In its relatively short history, rock and roll has spawned only a few truly inventive and gifted performers who have redefined the form, grasped hold of its existing perimeters and exploded them, taking it to new and greater heights. Genesis is one such band, and their phenomenal 25 year history is a testimony to their consistently high artistic achievement. Formed at Charterhouse public school in the mid 1960s, Genesis went on to become one of the most challenging and inventive groups of the early 1970s only to weather the loss of Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett and emerge with Phil Collins as frontman. This book tells the band's full story, telling the story of Genesis from formation to the present day, including a chronicle of the members' solo careers, they also illustrate how important their contribution to popular music has been and offer the opportunity to reassess their recorded work. Featuring interviews and painstaking research, this will be the reference work on the band for years to come.

Genesis: A Biography

Biographies & Memoirs

Bowler, Dave

Dray, Bryan

Arts & Literature

SIDGWICK JACKSON

The Cure: Faith

1979 saw the first single of the punk band, the Cure, but in their subsequent 15-year career their influence on mainstream music has been prodigious. Still recognizable with their familiar punk lipstick and teased hair, the band have loosened their style appealing to a far wider audience, from their old faithful fans to a younger mass culture. Essentially the story of the Cure is the story of the introspective and domineering Robert Smith, its founder and leader. As the group evolved, he took it from a benign dictatorship to a quasi-democratic unit, the pivotal role in this change being played by video director Tim Pope, the first collaborator to be treated as an artistic equal. The development of the band is traced in this book, centred around the Smith/Pope axis, and looks at the way in which the story of the Cure is one of success gained on its own terms, a triumph of single-mindedness over fashion. Featuring interviews with Tim Pope and many of those who have worked with the group over the years, this biography analyzes their contribution to the shaping of popular music as well as interpreting their own success and sensibilities.

Pan/Macmillan

Deacon Blue: Just What I Feel

Featuring interviews with many in the music industry who have worked with The Cure over the years, this biography of the band analyzes their contribution to popular music, as well as interpreting their own success and sensibilities.

MACMILLAN PUB. LTD.

Aerosmith What it Takes

Boxtree

Featuring interviews with members of the 1966 and 1970 World Cup squads, this is a biography of Sir Alf Ramsey, one of England's most successful national managers. The text investigates his eccentricities and reassesses his contribution to English football.

Alf Ramsey

Victor Gollancz

A tribute to the heavy-metal group, Iron Maiden, which charts their success from the early days of gigging in pubs to the vast auditoriums of America and headline nights at international outdoor festivals.

Running Free-Iron Maiden

TRAFALGAR SQUARE +

Traces the rise, fall, and comeback of the 1970s heavy-metal band

Aerosmith: What It Takes

Arts & Photography

Music

Boxtree Ltd.

<p>The unauthorised biography of the world's most entertaining - and Britain's most successful - cricketing all-rounder.  In his prime, year in, year out, Ian Botham provided the most memorable moments of the cricketing season. Yet there has always been more to Botham than just cricket, and this biography examines why he inspires both admiration and fury in his fans. Primarily a celebration of Botham and cricket, NO SURRENDER explores the life and times of the most important cricketer of the past quarter century.  Includes full chronology and Test Match career statistics.</p>

NO SURRENDER: LIFE AND TIMES OF IAN BOTHAM

orion#

<p>Chronicles the rise of the Athens, Georgia rock band, and offers a view of the four members' public and private lives</p>

R.E.M.: From Chronic Town to Monster

Birch Lane Pr

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Books by Bowler, Dave

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Genesis: A Biography

The Cure: Faith

Deacon Blue: Just What I Feel

The Cure: Faith

Aerosmith What it Takes

Alf Ramsey

Running Free-Iron Maiden

Aerosmith: What It Takes

NO SURRENDER: LIFE AND TIMES OF IAN BOTHAM

R.E.M.: From Chronic Town to Monster