Musicians' biographies?

[Ardent15]

Don Felder-"Heaven and Hell" about his time in the Eagles.

[Christopher]

Geoff Emericks Here, there and Everywhere -Recording the music of The Beatles.

"Full Moon" by Dougal Butler.

I'll second both of these. Two of my favorite books.

[kinkymook]

I've always read books (a LOT of books) over the years and have made a hobby of collecting musician autobiographies. Here's a list of what I've read and are quite good:
Wild Boy-Andy Taylor (Duran Duran)
Street Player-Danny Seraphine
Tattoos and Tequila-Vince Neil
The Dirt-Motley Crue
Mustaine-Dave Mustaine
RED-Sammy Hagar
Does the Noise in my Head Bother You?-Steven Tyler
We'll be Here for the Rest of Our Lives-Paul Schaffer
Scar Tissue-Anthony Kiedis
Hammer of the Gods-Stephen Davis
LZ '75-Stephen Davis
Here, There, and Everywhere-Geoff Emerick
Heaven and Hell-Don Felder
Drinking with Strangers-Butch Walker
Since Then-David Crosby
A Cure for Gravity-Joe Jackson
SLASH-Slash
Strange Things Happen-Stewart Copeland
Light my Fire-Ray Manzarek
EXTREME-Sharon Osbourne
Walk this Way-Aerosmith
From These Roots-Aretha Franklin
Somebody to Love-Grace Slick
Crazy From the Heat-David Lee Roth
Broken Music-Sting
One Train Later-Andy Summers
Traps, The Drum Wonder-Mel Torme
It Wasn't Always Velvet-Mel Torme
Sting, Demolition Man-Christopher Sandford
Walking on the Moon-Chris Campion
ALL of Neil Pearts books
Bill Wymans books are quite good as well.

All of the above mentioned are good/great. Joe Jackson's book was especially enlightening, but, I'm a HUGE fan.
Anthony Kiedis' book is unbelievable. You won't believe he's still alive. Same with Motley and Aerosmith. Talk about lessons in poisoning your body and how much punishment it can take...
All of the Police books are good. Big fan, so I buy everything I can get on those guys.
Sammy Hagar's book is an illuminating read, for sure.
Sharon Osbourne's book is great as well.

Basically, I read everything rock n' roll I can get my hands on. Go down to your local library too. You'll be surprised how many cool books are there.

Next, it's the Ozzy book, This Wheel's on Fire by Levon Helm, and I think Melissa Etheridge has a book too. I'll probably pick those up soon. (I passed up the Rick Springfield book at BnN the other day even though it was only 5.98. Gotta draw the line somewhere...)

[kinkymook]

While typing the last post (and after hitting, "submit", I realized that there's a book out there about the "Wrecking Crew" that I never found for a decent price. I googled it and I guess there's a movie about them?
http://wreckingcrew.tv/
Check it out.

[langmick]

inside Out by Nick Mason. Really good, and well written.

David Lee Roth: Crazy from the Heat

The Real Frank Zappa Book.

Pictures of an Exhibitionist: Keith Emerson

So You Wanna Be a Rock and Roll Star: Jacob Slichter. Interesting read, written by a drummer.

[Tombo 7/4]

Wow thanks. Great recommendations!!
They have some of these at my local library.

Drummin’ Men by Burt Korall is pretty good.
Also !Caliente! on latin jazz greats.

I read Ozzy's autobiography and was continuously laughing out loud and pissing in my pants! That guy is NUTS!!

Just finished Ace Frehley’s No Regrets. I was a huge KISS fan when I was a kid and the Spaceman was my favourite.
His solo album in the 70s was great, the best of the 4 (Anton Fig on drums). Being the one with a cult following, I ‘ll tell you he falls down his pedestal big time with this book.
What an unreliable lunatic junky slouch. To an extent he deserved some of the treatment he received by Gene although that band was dysfunctional right from the start.
Those two have a vicarious vendetta through books.
Fun read though, lots of anecdotes. Some with Anton Fig who wasn’t an angel either...

[beat hit]

I highly recommend this... Came across it via DSOP @HOD...

http://www.amazon.ca/Bill-Bruford-Autob ... 199&sr=1-1

[JohnDrum]

Here are just a few I've enjoyed....I re-visit most of them every so often,it's like meeting up with an old friend again
Apologies if I duplicated any!

Broken Music -Sting
Strange Things Happen: A life with The Police, polo and pygmies by Stewart Copeland
One Train Later by Andy Summers
Steely Dan: Reelin' in the Years by Brian Sweet
Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew by Hal Blaine and David Goggin
The Torment of Buddy Rich by John Minahan
Traps the Drum Wonder: The Life of Buddy Rich by Mel Torme
Mister, I am the Band: Buddy Rich - His Life and Travels by Doug Meriwether
Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties by Ian MacDonald
John Bonham: A Thunder of Drums by Chris Welch and Geoff Nicholls
Bill Bruford: The Autobiography: Yes, King Crimson, Earthworks and More by Bill Bruford
Anything by Rick Wakeman -very funny writer
Ginger Baker: Hellraiser by Ginger Baker
Mad, Bad and Dangerous - The Book of Drummer's Tales by Spike Webb
Gretsch Drums: The Legacy of That Great Gretsch Sound [Paperback] by Palzerano
The Drummer: 100 Years of Rhythmic Power and Invention [Hardcover] by Budofsky

there are others on my bookshelf at home...I'll edit this when I finish work

[funkydrummer]

"Full Moon" by Dougal Butler. Hilarious accounts of Keith Moon by his personal assistant (Dougal Butler) of ten years. It's a shame it's out of print, but it's worth tracking down on Ebay or Amazon. Every now and then some nutbag is selling a copy for 300 bucks, but hold out...you can find them pop up for 20 or 30 bucks. It's a book you'll read more than once.

Cheers,
Todd

I grabbed a copy of that at a Borders as they were closing out. They found it tucked away in the back room and I scored it for like 75 cents. I snatched it up immediately. A great, great read.