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With exclusive access to Strummer's friends, relatives, and fellow musicians, music journalist Chris Salewicz penetrates the soul of an rock 'n roll icon. The Clash was--and still is--one of the most important groups of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Indebted to rockabilly, reggae, Memphis soul, cowboy justice, and '60s protest, the overtly political band railed against war, racism, and a dead-end economy, and in the process imparted a consci...

Creativi, controversi, magici e innovativi. Ricchi, mitici, assetati di sesso e droga, ma produttori della miglior musica rock mai scritta. E morti tutti a 27 anni. Questo è il maledetto Club 27. Chris Salewicz, una delle firme del giornalismo musicale britannico, ci racconta le tragiche e intime storie di queste avvincenti figure, attraverso il più intrigante mistero del rock'n'roll.

Jimmy Page's position as something of an enigma at the heart of the much-loved classic rock band Led Zeppelin energises this detailed and well-researched biography of the guitarist, drawing on interviews with Page and those closest to him

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I Wailers, Peter Tosh e Bunny Wailer, i mitici Coxsone Dodd e Lee Scratch Perry, la sua infanzia, la madre, Rita e tutte le altre, Cindy Breakspeare - miss Mondo 1976, il rapporto con il boss della Island, Chris Blackwell e il progetto di autoproduzione, la guerra civile in Jamaica, le gang, la filosofia rastafari, le continue croniche ferite all'alluce, il pallone, il mondo degli amici e musicisti che hanno avuto modo di suonare con lui, l'at...

700 pagine punk, rock, reggae su Joe Strummer, front man dei Clash, cuore ribelle e poetico della band, drammatico eroe musicale e politico. La sua morte prematura ha scosso il mondo, consolidando ulteriormente la sua leggenda. Questa è la biografia definitiva di Joe Strummer, che apre nuovi spiragli sulla storia dei Clash Chris Salewicz scrive su "New Musical Express" e "Sunday Times". È stato fraterno amico di Strummer e ha seguito da vicino...

Having sold over 300 million copies worldwide, Led Zeppelin was the biggest band of the '70s and has been loved by the legions ever since. From his own conversations with Jimmy, the rest of Led Zeppelin, old girlfriends, tour managers and session musicians to name but a few, Salewicz reveals the many trials and tribulations which transformed the middle class boy from the Surrey suburbs into one of rock's most enigmatic frontmen. Detailed, thri...

What was it about Bob Marley that made him so popular in a world dominated by rock 'n' roll? How is it that he not only has remained the single most successful reggae artist ever, but also has become a shining beacon of radicalism and peace to generation after generation of fans? Chris Salewicz, the bestselling author of "Redemption Song, " the classic biography of Joe Strummer, interviewed Marley in Jamaica in 1979. Now, for the first time, ...

One of Britain's leading music writers tells the stories behind seven musical lives that burned brightly, but all too briefly.

The definitive biography of Joe Strummer, released with a new epilogue to mark the 60th anniversary of his birth. Chris Salewicz was an intimate friend of Strummer's for over 25 years. Drawing on more than 300 interviews with family, friends and associates, this is a comprehensive, compelling insight into the man behind The Clash.

Paperback edition of the acclaimed biography of the legendary reggae star. Salewicz had a sequence of adventures with Bob Marley in Jamaica in 1979, and offers a comprehensive and detailed account of Marley's life and the world in which he grew up and came to dominate. 'The definitive account of the man and the myth.' "The Independent

A beautifully illustrated celebration of one of the most influential pop music record labels of all time. Mixing cultures and influences from reggae to pop, hip hop, and punk, Island has shaken up artistic tastes and introduced new categories to mainstream music. This spectacularly illustrated book, published to celebrate the label’s fiftieth anniversary, moves from Island’s origins in founder Chris Blackwell’s pioneering mission to bring Jama...