07-06-23
De: Steve Turner
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Corporate Rock Sucks
- The Rise and Fall of SST Records
- De: Jim Ruland
- Narrado por: Jim Ruland
- Duración: 13 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 103
In Corporate Rock Sucks, music journalist Jim Ruland relays the unvarnished story of SST Records, from its remarkable rise in notoriety to its infamous downfall. With records by Black Flag, Minutemen, Hüsker Dü, Bad Brains, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Screaming Trees, Soundgarden, and scores of obscure yet influential bands, SST was the most popular indie label by the mid-80s - until a tsunami of legal jeopardy, financial peril, and dysfunctional management brought the empire tumbling down. This investigative deep-dive leads listeners through SST’s tumultuous history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Warning: This book may lead to buying More stuff
- De Chris Lane en 05-11-22
De: Jim Ruland
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Kicking and Dreaming
- A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock and Roll
- De: Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson
- Narrado por: Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson
- Duración: 8 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 946
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 853
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Two sisters. Two voices. One Heart.
The mystery of "Magic Man." The wicked riff of "Barracuda." The sadness and beauty of "Alone." The raw energy of "Crazy On You." These songs, and so many more, are part of the fabric of American music. Heart, fronted by Ann and Nancy Wilson, has given fans everywhere classic, raw, and pure badass rock and roll for more than three decades. As the only sisters in rock who write their own music and play their own instruments, Ann and Nancy have always stood apart - certainly from their male counterparts but also from their female peers.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Behind-The-Scenes Look At "Heart"
- De Kathy en 11-13-12
De: Ann Wilson, y otros
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Who I Am
- De: Pete Townshend
- Narrado por: Pete Townshend
- Duración: 17 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,149
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,029
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,019
From the voice of a generation: the most highly anticipated autobiography of the year, and the story of a man who wanted The Who to be called The Hair; wanted to be a sculptor, a journalist, a dancer and a graphic designer; became a musician, composer, librettist, fiction writer, literary editor, sailor; drank too much and nearly died; detached from his body in an airplane, on LSD, and nearly died; planned to write his memoir when he was 21; and published this book at 67.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Glad To Meet You
- De Mel en 10-12-12
De: Pete Townshend
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Boys in the Trees
- A Memoir
- De: Carly Simon
- Narrado por: Carly Simon
- Duración: 13 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,601
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,431
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,430
Simon's memoir reveals her remarkable life, beginning with her storied childhood as the third daughter of Richard L. Simon, the co-founder of publishing giant Simon & Schuster; her musical debut as half of The Simon Sisters, performing folk songs with her sister, Lucy, in Greenwich Village; to a meteoric solo career that would result in 13 top 40 hits, including the number-one song "You're So Vain".
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4 out of 5 stars
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Gorgeous and Sad
- De Adele in CBus en 11-30-15
De: Carly Simon
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Our Band Could Be Your Life
- Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991
- De: Michael Azerrad
- Narrado por: Jon Wurster, Merrill Garbus, Fred Armisen, y otros
- Duración: 21 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 261
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This is the never-before-told story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of the Reagan '80s - when a small but sprawling network of bands, labels, fanzines, radio stations, and other subversives reenergized American rock with punk rock's do-it-yourself credo and created music that was deeply personal, often brilliant, always challenging, and immensely influential. This sweeping chronicle of music, politics, drugs, fear, loathing, and faith has been recognized as an indie rock classic in its own right.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Comprehenisve History of Some 1980s Indie Bands
- De Jeff Koeppen en 12-22-19
De: Michael Azerrad
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Girl in a Band
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- kathleen
- 03-06-15
I really wanted to love this book..
What did you like best about Girl in a Band? What did you like least?
...but I just could not seem to get through it. I still think Kim Gordon is great but why did she fall prey to depending on name dropping and boring cliche rock star detail? Maybe it was the publishers..I'll give her that. I am glad she read it herself, it did seem more real and I am thankful for when she did talk about her true feelings. I grew up listening to her genre and I thought there just might be more of interest, but maybe we were all just young and looking for something that was never really there in the first place.
Would you recommend Girl in a Band to your friends? Why or why not?
Yes, but not worth my only audible credit this month..
What three words best describe Kim Gordon’s voice?
A little monotone, but I was glad she read it not someone else.
Was Girl in a Band worth the listening time?
I guess..
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- travelbluerudy
- 09-13-15
better then I expected with a lot of vulnerability
better then I expected with a lot if vulnerability.
I would love to hear her reflection on the affair a few years from now when it is less fresh.
it is a complete taboo what he did, but a relationship is always 2 people.
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- Morning Star 0724
- 03-12-15
Enlightening
I enjoyed her life story and the way she told it. The story bounced in time, but still seemed to flow forward. The part I liked best was her reflections on being a 'girl'. I could relate to some of her stories, and enjoyed her reflections.
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- AB
- 10-04-18
Fantastic
This is one of the best celebrity memoirs, in terms of story and writing quality, I've ever read/listened to. Smart, well-paced, and well-read by Gordon. Love it.
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- Shanghai
- 05-01-24
She is a good story
Great band, great story. Liked the honesty and delivery. Would have liked more insight into the process of choosing to be an artist.
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Total5 out of 5 stars
- DSM
- 03-05-15
Great book!
I loved hearing her story of growing up and how she developed her artistic life. Very honest, real and inspiring.
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- turqouisemama
- 03-19-15
Rock mom revealed
Author narrates so listening felt like a conversation. I have always been curious about this perspective and I enjoy hers...juggling world tours with motherhood...finding career streams...what a great life despite the struggles!
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- todd
- 10-02-15
Needs no description.
Written with total bare bones clarity. Chapters begin and end abruptly, without introduction or conclusion, only the facts of the amazing life of an iconic artist. Presented humbly and honestly-who but Kim herself could read this? Wonderful.
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- Frieda-raye
- 10-20-15
A great reading by author
It brings so much more to the memoir to have Kim's be the voice which reads. I sunk right into her story.
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- Ray Hyde
- 04-10-15
Kindred spirit.
Kim Gordon's story mirrors mine in time...she is a year older, moved to NYC at same time, experienced Lennon's death, 9/11, garbage strikes, even having a child at the same time, etc. Her details are different from mine but a great listen and to hear her tell a story about a band I sometimes followed kept me wanting to know her more. New respect for the GIrl in a Band, especially since I have played in bands with "girls".
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