'A triumph' - Time Out Transformer is the only complete and comprehensive telling of the Lou Reed story. Legendary songwriter and guitarist Lou Reed passed away on the 27th October 2013, but his musical influence is assured. Now discover the true story of the Velvet Underground pioneer in this upd[...]
Here, accompanied by dozens of unique photographs, are the very best of Victor Bockris's infamous interviews, essays, and observations on the stars of downtown Manhattan in the 1970s and 1980s. The internationally acclaimed biographer Bockris was there as a witness, friend, collaborator, and co-cons[...]
The only major biography of Andy Warhol, reissued to coincide with his 75th birthday.. Artist, filmmaker, magazine publisher, instigator of Pop Art, Andy Warhol (19281987) used his canvasses of dollar bills, soup cans, and celebrities to subvert distinctions between high and popular culture. His spe[...]
The definitive biography of the legendary guitarist for The Rolling Stones, now fully updated by the author . In 1992, Victor Bockris's celebrated biography was the first to recognize Richards's pivotal role in the Stones' legend. Now that book on rock's most incredible survivor has been expanded t[...]
This best-selling history of The Velvet Underground is based on interviews with all four members of the band, as well as others who became part of Andy Warhol's circle of artistic collaborators.[...]
The Velvet Underground is arguably one of the most influential American rock bands ever. Based on interviews with former members Lou Reed, John Cale, and Sterling Morrison, as well as others from Andy Warhol's circle of artistic collaborators, Up-Tight is the definitive oral and visual history of th[...]
Victor Bockris's much admired biography of Keith Richards has been constantly revised since its original publication, now with an additional 12,000 words for a new edition of the Omnibus Press paperback that brings the story up to the present day. First published in eight countries in 1992, at that [...]
Keith Richards är en av rockhistoriens störste rumlare och samtidigt en stilbildande gitarrist och Rolling Stones hjärta och själ.
Victor Bockris klassiska biografi presenterar världens mest elegant nergångna människa och är baserad på exklusiva intervjuer med Keith Richards och [...]
Huikea elämäkerta poptaiteen keskushahmosta.Andy Warhol kuohutti 1960-luvulla taidemaailmaa maalauksillaan Campbellin keittotölkeistä, Marilyn Monroesta ja dollarin seteleistä. Vaikuttavaan uraan sisältyi niin undergroundia, huumeita ja poikkeavaa seksiä kuin kimaltelevaa showbisnestä, polit[...]