Christopher Sandford Bücher

Im Jahr 1975 gab ein popliebender Strandjunge seinen letzten verzweifelten Versuch auf Ruhm - ein Album namens BORN TO RUN! Der Rest ist Geschichte. In einer Zeit, in der andere alternde Rockstars dem Burn-out oder der Selbstparodie nachgegeben haben, hat Bruce Springsteen seinen Platz als kulturelles Symbol behauptet. Seine bahnbrechenden Alben wie BORN IN THE USA, das 136 Wochen in den britischen Charts verbrachte, genießen nach wie vor raue Luftspielzeiten. Inzwischen hat Springsteen eine zweite Karriere als Sozialkritiker, Balladeninterprete und Anbieter von Soundtracks eingeschlagen. Seine Werke, die von Künstlern wie Frank Sinatra bis Sonic Youth gecovert wurden, verkaufen jährlich insgesamt 15 Millionen Alben. Seine Konzerte sind weltweit sofort ausverkauft. Springsteens markante Hymnen und seine Froschhornstimme gehören zu den beständigsten Klängen der Popmusik. Von Kultfigur über Pin-up (auch bekannt als 'The Boss') bis hin zum Mega-Verkäufer ist Springsteen der letzte wahre Rockstar. Christopher Sandfords Biografie ist die erste umfassende Biografie seit zehn Jahren.

Diese Biografie eines der rätselhaftesten Figuren des Rock, Eric Clapton, basiert auf exklusiven Quellen, einschließlich Interviews mit ehemaligen Mitgliedern von Claptons Bands. Sie untersucht Claptons schwierige Kindheit, seinen Drogenmissbrauch und seine Alkoholabhängigkeit sowie zahlreiche glamouröse Affären.

Gordon Matthew Sumner syntyi köyhään työläisperheeseen vuonna 1951. Hän varttui hippiajan Newcastlessa ja päätyi sittemmin jazzia rakastavaksi kansakoulunopettajaksi. Sen jälkeen hänestä tuli ensin lontoolainen punkkari, uuden aallon The Police -yhtyeen laulajabasisti ja sittemmin koko maailmalle tuttu poptähti Sting. Tässä kirjassa Stingin ystävät ja viholliset kuorivat tähden kiillon alta esiin todellista ihmistä. Syvältä löytyy moniulotteinen persoona: lahjakas säveltäjä ja muusikko, oikukas ja vaativa työtoveri, merkittävä ympäristöpoliitikko ja rauhaa rakastava perheenisä-joogi.

Diese Biografie über David Bowie betrachtet sein Leben von seiner benachteiligten und manischen Kindheit bis hin zum internationalen Ruhm, geprägt von Androgynität, Drogenabhängigkeit und schließlich kritischer Anerkennung. Seine verschiedenen Personas, darunter Ziggy Stardust und der Thin White Duke, werden eingehend untersucht.

This book delves into the significant bond between a renowned U.S. president and Great Britain, highlighting the historical context and personal dynamics that shaped their relationship. It offers insights into diplomatic strategies, cultural exchanges, and the impact of this alliance on international relations during a pivotal era. Through detailed analysis, the narrative reveals how this connection influenced both nations and contributed to shaping modern geopolitics.

The classic biography of the Rolling Stones - updated for their 60th anniversary

Sting (born Gordon Sumner) holds a place as the thinking man's rocker. His years of success with the Police preceded a hugely successful solo career and a continued involvement in acting and environmental issues. His support for social and environmental causes like the Rainforest Foundation, have polarized his critics down two lines, those who admire his stand, and others who accuse him of being motivated more by egomania than by genuine concern. This biography seeks to point out the contradictions and hypocrisies in a life that has generated some of the most talked-about music to emerge from rock and roll's first 40 years, and show that Sting is not one to make a virtue out of being a one-track pop star.

The Second World War through the eyes of the leading British cricketers of 1939.

A fresh account of one of history's most notorious con artists by an acclaimed biographer

A full and frank portrait of the complex man behind the icon of cool.

Keith Richards is the legendary rock'n'roll survivor of our time. He's the shy, half-educated boy from Dartford; the player and writer of timeless rock classics like (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, Ruby Tuesday and Brown Sugar, among scores of others; the titanic abuser of every conceivable drug; a cultural icon to three generations of fans; and latterly a contented family man who continues, nonetheless, to be rock's most indomitable living practitioner. birthday in December 2003 and the Rolling Stones' touring machine is creaking into gear once more. But who is the real Keith behind the kohl-eyed image? In this penetrative and entertaining portrait, Sandford reveals a life of brilliant invention, of talent, self-destruction, drugs, sex and lurid excess, and above all the glorious rush of the music.

