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Books like I'm with the Band
A breathless, unapologetic backstage pass to the golden age of rock and roll, fueled by pure enthusiasm and radical freedom. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with I'm with the Band.
- electric
- hedonistic
- nostalgic
- hazy
- 01
Riders on the storm
John Densmore
An earnest, deeply informed insider's reflection on the brief, brilliant, and turbulent life of a legendary rock band.
- 02
Just Kids
Patti Smith · 2006
A tender, poetic elegy to a transformative friendship and the gritty, magical crucible of 1970s bohemian New York.
- 03
Life
Keith Richards and James Fox
A raspy, unfiltered late-night conversation with a rock-and-roll survivor who remembers everything.
- 04
Elvis & Ginger
Ginger Alden
An intimate, bittersweet look behind the curtain of a legendary life, grounded in the quiet reality of a whirlwind romance.
- 05
Neon angel
Cherie Currie and Tony O'Neill
A gritty, backstage pass to the dizzying highs and devastating lows of teenage rock stardom.
- 06
The heroin diaries
Nikki Sixx · 2007
A chaotic, visceral plunge into the darkest depths of rock-and-roll excess and the paranoid isolation of addiction.
- 07
Slash
Anthony Bozza
A chaotic, unfiltered backstage pass into the dizzying highs and near-fatal lows of rock's most dangerous era.
- 08
Confessions of a video vixen
Karrine Steffans
A raw, unapologetic plunge into the glitz and grit of the hip-hop industry's golden era.
- 09
The Dirt
Tommy Lee
A chaotic, unapologetic plunge into the absolute extremes of rock-and-roll hedonism and its devastating hangovers.
- 10
Please kill me
Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain
A raw, rapid-fire backstage pass to the birth of punk that feels like eavesdropping on the most dangerous, drug-fueled party of the 1970s.
- 11
Slash
Slash · 2007
A raw, unfiltered plunge into the volatile and electric heart of rock 'n' roll history.
- 12
The Wrecking Crew
Kent Hartman
Step behind the studio glass to discover the unsung musical geniuses who secretly built the soundtrack of the 1960s.
