Autor Mick Wall
Comprising a vivid and varied series of miniature biographies, revealing profiles, thought-provoking essays and a multitude of previously unknown anecdotes and quotes, Hercules!: The A to Z of Elton John is the perfect compendium for the casual fan or…
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 England…
Alongside contemporaries Slayer, Megadeath and Anthrax, Metallica came to prominence in the eighties as one of the 'big four' of thrash metal. Metallica were to thrash, though, what the Sex Pistols were to punk. Nearly thirty years on, their tale is…
Think you know how Jim Morrison died? Think you know who wrote all their hits? Think you know why Morrison fled to Paris, never to return?Well now you will with the definitive biography, Love Becomes a Funeral Pyre, of the legendary rock band…
Many millions of words have already been written about Guns N' Roses, the old line-up, the new line-up. But none of them have ever really gotten to the truth. Which is this: Guns N' Roses has always been a band out of time, the Last of the Giants. They…
The final word on the world's greatest rock band, Led Zeppelin, from esteemed rock journalist and author Mick Wall.
'This could be heaven or this could be hell...'So sings Don Henley on their biggest hit, 'Hotel California', yet for The Eagles their story was one where the dividing line between ultimate Hollywood highs and subterranean LA lows was blurred beyond recognition,…
Jim Morrison umírá v Paříži roku 1971 za ne zcela vyjasněných okolností. Zbývající členové The Doors jsou v šoku. Jsou zdrceni i přesto, že se ještě před touto tragickou událostí stihli s Jimem ve zlém rozejít. Kapela, která začínala jako „američtí Rolling…
In 'The Ace of Spades', Motorhead's most famous song, Lemmy, the born-to-lose, live-to-win frontman of the band sang, 'I don't want to live forever'. Yet as he told his friend of 35 years, former PR and biographer Mick Wall, 'Actually, I want to go the…
In 'The Ace of Spades', Motorhead's most famous song, Lemmy, the born-to-lose, live-to-win frontman of the band sang, 'I don't want to live forever'. Yet as he told his friend of 35 years, former PR and biographer Mick Wall, 'Actually, I want to go the…
Čtyřicet let poté, co se Led Zeppelin poprvé sešli ve špinavém sklepě v Čínské čtvrti, spatřila světlo světa jejich definitivní biografie. Poslední legenda hudby let šedesátých a první legenda následující dekády vyrostla na nepříliš pevných základech…
A major, definitive biography of Guns N' Roses by the man who was very much a part of what remains the most iconic rock story of the last three decades. 'Last Of the Giants is the mad, funny, dark and often painful story of a lost band from a now-dis
Metallica znamenala pro zvuk a image heavy metalu osmdesátých let přesně to, co Led Zeppelin pro rock a Sex Pistols pro punk. Ze čtveřice vynálezců thrash metalu – k nimž patří ještě Slayer, Anthrax a Megadeth – to byla vždycky Metallica, kdo stál v…