Peter Ames Carlin

An electrifying cultural biography of the greatest American rock band of the millennium, whose music ignited a generation and reasserted the power of rock and roll - by the New York Times bestselling author of Bruce. In the spring of 1980, an unexpected group of musical eccentrics came together to play their very first performance at a college party in...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A fascinating behind-the-scenes account of the making of Bruce Springsteen’s ground-breaking album, Born to Run, one of the most iconic records in rock history. “A lovely book about the making of Born to Run. It goes into great detail and great depth about what the record is, what it means, what it meant to...

The roster of Warner Brothers Records and its subsidiary labels reads like the roster of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, James Taylor, Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, Prince, Van Halen, Madonna, Tom Petty, R.E.M., Red Hot Chili Peppers, and dozens of others. But the most compelling figures in the Warner...