OMNIBUS PRESS

(H/B) Mod Art
Examining and illustrating the art scene surrounding the birth of modernism and its simultaneous rise among the burgeoning working class Mod scene of the Sixties, Paul Anderson s Mod Art is the definitive work on the visual culture of Mod. With interviews from key artists, scene members and a rich understanding of the how the collision of high art and mass culture formed, Mod Art will appeal to fans of history, music, fashion and art. Gorgeously illustrated with a treasure trove of hundreds of colour photographs of famous, rediscovered and...
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(P/B) TALES OF THE SMITHS
Tales of The Smiths is a comic book retelling of the band members' teenage years, before the group was famous, and includes fascinating digressions about their influences (the New York Dolls, Nico, Sex Pistols, NY punk, Patti Smith, etc) and the times in which they were growing up. The story reaches its climax with the meeting of Morrissey and Marr, the formation of the band in 1982 and their first gig as The Smiths. With an introduction by Simon Wolstencroft, The Smiths' first drummer and the former drummer with The Fall, Patrol and Freak...
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(P/B) PSYCHIC CONFUSION
In the early 80s Sonic Youth regenerated the spirit of punk by creating their own spectacular brand of noise rock. Without them, much of the independent rock community that followed would never have come into being and it was a direct result of their influence that Nirvana releases Nevermind on a major label. Drawing on interviews with the group and the people closest to them, Steve Chick gives a fascinating insight into this most fearless and adventurous of bands, charting their revolutionary path and exploring the aftershocks they left...
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(P/B) PUBLIC ENEMY
When Public Enemy quite literally burst onto the scene in the 1980s, their politically radical lyrics and starkly jarring sampling put fear into the hearts of the establishment while injecting fire into the eyes of the youth. This Public Enemy Biography, Inside The Terrordome tells the electrifying story of this band, defining their indelible mark on the world of music. Simply one of the greatest hip-hop bands ever to take the mike and grace the decks, Public Enemy, with frontman Chuck D's electrifying lyrics, and hype man Flavor Flav's em...
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(P/B) QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
This updated edition of the first ever book about Queens Of The Stone Age takes in nine years of chaos. Since the first edition appeared in 2005, Josh Homme's band has undergone multiple line-up changes, toured the world and released two acclaimed albums. They have taken on a new version of Homme's old band Kyuss in court and helped to spawn multiple projects such as Them Crooked Vultures and a supergroup featuring Homme, Foo Fighters singer Dave Grohl and Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones. Along the way there have been death, near-deat...
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(P/B) GRANT & I
Grant McLennan didn't want to be in a band. He couldn't play an instrument; Charlie Chaplin was his hero du jour. And yet, when Robert Forster wrote Hemingway, Genet, Chandler and Joyce into his lyrics, McLennan couldn't resist a second invitation to become 80s indie sensation The Go Betweens. The friends would collaborate for three decades, until Grant's premature death in 2006. Beautifully written - like lyrics, like prose - Grant & I is a rock memoir akin to no other. Part "making of", part music industry expose, part buddy-book, this ...
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(P/B) THE MUSICIANS' JOKE BOOK
A side-splitting selection of one-liners, comic definitions, yarns and witty quotes from the world of music. Most professions have their own jokes, but musicians seem to have more than their fair share. Perhaps it's the insane travel schedule, the bad lodgings or just lack of sleep. But as Jim Green says in his introduction, "...it's not surprising we're a band apart (so to speak), outcasts who seek only our own company, rubbing two jokes together for warmth and trying to feel superior by sneering at one another's abilities and personaliti...
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GABBA GABBA HEY!
The Ramones were the hard-hitting New York punk band that erupted in nervy 1974 when a serial killer terrorised the city and civic bankruptcy loomed. From their beginnings in Queens and the burgeoning punk scene at CBGB's, through the excitement of their first album, a brush with Phil Spector and more than two thousand concerts over a 22 year period, The Ramones always were a force to be reckoned with. This is their full story told in dramatic graphic style: the in-fighting, the deaths of three founding members, their influence on Brit...
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(P/B) SKINHEADS 1979-1984
Derek Ridgers’ unique collection of skinhead photos dates from the first significant revival of a phenomenon that originated in 1960s London and then spread around the world. The original skinheads had adopted a look that reflected the style of Jamaican rude boys and the fashion-conscious British mods. What Derek Ridgers’ pictures capture is the second wave of skinheads who had been galvanized by the early spirit of punk to react against the androgynous style of the New Romantics now that punk had disappeared into the mainstream. Ironicall...
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(P/B) LEONARD COHEN
Lavishly illustrated, respected journalist Harvey Kubernik charts Leonard Cohen's extraordinary career in detail, placing his literary and musical achievements within the context of his life. From his beginnings as a writer and poet, through his classic albums of the sixties and seventies up to his triumphant recent tours, every stage of Cohen's remarkable life is expertly analysed. Includes more than 200 photos and the thoughts, memories and comments of those who have both worked with him and the many who have been inspired by this most u...
