Today, Wednesday, April 23, the Book day is celebrated worldwide.
And on the rock radio we review our library to celebrate training, learning, opening of mind and always healthy confirmation that, the more we know things, we realize that we really know much less.
Book Day with Rock
The universe is immeasurable and we would lack complete lives to cover everything.
And as a starting point, we share 10 large rock books for your collection.
I AM OZZY (Ozzy Osbourne)
Of course, the story of the prince of darkness told by himself is a milestone to always celebrate. The memoirs of 426 pages that Ozzy Osbourne published in 2009 have become a must, with generous doses of humor, absurd, excesses, details and rock.
HOW MUSIC WORKS (David Byrne)
How does music work? It is a question that we always ask ourselves, but that only David Byrne dared to answer it with luxuries of details, taking us among technological changes, the way of producing and consuming music and a bit of his personal memory.
LIFE (Keith Richards)
Keith Richards is a true survivor, and in “Life”, his autobiography published in 2010, gives fuxury details and anecdotes a lifetime dedicated to rock and roll. And absolutely nothing is saved to entertain us in a story where his partner Mick Jagger does not come out very well stopped.
RETROMANIA (Simon Reynolds)
This has become a new classic. In his 2010 essay, Reynolds tries to explain music addiction to his past. Everything that gives us nostalgia, and how it has determined the industry for a good time. We impeccably impeccably impeccably for issues such as YouTube, MP3, record collectors, musical curator and other songs that enrich the current panorama of our music.
BORN TO RUN (Bruce Springsteen)
According to himself, Bruce Springsteen was born the idea of writing a book with his memoirs when he was in the Superbowl of 2009. And in this 2016 publication, he also has a branch of residence on Broadway until the end of this year, the boss invites us to know his entire route as an author, showing us the process and essence of his vast work.
GIRL IN A band: A MEMOIR (Kim Gordon)
Kim Gordon is a true alternative rock institution. And after the end of Sonic Youth, the bassist told in the first person her story in these unmissable memories edited in 2015, which bring up how to survive in an environment loaded with testosterone, where until now there is still no parity. A notable declaration of principles.
WHITE LINE FEVER: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY (Lemmy Kilmister)
In 2002, and a rest before serving 6 decades. Lemmy Kilmister realized a life full of rock and roll in his autobiography. Against all forecasts, at that time the leader of Motorhead Lucía Credentials of survivor of the vertiginous rhythm of rock and roll. His story tells her as if she were sitting with you at a table, with lucidity and a good dose of humor. And it is surprised every day.
THE LOVE YOU MAKE AN INSIDER’S STORY OF THE BEATLES (Peter Brown, Steve Gaines)
This must be one of the first books of the Beatles who came to our hands. Edited in 1983, and with the venia of both the Fab Four and their surroundings, the story of the most epic history of music with the eyes of an accountant of the company of the late manager Brian Epstein gives us a good starting point to immerse ourselves in the Beatle world that will accompany us forever.
CHRONICLES: VOLUME ONE (Bob Dylan)
There are dozens of books about their enigmatic figure and their extensive work, but these chronicles is the only one where Bob Dylan himself is in charge of telling us a pinch in their history in a non -linear way and leaving us more doubts than certainties. But the agile pen of the Nobel Prize for Literature convinces from the first moment and gives us the illusion that everything that tells us is the definitive vision.
HAMMER OF THE GODS (Led Zeppelin)
The era of Led Zeppelin was marked by the old motto of “Sex, Drugs and Rock’n’roll”, with a series of rumors of every caliber that have circulated since their beginnings. And Stepehn Davis is responsible for confirming or denying them in a captivating story, as well as the band itself.
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Pentagram (Patricio Jara)
An unmissable for book day. 2013 was the year of the return of Pentagram, the legend of the Death Metal of Chile and South America. His album “The Malefice” obtained excellent criticism from fans and specialized media. The story of the band led by Anton Reisenegger began in 1985 and almost 30 years later, Patricio Jara embarked on the project of publishing a book with the testimony of those who gave life to that legend.
Sound test: first rock stories in Chile (1956-1984) (David Ponce)
Two hundred interviews accumulated during a renowned trade as a musical journalist served David Ponce in 2008 to order the stories of the first Chilean rock. Next to consecrated as Blops; Congress, Jaivas or Fulano, are the small but significant stories of partial or almost completely forgotten groups; to which this book pays a fair tribute, in a useful account as a testimonial record and as an encyclopedic reference. Each band reviewed includes its discography and list of members, and twenty -eight pages of color photographs are attached.
