TABLE OF CONTENTSA Word Of IntroductionChapter 1: The Backstage Pass, B.S. (Before Satins)Chapter 2: The Golden Age Of Classic RockChapter 3: The Roaring 80sChapter 4: An Explosion Of Color - 1990 To The PresentCreditsCD1. Nazareth - Hair Of The Dog2. Humble Pie - I Don t Need No Doctor (Live)3. Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel The Noize4. Iggy Pop featuring David Bowie - Sister Midnight (Live)5. Rick Derringer & Ted Nugent- Cat Scratch Fever (Live)6. Sweet - Love Is Like Oxygen7. Motörhead - Breaking The Law8. Vince Neil (Mötley Crüe) & George Lynch - Paranoid9. Molly Hatchet with Charlie Daniels - Free Bird10. Elton John - Spirit In The Sky11. Yes - Every Little Thing (BBC Radio Session)12. Triumph - Magic Power13. Outlaws - Green Grass & High Tides (Live)14. Rod Stewart - The Blues

All Access: The Art and History of the Backstage Pass

Arts & Photography

Martin Popoff

Music

CLEOPATRA

A reference guide and rating of almost 2,000 of the music industry's most powerful hard rock and heavy metal artists through the 1990's.

Riff Kills Man! 25 Years of Recorded Hard Rock & Heavy Metal

Power Chord Press

B.O.C. fans will learn a great deal in this book

Blue Oyster Cult: Secrets Revealed!

UFO: Shoot Out The Lights… the first EVER book on classic British rock act UFO! Included in this 257 page barnstormer is a huge pile of previously unpublished stuff from Martin Popoff’s many interviews over the years with Phil Mogg, Pete Way, Michael Schenker, Paul Chapman, Neil Carter, Paul Raymond, Atomic Tommy, Danny Peyronel and a bunch of other guys. Like Martin’s recent Blue Oyster Cult and Rush books, the format is album by album, song by song. Says Martin: “I don’t think there are any songs, from the debut through to You Are Here, that don’t get talked about by me or the guys or both. In and around that though, there is lots of tour talk, gettin’ inside the guys’ heads (lots of Schenker in that respect), and of course, some tales revolving (spinning?) around the demons drug and drink.” Also included is a full band discography with virtually all the side-project and solo stuff included; song titles as well. For more, here’s the back cover text… Doctor, Doctor, Rock Bottom, Mother Mary, Shoot Shoot, Lights Out, Too Hot To Handle, Only You Can Rock Me, No Place To Run, The Wild The Willing And The Innocent… …such is only a sampling of the distinguished brilliance Phil Mogg, Pete Way and their merry band of co-wreckers have gotten up to over 35 years and many more beers of daring rock ‘n’ roll destruction. From the self-titled record in 1971, to 2004’s shimmery and hopeful You Are Here, UFO has been persevering through lineup bust-ups, music business hell-scapes, and grim self-abuses that would have killed lesser rock ‘n’ rollers. Along the way, such records as Force It, No Heavy Petting, Lights Out, Obsession, Strangers In The Night, Making Contact, and Walk On Water, the superlative ‘90s comeback album with the enigmatic Michael Schenker, have crash-landed in arenas around the globe. UFO – Shoot Out The Lights celebrates the careening career of this classic, classy, eminently British hard rock institution, album by album, song by song, blow by bleary-eyed blow. Through extensive discussion with band members past and present, Popoff digs into the motivations behind UFO’s many revered records, while also touching upon those of the Michael Schenker Group, Waysted and Mogg/Way. Pour yourself a stiff one, ‘cos we’re expecting some turbulence! About The Author… Martin Popoff has written ten books on hard rock, heavy metal and classic rock. His 11th, UFO: Shoot Out The Lights, joins Blue Oyster Cult: Secrets Revealed! in an ongoing series of album-by-album analyses commissioned by Metal Blade Records, an institution in the heavy metal field, now in its 23rd year of distinguished service. Martin is also the Editor In Chief of Brave Words &amp; Bloody Knuckles, and is a regular contributor to Guitar World, Lollipop, Goldmine, Record Collector, Classic Rock, Chart, bravewords.com, chartattack.com, lollipop.com and hardradio.com.

