RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://omnibuspress.com/ Renowned musician and songwriter Kid Congo Powers, whose musical resume is rather impressive and includes stints with the Cramps, The Gun Club, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, published this deeply evocative and engrossing memoir of his via the brilliant Omnibus Press a few months ago. If you did…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://omnibuspress.com/collections/frontpage/products/the-jam-1982-published-on-17th-november-2022 What a marvelous piece of work this visually stunning book on that tumultuous yet highly productive year in The Jam’s life that was 1982 is. That was the fateful year when front man Paul Weller decided to lay The Jam to rest following an intensely creative spell from 1977…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: http://www.martinpopoff.com/html/killing-the-dragon-dio-in-the-90-and-2000s.html Renowned author and music critic Martin Popoff never fails to impress and inspire me thanks to the quality and depth of his written works. Killing the Dragon: Dio in the ’90s and 2000s is no exception to that rule. This one is actually the kind of book that I had…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://omnibuspress.com/products/glam-when-superstars-ruled-the-world-1970-74-published-on-7th-july-2022 What a lovely and evocative delight this colorful and captivating piece on the birth and creative peaks of glam rock is. Filled to the brim with pictures of bands, concert posters, album adverts, fan club newsletters, badges, and single and album covers, author Mark Paytress has composed a most impressive…
Omnibus Press, 2022 RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://omnibuspress.com/collections/frontpage/products/the-sound-of-the-machine-published-on-14th-july-2022 Renowned artist Karl Bartos, who is undoubtedly best known for his pioneering work with the German avantgarde outfit Kraftwerk, published this mammoth 634-page autobiography of his a few months ago, and it turned out to be an informative read and a bit of an eye-opener in many…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022BAND URL: https://omnibuspress.com/products/peter-green-the-authorised-biography-published-on-31st-march-2022 This updated and revised classic on the wildly gifted and enigmatic founder of Fleetwood Mac, more specifically blues legend Peter Green, is an illuminating study of a musical icon and an extraordinarily complex human being that perpetually seemed to shun fame and fortune. Written by Martin Celmins who was a…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://omnibuspress.com/collections/frontpage/products/god-only-knows-the-story-of-brian-wilson-the-beach-boys-and-the-california-myth This legendary and outright essential book on Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys, which originally saw the light of day back in 1978, was extensively updated by author David Leaf quite recently and then published by the ever-reliable purveyors of quality literature, namely Omnibus Press. What we have here is…
RELEASE YEAR: 2021 BAND URL: http://forlagetmomenta.dk/nye-udgivelser/ Quite by chance I stumbled on a copy of this hugely entertaining book on the Danish hard rockers/heavy metallers Pretty Maids while vacating in Denmark, and although it was published late last year, I simply had to do a short review on the piece. The two founders and sole original…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/books/album-in-depth-series/rainbow-straight-between-the-eyes-in-depth/ Author Laura Shenton has written an impressive number of books in a relatively short amount of time, and one of the reasons why they are so enjoyable to read (apart from being incredibly well-researched, that is) is that she narrows her focus quite considerably in her work and delves deep…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: Omnibus Press Yours truly was enthralled by author Darryl W. Bullock’s previous book, the thought-provoking and illuminating “The Velvet Mafia: The Gay Men Who Ran the Swinging Sixties” (2021), which turned out to be one of that year’s literary highlights. Needless to say, I was very much looking forward to digesting…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://omnibuspress.com/ Following the publication of last year’s “Bowie Odyssey 71”, yours truly had been eagerly awaiting its follow-up, and what a treat it now is to be able to tell you that we are dealing with a sparkling new literary gem here. Simon Goddard’s story is an engrossing account of Bowie’s…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: This revised and updated edition of Keith Cameron’s book on the legendary Seattle rockers Mudhoney is a most welcome addition to the bookshelf, and its title is an apt one. Cameron’s work is Incredibly detailed and imbued with an ability to paint a vibrant and exciting picture of the nascent Seattle…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://omnibuspress.com/ The story of John McGeoch is an engrossing one and let me start out by telling you that I am thrilled that there is finally a remarkably candid and deftly executed biography on the late guitarist and songwriter out there now. Known for his stellar work with Magazine, Siouxsie and the…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022BAND URL: Omnibus Press – omnibuspress.com This revised and updated version of “Queen: As It Began” is a vibrant and highly entertaining introduction to the British legends’ storied career and legacy as well as their recorded outputs and the impact that they have had on fans and the wider cultural sphere in general.…
RELEASE YEAR: 2021 BAND URL: https://omnibuspress.com/products/the-best-of-jamming-published-on-23rd-september-2021 Jamming! was a DIY fanzine that was launched by Tony Fletcher back in 1977 when he was merely thirteen years old and over time it evolved into a proper, professional-looking magazine. Despite growing into a popular and well-respected magazine, it never really lost touch with its DIY roots or abandoned…
