PUNK / ALT / GRUNGE / STRIP + SCENE MEMOIRS (18 books)

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A collection of memoirs and scene histories from the punk, alternative, grunge, and Sunset Strip worlds. These books dig into the clubs, bands, basement shows, side-stage chaos, and the people who built entire scenes from nothing. Stories from artists, crew, outsiders, and misfits who lived through the noise, the heartbreak, the breakthroughs, and the nights that changed music forever.

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1	Backstage Pass: Decades of Sex, Drugs, Tragedy and the Darker Side of Rock & Roll by J.D. DeCosta (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 314 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1	Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil 4.19 avg rating — 37,150 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1	The Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman: Wisdom to live the life you crave by Iris Ruth Pastor (Goodreads Author) 4.55 avg rating — 126 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1	Writing IT - Novel, Plot, Characters: a novel creation toolkit (Writing it - a novel writer's toolkit Book 4) by Ed Adams (Goodreads Author) 4.58 avg rating — 123 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge by Mark Yarm (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 4,534 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Who Killed Kurt Cobain? The Mysterious Death of an Icon by Ian Halperin 3.85 avg rating — 1,669 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain by Danny Goldberg 3.94 avg rating — 3,210 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Dancing With Myself by Billy Idol 3.85 avg rating — 3,323 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee 4.14 avg rating — 49,858 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink by Elvis Costello 3.82 avg rating — 3,951 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	18 and Life on Skid Row by Sebastian Bach (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 2,828 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Confess: The Autobiography by Rob Halford 4.40 avg rating — 4,111 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Makeup to Breakup: My Life In and Out of Kiss by Peter Criss 3.68 avg rating — 1,873 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	CBGB by Ian Brill (Editor) 3.08 avg rating — 125 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	CBGB and OMFUG: Thirty Years from the Home of Underground Rock by Hilly Kristal (Introduction) 4.38 avg rating — 184 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk by John Doe 4.11 avg rating — 2,281 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Acid for the Children by Flea 4.08 avg rating — 30,996 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Face It by Debbie Harry 3.62 avg rating — 9,511 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars