Mick Wall - Böcker

The more I thought about it, the more I realised my career has been unusual. How did I manage to do everything wrong but still end up on the front cover of magazines, headlining world tours and achieving Top 5 albums? How did I attract such obsess...

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Rainbow in the dark: Historien om Ronnie James Dio är den officiella biografin om hårdrockens mest framgångsrike sångare genom tiderna: Ronnie James Dio, den lille mannen med den enorma rösten. Mannen bakom den världsberömda horngesten inledde fak...

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Det har skrivits mycket om Guns N Roses, men inte förrän nu har någon kommit åt sanningen om dem. Guns N' Roses är de sista giganterna inom hårdrocken, och de är vad varje band sedan Rolling Stones har försökt vara - farliga. I en tid när det stän...

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Med sångaren Ozzy Osbourne i spetsen och den kreativa motorn Tony Iommi på gitarr var Black Sabbath det hårdaste av hårdrocksbanden i början av 1970-talet. Inga andra har som de inspirerat och förfärat sin omvärld. Avbitna fågelhuvuden, droger och...

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Från inspelningen av ett av de mest kritikerrosade albumen genom tiderna med Velvet Underground & Nico, till tungt drogmissbruk och uppträdande för påven berättelsen om Lou Reed består av höga toppar och djupa dalar. Rock n roll var Lou Reeds ...

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The more I thought about it, the more I realised my career has been unusual. How did I manage to do everything wrong but still end up on the front cover of magazines, headlining world tours and achieving Top 5 albums? How did I attract such obsess...

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Jimmy was a down-at-heel guitarist in New York, relying on his latest lovers to support him while he tried to emulate his hero Bob Dylan. A black guy playing white rock music, he wanted to be all things to all people. But when Jimmy arrived in Eng...

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'A passionate, pacey tome you should do anything for a copy of' - Kerrang! "I never wanted to be a big star. I just wanted to be the biggest at what I do! Powerful, unstoppable, heavy - when that word still meant something good!" - Meat ...

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'Explodes in to life from the opening paragraph' RECORD COLLECTOR Think you know the story of Jim Morrison and The Doors? This revelatory and explosive biography from critically acclaimed rock journalist Mick Wall will make you think again. 'The p...

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'Unflinching, forthright and full of wry humour as the man himself, and there's little praise greater than that' CLASSIC ROCK 'Wall's vision of Lemmy as a Rock'n'Roll stalwart who made no concessions is vivid to the last' GUARDIAN In 'The Ace of S...

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"I never wanted to be a big star. I just wanted to be the biggest at what I do! Powerful, unstoppable, heavy - when that word still meant something good!" - Meat Loaf, as told to Mick Wall Everything in the story of Meat Loaf is big. Fro...

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Ronnie James Dio was a heavy metal icon and frontman of three of the best-selling, most influential and famous rock bands in history: Rainbow, Black Sabbath and his own multi-million selling band, Dio. Rainbow in the Dark is a rollercoaster ride t...

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'A flaming juggernaut of heavy-metal biog' GUARDIAN 'This is the definitive account of heavy metal's biggest band of all' CLASSIC ROCK 'Truly enlightening' ROCK SOUND 'ENTER NIGHT, Mick Wall's biography of Metallica confirms this grizzled veteran ...

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DET HAR SKRIVITS MYCKET OM GUNS N' ROSES, men inte förrän nu har någon kommit åt sanningen om dem. Guns N' Roses är de sista giganterna inom hårdrocken, och de är vad varje band sedan Rolling Stones har försökt vara - farliga. I en tid när det stä...

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This is the powerful, detailed and enlightening biography of the iconic composer, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist - the inimitable Prince.Prince was an icon. A man who defined an era of music and changed the shape of popular culture f...

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Guns N" Rosesin koko tarina. Hard rockin mahtavimman yhtyeen matka Sunset Stripin rähjäisilta klubeilta planeetan suurimmaksi rockbändiksi, luhistuminen omaan mahdottomuuteensa ja uusi alku. Guns N" Roses oli lajinsa viimeinen. Ennakoimaton, kaoot...

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A big, brash history of Guns n' Roses charismatic, talented and idiosyncratic leader "An archetypal rock biography that captures the runaway-train spirit of the singer and his band-You don't have to be a Guns N' Roses fanatic to dig this ener...

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Axl Rose is one of rock's most colourful figures and yet his story has never been properly told until now. Mick Wall knew the original line-up of Guns N' Roses before they were famous and has interviewed them many times. Drawing on exclusive unpub...

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The more I thought about it, the more I realised my career has been unusual. How did I manage to do everything wrong but still end up on the front cover of magazines, headlining world tours and achieving Top 5 albums? How did I attract such obsess...

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From his childhood in Dublin, to his superstardom, to his emergence as one of the world's great philanthropists: here is the story of Bono. Not only is Bono a crucial element in the most dazzlingly inventive band since the Beatles, he is also the ...

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Wall--who has known the members of Metallica for 25 years--delivers the definitive biography of the biggest heavy metal band in the world.

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Decades before reality television was invented, Ozzy Osbourne was subversive and dark. Ozzy was the singer in the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and they meant business. In an era when rock bands were measured by how 'heavy' they were, no one was...

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A revised edition of the classic Led Zeppelin biography, featuring rich and substantial new material Rock writer Mick Wall draws on insider access, as former confidante to both Plant and Page, to craft the definitive biography of the world's most ...

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'Excellent ... paints an affectionate portrait of this unpretentious, humorous presenter who seems to have been loved by everyone who met him' SUNDAY TIMES'A leisurely stroll through the life of an "e;irreplaceable man"e; - [a] thoughtful,...

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'A flaming juggernaut of heavy-metal biog' GUARDIAN'This is the definitive account of heavy metal's biggest band of all' CLASSIC ROCK 'Truly enlightening' ROCK SOUND'ENTER NIGHT, Mick Wall's biography of Metallica confirms this grizzled veteran to...

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'APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION has the best of Wall's Kerrang! features, each bolstered by new, insightful post-scripts. You won't read a funnier rock book****' MOJO'Wall is firing on all cylinders' CLASSIC ROCK'This hilarious tome is a collection of h...

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Mick Wall penetrates the closed world of Aussie rock legends AC/DC.AC/DC moved to Britain from Sydney in 1975, and soon set up a residency at London's Marquee Club. Their short hair (including the odd mullet), loud rock and attitude chimed well wi...

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Everyone from Sir Paul McCartney and Jimmy Page to Queens of the Stone Age now relishes the chance to share a stage with Dave Grohl and his legendary Foo Fighters. The question is: why? Musical depth? Not really. Major success? Well, yes. Despite ...

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Everyone from Sir Paul McCartney and Jimmy Page to Queens of the Stone Age now relishes the chance to share a stage with Dave Grohl and his legendary Foo Fighters. The question is: why? Musical depth? Not really. Major success? Well, yes. Despite ...

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'An epic tale, told the way it should be' RECORD COLLECTOR 'The book he was born to write' CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE 'An entertaining read for long-standing fans and newcomers alike' GUITARIST The final word on the only name synonymous with heavy meta...

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