A kaleidoscopic social history of the year that shaped the modern world

The definitive story of the most controversial and longest-surviving band in music history In order to accurately chronicle the human drama at the center of the Rolling Stones story, the author of this book has carried out interviews with band members; close family members, including Mick's parents; and the group's fans and contemporaries. He has even examined their previously unreleased FBI files. In 1962 Mick Jagger was a bright, well-scrubbed boy planning a career in the civil service, while Keith Richards was learning how to smoke and swivel a six-shooter. Add the mercurial Brian Jones—who'd been effectively run out of Cheltenham for theft, multiple impregnations, and playing blues guitar—and the wryly opinionated Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts, and the potential was obvious.During the 1960s and '70s the Stones were polarizing figures, alternately admired and reviled for their flamboyance, creativity, and salacious lifestyles. Confidently expected never to reach 30, they now approach their seventies having been together for 50 years. Like no other book before, this history makes sense of the rich brew of clever invention and opportunism; talent, good fortune, insecurity, and self-destructiveness; and drugs, sex, and other excess that made the Stones who they are.

Sir Paul McCartney first picked up a guitar as a bereaved teenager in 1956. In the fifty years since he's become the most successful pop music composer in history, enjoying a virtual season ticket to the Guinness Book of Records. McCartney's ballad Yesterday, which he wrote in his sleep, has since been covered by 2,400 other artists - making it the most popular song of all time.Now Christopher Sandford reveals the man behind the myth... Among the eye-opening stories is the surprising love-hate relationship with John Lennon, not to mention with Lennon's widow, as well as an insider's account of McCartney's controversial marriage to Heather Mills. Likeswise, Sir Paul's restless creativity - both mainstream and avant-garde - his second group and his marriage to the late Linda McCartney are seen here in fresh and stunning detail.This behind the scenes story takes readers right up to today, as Sir Paul passes his 64th birthday. It's a hard, fast, sometimes shocking saga of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll - the true adventure of the last showbiz superstar.

Touted by fans for his charisma and scorned by critics for his egomania, Sting is one of the most commercially successful and most controversial rock artists performing today. A schoolteacher from Newcastle, Sting soared to international fame and the top of the seventies rock charts with The Police, one of the most popular bands on the planet. After the band folded, he emerged as a solo start with hit singles, critically acclaimed albums, worldwide sell-out tours, and a host of Grammys. Yet Sting's career has been turbulent — an accomplished jazz bassist and vastly talented musician, he has been charged with playing punk and reggae for careerist convenience. He has been accused of single-handedly breaking up The Police at the peak of its rock band powers. In this updated edition of the first full-length biography of Sting, Christopher Sandford examines the substance behind the cliché: the creative disagreements — and physical violence — among The Police; the musical intelligence that produced such albums as Nothing Like the Sun and Ten Summoner's Tales; Sting's ecological campaigning and financial dealings; and his numerous sexual entanglements. Here is Sting, the legend, the man, the political activist, the performer who continues to fascinate the world.

In this compelling biography, Christopher Sandford explores the full, inside story of Kurt Cobain. From the disruptive childhood which had such a crucial impact on Cobain¿s personality to the ambitious career musician who, as a friend said, ¿lunged for success¿, and the worldwide breakthrough of Nirvana¿s Nevermind, Sandford also writes about Cobain¿s stormy marriage to Courtney Love, his heroin addiction, and how he became more and more of a recluse. Finally, he writes of the crisis when, in April 1994, Cobain turned a shotgun on himself and became a martyr for disaffected youth. The result is a saga of success and corruption which John Peel has called ¿the ultimate rock and roll morality story¿.

This book tells the story of the extraordinary link between actual murder and the greatest detective story writer of all time.

The first dual biography of Surrey and England 'spin twins' Jim Laker and Tony Lock, who helped their county and Test teams to an unparalleled run of dominance in the 1950s. Besides their peerless achievements on the field, the two men had little in common, although both courted controversy. This is the full story of the pair's uneasy partnership.

Kromě výpovědí samotného Jaggera, líčení drogových afér a milostných skandálů, strhujícího popu "odvrácené tváře" života rockových muzikantů - vyčerpávající dřiny šňůr koncertů a klubových vystoupení - v ní zazní unikátní vzpomínky Jaggerových rodičů, spolužáků, manažera, Keitha Richardse a jiných... Zvědavci se tu dočtou o Jaggerových aférách s Brigitte Bardotovou a Tinou Turnerovou, mrazivé je svědectví o chátrání a smrti Briana Jonese....