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Alternative Music Books
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Rip it Up and Start Again. Post-punk 1978-1984 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as alternative-music)
avg rating 4.05 — 9,358 ratings — published 2005
Stay True (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 3.99 — 48,242 ratings — published 2022
I'm Not Holding Your Coat: My Bruises-and-All Memoir of Punk Rock Rebellion (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 4.21 — 271 ratings — published
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 4.43 — 168,173 ratings — published 2021
From Cradle to Stage: Stories from the Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 3.85 — 5,323 ratings — published 2017
See A Little Light: The Trail of Rage and Melody (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 3.80 — 2,078 ratings — published 2011
Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 4.07 — 10,485 ratings — published 1993
Sonic Life: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,528 ratings — published
The Jesus Lizard Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 4.40 — 114 ratings — published 2012
Swans: Sacrifice and Transcendence: The Oral History (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 4.27 — 561 ratings — published
Art Sex Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,708 ratings — published 2017
Japanoise: Music at the Edge of Circulation (Sign, Storage, Transmission)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 4.06 — 231 ratings — published 2013
The Musical World Of Halim El-Dabh (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 2003
20 Jazz Funk Greats (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 3.97 — 346 ratings — published 2007
Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,267 ratings — published 2008
Girl in a Band (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 3.67 — 31,967 ratings — published 2015
Love Rock Revolution: K Records and the Rise of Independent Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 3.71 — 266 ratings — published 2012
Chocolate and Cheese (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 3.95 — 397 ratings — published 2011
Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 4.21 — 18,020 ratings — published 2001
My Life in the Ghost of Planets: The Story of a CBGB Almost-Was (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 3.47 — 17 ratings — published 2012
The Stone Roses: War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 3.89 — 458 ratings — published 2012
Unknown Pleasures (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 3.72 — 887 ratings — published 2004
Shotgun Seamstress Zine Collection: Six Zines By & For Black Punks (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 4.82 — 67 ratings — published 2007
In the Fascist Bathroom: Punk in Pop Music, 1977-1992 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 3.84 — 763 ratings — published 1993
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye: The Fleeting Fame & Lasting Legacy of Soft Cell (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 3.38 — 8 ratings — published 2012
A Riot of Our Own: Night and Day with the Clash (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,019 ratings — published 1997
Passion Is a Fashion: The Real Story of the Clash (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,386 ratings — published 2004
Gorillaz: Rise of the Ogre (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,026 ratings — published 2006
Punk Rock: An Oral History (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 4.01 — 649 ratings — published 2006
The Encyclopedia of New Wave (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 3.95 — 110 ratings — published 2012
12 Days on the Road: The Sex Pistols and America (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 3.88 — 598 ratings — published 1992
Under the Ivy: The Life & Music of Kate Bush (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 4.02 — 889 ratings — published 2010
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 4.19 — 36,834 ratings — published 1996
England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 4.06 — 7,393 ratings — published 1991
From the Velvets to the Voidoids: A Pre-Punk History for a Post-Punk World (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,728 ratings — published 1993
24 Hour Party People: What the Sleeve Notes Never Tell You (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,402 ratings — published 2002
Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,734 ratings — published 1989
Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 3.93 — 9,179 ratings — published 1995
FM For Murder (Pamela Barnes Acoustic Mystery, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as alternative-music)
avg rating 3.89 — 99 ratings — published 2011
“Finally, I found alternative, music that didn't seem to have a concrete definition yet. The genre was characterized by not being anything else.”
― The Road to Vent Haven
― The Road to Vent Haven
“For the life of me I cannot remember, what made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise. For the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen.”
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