Rock music biography books

Superbly researched and insightfully written, the best music biographies offer portraits of their subjects which simply leap off the page.

Must-read titles in their own right, these books are essential reads for every music fan.

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Everett True: ‘Hey Ho Let’s Go: The Story Of The Ramones’ (Omnibus, )

As the band who kick-started punk on both sides of the Atlantic, New York City’s Ramones were deserving of a biography of substance – and they got one with this exhaustive tome written by ex-NME/Melody Maker journalist Everett True, the man who famously wheeled Kurt Cobain on stage at the start of Nirvana’s legendary Reading Festival performance in

True later wrote ’s Nirvana: The True Story, but that’s bettered by Hey Ho Let’s Go, a truly exhaustive trawl through the blistering live sets, brilliant albums, inter-band brawls and e