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Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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"Soho, London, 1967. Folk-rock-psychedelic quartet Utopia Avenue is formed. Guitarist Jasper de Zoet, a shy, half-Dutch public-school musical prodigy, was hearing voices long before he dropped acid. Keyboardist Elf Holloway must defy the prejudices of herbank manager father, her housewife mother, and her age to forge her own career. Bassist Dean Moss cannot, will not, spend his life on the factory floor like everyone else in Gravesend. Band manager...
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Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 17
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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In Diper Överlöde, book 17 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley is finding out that the road to fame and glory comes with some hard knocks.
When he decides to tag along with his brother Rodrick's band, Löded Diper, Greg doesn't realize what he's getting into. But he soon learns that late nights, unpaid gigs, fighting between band members, and money troubles...
When he decides to tag along with his brother Rodrick's band, Löded Diper, Greg doesn't realize what he's getting into. But he soon learns that late nights, unpaid gigs, fighting between band members, and money troubles...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"It's Nimra Sharif's first time going to public school. Nimra's nervous, but as long as she has her best friend, Jenna, by her side, she figures she can take on just about anything. Unfortunately, middle school is hard. The teachers are mean, the schedule is confusing, and Jenna starts giving hijab-wearing Nimra the cold shoulder around the other kids. Desperate to fit in and save her friendship with Jenna, Nimra accepts an unlikely invitation to...
Author
Series
Lillys volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Growing up, Antonia 'Toni' Bennett's guitar was her only companion... until she met Sebastian Quick. Seb was a little older, a lot wiser, and he became Toni's way out, promising they'd escape their small town together. Then Seb turned eighteen and split without looking back. Now, Toni B is all grown up and making a name for herself in Philadelphia's indie scene. When a friend suggests she try out for the hottest new band in the country, she decides...
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 17
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Tagging along with his brother Rodrick's band, Loded Diper, Greg gets more than he bargained for when he gets a backstage pass to the rock 'n' roll lifestyle and wonders if he can help them become the legends they think they are.
Publisher
BayView Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Performances by the Beatles live in the USA, this is the powerful review of the original album which launched the Beatles in America. By 1963 the rest of the world was gripped by Beatlemania, only America remained unconquered. Capitol Records promised manager Brian Epstein that they would make 1964 the year of the Beatles. Capitol were as good as their word. On the back of the groundbreaking Ed Sullivan live appearances and the number one US album...
10) Lemonade Mouth
Author
Publisher
Ember
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Poets. Geniuses. Revolutionaries. The members of the legendary band Lemonade Mouth have been called all of these things. But until now, nobody's known the inside story of how this powerhouse band came to be--how five outcasts in Opequonsett High School's freshman class found each other, found the music, and went on to change both rock and roll and high school as we know it. Wen, Stella, Charlie, Olivia, and Mo take us back to that fateful detention...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"Opal is a fiercely independent young woman pushing against the grain in her style and attitude, Afro-punk before that term existed. Coming of age in Detroit, she can't imagine settling for a 9-to-5 job--despite her unusual looks, Opal believes she can be a star. So when the aspiring British singer/songwriter Neville Charles discovers her at a bar's amateur night, she takes him up on his offer to make rock music together for the fledgling Rivington...
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Series
Days on fes volume vol 2
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
" After making their music festival debut, Kanade and Otoha set off to take part in their first overnight event--the massive Rock On Japan Festival. Along with a slew of their favorite bands, they get to enjoy all-new thrills like camping, barbecue, tents, and even a hot spring?! This summer is set to be the best ever!"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Days on fes volume vol 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Kanade Sora has never been to a music festival before. But when her friend Otoha lures her along with the promise that her favorite band will be playing, she finds herself having more fun than she ever imagined. And if one small show is enough to hook her, what might a huge overnight event at a major venue be like? As Kanade dives into a whole new world of rocking out, will her life ever be the same?!
14) Days on Fes: 4
Author
Series
Days on Fes volume vol 4
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Take a peek into the past as Gaku recalls his first music festival! After stumbling upon a café that shares his name, he's invited by the elderly owner to come along to an overnight camping festival. Gaku doesn't know what to expect, but his heart is stolen by the sights and sounds he finds there...!"--
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Despite being hailed as one of the best guitarists of his era, George Harrison, particularly in his early decades, battled feelings of inferiority. He was often the butt of jokes from his bandmates owing to his lower-class background and, typically, was allowed to contribute only one or two songs per Beatles album out of the dozens he wrote. Now, acclaimed Beatles biographer Philip Norman examines Harrison through the lens of his numerous self-contradictions....
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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"Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go-Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it's the rock and roll she loves most. By the time she's twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things. Another band getting noticed is The Six, led by the brooding Billy Dunne....
Author
Series
Days on fes volume 5
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Kanade and Otoha score tickets to the Countdown Festival--a massive indoor event to ring in the new year! Surrounded by boisterous friends, good food, and their favorite tunes, the gang reflect on their past experiences and discover new dreams for the future. The festival season may be ending, but the party doesn't stop in this final volume of Days on Fes!"--page [4] of cover.
18) Scar tissue
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Publisher
Phoenix Books, Inc
Language
English
Description
This "New York Times" bestseller by the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is a compelling story of the price of success and excess, dedication and debauchery, intrigue and integrity, and recklessness and redemption that could only come from the world of rock.