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(P/B) ELECTRIC DON QUIXOTE
Frank Zappa's reputation as one of rock's maverick geniuses has continued to grow since his death in 1993. This successful biography has now been revised and reprinted and is still the most comprehensive chronicle of his extraordinary life and career. Neil Slaven has brilliantly brought together the complex strands of Zappa's life and work in a book that will please not just Zappa fans but anyone interested in the history of rock music. Fully illustrated and includes a comprehensive discography. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) STRIPPED: DEPECHE MODE
An electrifying new biography about the four Essex lads who became award-winning stadium superstars and champions of synth pop! Jonathan Miller's groundbreaking book features in-depth interviews with founder member Vince Clarke and producers Gareth Jones and Mark Bell, and contains never-before seen interviews with the band members themselves. With additional input from Gary Human, Howard Jones and Thomas Dolby this is a unique portrait of a band that almost lost control when their lives went off the rails and lead singer Dave Gahan's hero...
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(P/B) DAVID BOWIE BLACK BOOK
Now available once again after being out of print for several years, the David Bowie Black Book remains one of the most elegant books about the iconic superstar ever to have been published. Art directed by acclaimed graphic designer Pierce Marchbank and with text written by former NME journalist and cultural commentator Miles, the David Bowie Black Book contains photographs from every era of Bowie's genre-defining career and was for many years the world's best-selling Bowie book. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) MOD
If the style appeal of Fifties Teds and Sixties hippies depends heavily upon nostalgia, Mods - always the essence of cool - looked hip from the start. Terry Rawlings' book perfectly captures the look and soul of Mod. Tracing its roots back to London's Soho of the Forties, he unearths every impulse and expression of the only surviving British youth movement that can be looked back on "without embarassment"....
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(P/B) P.J. HARVEY
Polly Jean Harvey has won worldwide recognition for her raw, bluesy music while remaining one of rock's most enigmatic and private figures. Starting out as PJ Harvey, the first female artist to win the prestigious Mercury Music Prize has spent more than a decade creating a series of scorching albums and collaborating with musicians including Nick Cave, Radiohead, Tricky, Marianne Faithfull and Queens Of The Stone Age. This groundbreaking biography traces Harvey's personal and artistic development from her childhood in a small Dorset villa...
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(P/B) FREDDIE MERCURY
Freddie Mercury - A Life In His Own Words is the closest thing there is to an autobiography by Queen's flamboyant and much loved lead singer. Spurred on by an almost uncontrollable ambition, Freddie drove Queen to the heights of rock stardom and along the way became one of the most quotable rock stars of all time. Compiled and edited by Greg Brooks and Simon Lupton, with a foreword by Freddie's mum, Jer Bulsara. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) GIMME DANGER
The first definitive biography of the outrageous 'Godfather of Punk'. In a career that began in the late Sixties Iggy Pop always set out to shock. But his attention-grabbing tactics - including self-mutilation - always disguised a musician and artist more complex than the image suggested. If Pop looked ready to press the self-destruct button at any minute, he also lived a life of extreme hedonism and indulgence. And when he finally received accolades from the cultural establishment, he still managed to stay looking dangerous. From the bedr...
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(H/B) THE ART OF GOTHIC
'The Art of Gothic' lifts the coffin lid on the seemingly endless appeal of the gothic aesthetic, its followers dressed head to toe in black, often with extreme makeup. From the staccato post-punk of Siouxsie and the Banshees and the dark rock of The Sisters of Mercy, through to the macabre industrial metal of Marilyn Manson and the funereal emotional pop of My Chemical Romance, the gothic subculture was first born through music and continues to adapt in order to survive. 'The Art of Gothic' explores the full spectrum of gothic’s visual ou...
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(P/B) EXIT MUSIC
Radiohead may be one of the world's most famous bands, but the five members give away little about themselves. Outsiders with attitudes, they are still more likely to tidy their hotel room than trash it, and few journalists have been able to get close to Thom Yorke, Ed O'Brien, Colin Greenwood, Phil Selway and Jonny Greenwood... until now. Author Mac Randall is the East Coast editor of Launch and was one of only two American journalists present for the launch of the legendary OK Computer in Barcelona, Spain. He has interviewed all the ban...
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(P/B) CLASSICAL MUSIC 1600-2000
Jon Paxman's Classical Music 1600-2000 - A Chronology interprets four centuries of Western classical music, considering its evolution from two different perspectives. Each of the eight chapters covers a 50-year period, tracing stylistic progressions with particular reference to musical genres and geographical locations. A corresponding Chronology explores the lives of individual composers, patrons, publishers, impresarios, conductors and performers, so providing a cultural and social framework that helps put each musical development into a...
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