How to Be a Rock Star

As lead singer of Happy Mondays and Black Grape, Shaun Ryder was the Keith Richards and Mick Jagger of his generation. A true rebel, who formed and led not one but two seminal bands, he’s had number-o …

Friday On My Mind

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George Young wasn’t so much on the charts for the best part of three decades: he and his musical partner Harry Vanda were the charts. George’s journey began with the trailblazing Easybeats and continu …

No One Listens to Your Dad's Show

‘Christian has achieved something very beautiful and funny with this book, weaving ordinary life and every day sadness into something hopeful and profound. I loved it.’ Russell BrandAs a radio DJ in L …

Malcolm Young

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Malcolm Young was a legend: the founder and the driving force of AC/DC, a man with what many have called ‘the greatest right hand in rock and roll’. That right hand provided the instantly recognisable …

The Beauty of Living Twice

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER’A glorious, rogue, raw account … It is funny; it is shocking; it is good.’ The Times’Dangerous, alluring and misunderstood: Sharon Stone remains one of our best …

Boy on Fire

An intensely beautiful, profound and poetic biography of the formative years of the dark prince of rock ‘n’ roll, Boy on Fire is Nick Cave’s creation story, a portrait of the artist first as a boy, th …

Michael

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He died at only 37 but his fans are legion. INXS singer/songwriter Michael Hutchence was the celebrated frontman of a band that was the biggest in the world. Michael’s big sister, Tina, adored him fro …

Martin Sharp

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Martin Sharp’s art was as singular as his style. He blurred the boundaries of high art and low with images of Dylan, Hendrix and naked flower children that defined an era. Along the way the irreverent …

D.A.A.S.

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Under the guise of his alter ego Flacco, Paul Livingston once basked in the reflected glory of Tim Ferguson, Paul McDermott and Richard Fidler, and their anarchic comedy incarnation, the Doug Anthony …

The Auctioneer

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In the glamorous and secretive world of art, Simon de Pury is the ultimate insider. Having elevated the auction into performance art, he is the most famous of all auctioneers. He has been chairman of …

Live Wire

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The world knows Bon Scott as the wild rocker, the frontman for AC/DC who tragically died of alcohol poisoning on the eve of the band’s rise to superstardom.We know the legend, now meet the man.Live Wi …

Dog Eat Dog

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Bon turned up with two bottles of bourbon, some dope and some speed. When Angus saw this stash, he said to Malcolm, ‘If this guy can walk, let alone sing, it’s going to be something.’Michael Browning …

Arthur Boyd

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Arthur Boyd’s legacy is a collection of masterpieces that define the history of Australian art in the last century. But the man himself – enigmatic, inarticulate, modest – has remained in the shadows …

Anyone Who Had a Heart

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Burt Bacharach is one of the most celebrated and legendary song-writers of the twentieth century. Throughout his sixty year career he has worked with artists from Dionne Warwick to Dr Dre, Marlene Die …

Untouchable

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Jackson was the most talented, richest, and most famous pop star on the planet. But the outpouring of emotion that followed his loss was bittersweet. Dogged by scandal for over fifteen years, and undo …

Rin Tin Tin

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Rin Tin Tin was born on a battlefield in France towards the end of WW1. He died in 1932, supposedly in the arms of Jean Harlow, the original ‘blonde bombshell’, epic in death as he was in life. In his …