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Bye Bye Baby: My Tragic Love Affair with The Bay City Rollers 33 reviews Caroline Sullivan
Bloomsbury USA, 2001
Ahhh...the memories!
+ excellent book for anyone who loved the rollers + Fun if you've ever had an all emcompassing teen star crush + This is IT IT IT! + Absolutely mortifying
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Murder Boogies with Elvis 47 reviews Anne George
Avon, 2002
not 'as common as pig's tracks'
+ The Last ONE + senior humor + Murder Makes Waves + Sisters Books by Anne George
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Kiss and Make-up 134 reviews Gene Simmons
Three Rivers Press, 2002
KISS Family Jewels
+ Gene Simmons' Guide To Entreprenurial Endeavors + KISS Great Book + Great book, must read for Kiss fans
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Head Case: A Rock and Roll Novel 4 reviews Kathleen E Strelow
AuthorHouse, 2002
Exciting!
+ The Pages ROCK! + KATHY ROCKS
This is an outstanding book! If you love rock and roll you will love this book. kathleen strelow keeps you turning the pages - I couldnt put it down!
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Tommyland 59 reviews Tommy Lee
Atria, 2005
Great book
+ Funny Stuff! + Not much thought
I bought this for my husband and he loves the book. It arrived in great condition.
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Secrets, Fact or Fiction? 4 reviews
Coscom Entertainment, 2005
Secrets, Fact or Fiction?
+ Interesting blend of imaginations from talented writers + Truth or Dare!
Secrets: Fact or Fiction? Is a collection of short stories about life and love. These short stories feature writers such as Diane J. Newton, Larry Pontius, C.T. Adams, Hill Kemp, Kathleen Strelow, C.W. Gortner, Cathy Clamp, A.P. Fuchs, and Carlene Reed. These pieces range from the romantic destiny ...
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Bay City Babylon: The Unbelievable but True of the Bay City Rollers 6 reviews Wayne Coy
Hats Off Books, 2005
Wow!! What a great book.
+ Surprisingly good + Confirmed all I knew, and taught me things I didn't.
I never would have guessed this band had been through so much or that they were actually, great musicians. Mr Coy takes us on a wild ride of teen adulation and behind the scenes craziness. After reading it, I re-read it and am struck with how frustrating it must have been for the band to fight ...
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Fargo Rock City : A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota 70 reviews Chuck Klosterman
Scribner, 2002
Klosterman rocks.
+ Chuck is the man + Entertaining Read for Any Hard Rock/Metal Fan + From a grown-up, then anti-metal, punker
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KISS: The Early Years 15 reviews Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, ...
Three Rivers Press, 2002
To DIE for
+ Not a lot of reading, but good for the diehard Kiss fan + A fun read for a great price
This book was really amazing because of its historical and photographic conception. I was really blown away by the quality of this photo book because it makes other bands' books look puny and unimportant. Many times bands put out books that offer either too much boring writing without content or ...
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Ramones: The Complete Twisted History 7 reviews Dick Porter
Plexus Publishing, 2004
Jason's Review
+ Solid as far as I can tell + Marky likes This Book
I have to say that I loved this book because almost every page held a brand new fact that I did not know about The Ramones. I'm a huge a Ramones fan. They're my favorite band, so this was definitely one of my favorite books.
This book is about the Ramones. The good times, the bad times. How they ...
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Secrets: Fact or Fiction? II 1 review
WingSpan Press, 2006
Secrets: Fact or Fiction? II
I really like the idea behind the Secrets: Fact or Fiction? books. I had the pleasure of reviewing the first title is this series which compiled an anthology of short stories mixing various genres and themes. Some of these entries recall real events. Others are completely fictional. The reader is ...
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Shang-a-Lang: Life as an International Pop Idol 4 reviews Les McKeown, Lynne Elliott
Mainstream Publishing, 2006
Great Bio
+ Recommended! + Well done, Les!
If you're into pop bands, this is a must. Les knows what the reader wants: his life an adventures with the Bay City Rollers. And this is what you're going to get, tons of memories of fans, concerts and anecdotes of one of the more popular bands of the 70's. He got a big ego, but most of his rants ...
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Sabra's Soul 6 reviews Lisa Reed
Twenty First Century Publishers, 2003
Best Thing EVER!
+ great read + Sabra's Review + GREAT BOOK!
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Rock Stars on God: 20 Artists Speak Their Minds About Faith 7 reviews Doug Van Pelt
Relevant Books, 2004
An interesting read, but not a devotional book.
+ rock n roll or rock of ages? + What would you expect a Rock Star to say about Jesus?
My main gripe about the book is that the introduction makes it seem like this is a book of devotions. It is not. Most of the interviews are taken from the (Christian) HM magazine column "What So and So says" where secular stars are interviewed and approached about thier beliefs in God and Christ. ...
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Not Fade Away: A Backstage Pass to 20 Years of Rock & Roll 7 reviews Ben Fong-Torres
Miller Freeman Books, 1999
Good
+ The Best of Ben Fong-Torres + Title Says It All
I thought this was a good, literate book. I only read the stuff I was interested in, but there was plenty of that (especially the George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger profiles). Frank Zappa once said that rock and roll journalism is "Writers who can't write, writing about musicians ...
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Bang Your Head: The Rise and Fall of Heavy Metal 26 reviews David Konow
Three Rivers Press, 2002
ALL THE OTHER REVIEWERS ARE MORONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+ easily the GREATEST book ever written about heavy metal + Not Dated, A very accurate portrate of what happened to metal + This book was awesome! (Actually 4.5 stars)
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It's Only Rock and Roll: An Anthology of Rock and Roll Short Stories 5 reviews Janice Eidus
David R Godine, 1998
Groovy
+ A wonderful tribute to the greatest voices in rock and roll. + From the Publisher
By culling the best of a pop-driven genre, editors Janice Eidus and John Kastan have succeeded in putting together a collection of stories that work like good songs. --Thaddeus Rutkowski, author of Roughhouse
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God, Guns & Rock and Roll 75 reviews Ted Nugent
Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2001
Why so many ratings having NOTHING to do with the book?
+ get a life tree huggers!!
Read the book, rate the book...it's really simple.
While it's really a 4 star book (some of the hunting stories do drag on a bit), I gave it five to help balance the oddly hateful reviews.
It's a book on Ted's take on politics, life and hunting told in Ted's usual style. If you like that ...
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Crazy from the Heat 77 reviews David Lee Roth
Hyperion Books, 1997
A Renaissance man. David Lee Roth.
+ The best rock memoir ever... + For whats its worth + One of the Greatest Stories Ever Told
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Midnight Lightning: Jimi Hendrix and the Black Experience 6 reviews Greg Tate
Lawrence Hill Books, 2003
As society has always seen it........
+ Tell It Like It Is, Or Was!
Jimi was African American Period. The white american society today as well as then always viewed anyone mixed black as being black. There were scores of african american people who were mixed with other races that america still see's them as just being black....that is how it has always been. THIS ...
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