UFO: Shoot Out The Lights

Metal Blade Records

Deep Purple '83-'09 A Castle Full Of Rascals

Dublin's Thin Lizzy have become one of the most revered cult acts of all time, studious and discerning fans of hard rock the world over reveling in the storytelling acumen of the legendary Philip Lynott and the craft and class of his band.Fighting My Way Back: Thin Lizzy 69 - 76, through numerous new interviews with most of the principles involved and a mountain of painstaking research, examines the band's suite of six records culminating in 1976's superlative and sparkling Jailbreak, home of such hits as Cowboy Song, Emerald, Jailbreak and The Boys Are Back In Town.Thin Lizzy, Shades Of A Blue Orphanage, Vagabonds Of The Western World, Nightlife, Fighting and then momentously Jailbreak... along the way, alcohol and drugs wreak havoc between band members, producers and managers, but despite lineup changes and a mostly grinding, rockscrabble existence, Ireland's favourite sons persevere to experience, finally, the smash hit record they'd deserved for so long.Immerse yourself in Popoff's celebrated record-by-record methodology and emerge a rejuvenated Lizzy fan, newly appreciative of the deep album tracks hiding within this singular band's often forgotten early years...The book's 280 pages include 238 rare, archival black & white photos and memorabilia shots to accompany my usual in-depth track-by-track play-by-play type o' crazy biog.Fresh new interviews for this book included (and most a few times), Eric Bell, Scott Gorham, Brian Downey, Gary Moore and Brian Robertson along with a couple of managers in Terry O'Neill and Ted Carroll, producers Nick Tauber and Ron Nevison, Nigel Grange from Vertigo, Frank Murray who kept it all together on the road, cover artist Jim Fitzpatrick, and a range of others. As well, historical press interviews helped bring out the real Phil in all his dastardly guises.

Fighting My Way Back: Thin Lizzy 69 - 76

We Will Be Strong: Thin Lizzy 76-81

Metal Collector

This book contains lots of photos and stories of some of the earlier art of Derek Riggs. Mostly the art Derek Riggs did for Iron Maiden.

Run for Cover: The Art of Derek Riggs

Aardvark Publishing

Popoff's easy to read book utilises his celebrated timeline with quotes methodology, allowing for drop-ins on all aspects of Alice's busy life. The author has made use of his extensive archive of interviews with Alice and the band as well as producers, designers and even The Amazing Randi, world-renowned magician and inventor of Alice's legendary guillotine prop. Welcome to My Nightmare is an immense addition to Alice Cooper scholarship. Alice Cooper was one of the biggest concert draws in the seventies with a string of gold and platinum albums to his name. Hits include "I'm Eighteen," "Be My Lover," "Under My Wheels," "School's Out," "Elected," &amp; "Billion Dollar Babies". Alice continued to shake pop consciousness with Welcome to My Nightmare and a string of hit ballads. He appeared regularly on TV and talk shows. Following a debilitating drug and alcohol addiction and subsequent notorious dark period in the early eighties which is addressed in the book, Alice returned to gold and platinum status with albums like Trash and Hey Stoopid, featuring smash singles "Poison" and "Feed My Frankenstein." He's never stopped touring and being a multi-media whirlwind since-Alice, with his pioneering use of facepaint, remains one of the most famous faces in America. Shockingly, there has not been a comprehensive Alice Cooper book since the eighties. The key here is the rich content Popoff brings to the project. Welcome to My Nightmare is sure to impress the Alice expert and novice alike, with new revelations and interviews turning up page after page.

Welcome To My Nightmare

Wymer Publishing

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