Posts Tagged ‘Paperback’
Dream On: Livin’ on the Edge with Steven Tyler and Aerosmith (Boulevard) (Paperback)
December 5th, 2009Steven Tyler: The Biography (Paperback)
September 26th, 2009
Review
‘When it comes to getting close to the rich and famous Laura Jackson is second to none.’ Sky TV ‘Laura Jackson is the queen of biographers.’ Daily Express
Steven Tyler is one of life’s natural born survivors. With an exhaustively vibrant personality, this dynamic lead singer has been one of the most distinctive figures in rock music for more than three decades. Although he was raised in a close knit, loving family, Tyler survived a tough upbringing in the Bronx. His inherent passion for performing and a talent for playing instruments propelled him into rock music as a teenager. He fronted a succession of local bands before meeting the guys with whom he would form Aerosmith in 1970. Laura Jackson reveals the stories behind Tyler’s relationships with band members and the many women in his life, his battle with Hepatitis C, and his drug-fuelled meltdown during the late ’70s and early ’80s when he was snorting pure heroin. She also explores his visits to rehab in (more…)
Aerosmith’s Greatest Hits (Guitar Recorded Versions) (Paperback)
September 22nd, 2009
15 of Aerosmith’s best, newly transcribed, edited and engraved! Includes: Angel * Back in the Saddle * Come Together * Dude (Looks Like a Lady) * The Hop * Last Child * Lightning Strikes * Same Old Song and Dance * Sweet Emotion * Walk This Way * and more.
Aerosmith: The Fall and the Rise of Rock’s Greatest Band (Paperback)
September 16th, 2009
From Booklist
The members of Aerosmith may be tired of being compared to the Rolling Stones, but the bands are superficially quite similar, and musically the Stones certainly influenced Aerosmith. Heck, the principal members even resemble one another. But Aerosmith is distinctly American, a product of 1970s rock stadium shows and burgeoning excess, whereas the Stones started out–lo, these many years ago–as a blues band. Huxley’s entertaining group bio picks up the Aerosmith story after its members had already reached and for the most part conquered puberty. Readers should be thankful for this because it spares them the hyper-meaningful childhood memories and portentous events that mar many rock bios. The machinations, originality, and endurance that Aerosmith employed to reach its current fame and fortune–not to mention the deliciously decadent way it frittered most of both away during its initial success–constitute a fascinating, cautionary, and in many ways, quintess (more…)