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1	The Life and Death of Andy Warhol more books like this by Victor Bockris From the time of his first exhibition in the 1960s to his early death in 1987, Andy Warhol - "Pied Piper of New York's underground" - was rarely out of the news. This biography, written by an associate of the artist, is based on interviews with family, friends, lovers and hangers-on. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.31! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Rebel Heart: An American Rock 'n' Roll Journey more books like this by Bebe Buell, Victor Bockris "Rebel Heart "is Bebe Buell's no-holds-barred account of her life at the center of the rock scene in the '70s and '80s, when rock stars were royalty. A wild child model who took New York by storm, Buell captivated a generation of rock's greatest talents. Her relationships with musicians like wunderkind Todd Rundgren, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler- ... see all copies from $3.18! new only from $11.98!
3	Transformer: The Lou Reed Story more books like this by Victor Bockris As cofounder of the Velvet Underground -- regarded as one of the most significant groups of the 1960s -- and solo artist, Lou Reed has influenced a wide range of rock musicians, from David Bowie to the Sex Pistols, from Patti Smith to U2. His innovative skill as a singer and songwriter of over 250 songs, including "Heroin" and "Walk on the Wild ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $52.95! \| first editions
4	Keith Richards: The Biography more books like this by Victor Bockris For over thirty years Keith Richards has been the Rolling Stones' guitarist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a highly respected solo artist. Keith Richards , based on Victor Bockris's exclusive interviews with the musician, his family, and friends, is not just the only full-length biography of this pivotal and legendary figure but the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.57! \| first editions \| SVS
5	What's Welsh for Zen: The Autobiography of John Cale more books like this by John Cale, Victor Bockris John Cale has been a key figure in rock music for decades. Born in 1942 in a small Welsh mining village, he was playing classical piano on BBC radio at the age of eight, and by ten he had discovered rock and roll on Radio Luxembourg. He studied music at Goldsmith's College in London and in 1963 moved to New York City, under the tutelage of Aaron ... see all copies from $29.24! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
6	With William Burroughs : a report from the bunker more books like this by Victor Bockris Burroughs's friend Victor Bockris records sayings of Burroughs and those in his circle: Susan Sontag, Allen Ginsberg, Christopher Isherwood, Deborah Harry, Lou Reed, Andy Warhol, Terry Southern, and Tennessee Williams. see all copies from $4.95! new only from $13.44! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Rebel Heart more books like this by Bebe Buell, Victor Bockris How does a girl get from a Catholic school in Virginia to Mick Jagger's hotel room in two short years? In the early '70s, when rock stars were becoming the new royalty and models were their consorts and muses, Bebe Buell hit New York hard. One of Eileen Ford's most promising new faces, Bebe worked with the best of them (Scavullo, Avedon), and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $46.98! \| first editions
8	Up-Tight: The Velvet Underground Story more books like this by Victor Bockris, Gerard Malanga This profile of the enormously influential Velvet Underground follows the group from their days as the house band at Andy Warhol's Factory through their reunion in the 1990s. With detailed discography, individual song history, and photographs. see all copies from $3.94! new only from $15.63! \| first editions
9	Beat Punks more books like this by Victor Bockris Accompanied by dozens of unique photographs, here are the 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 was there as a witness, friend, collaborator, and co-conspirator. 24 pages of photos. see all copies from $4.05! new only from $12.04! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Warhol: The Biography more books like this by Victor Bockris The only major biography of Andy Warhol, reissued to coincide with his 75th birthday. see all copies from $9.90! new only from $13.78! \| first editions
11 view cover	Muhammad Ali in Fighters Heaven more books like this by Victor Bockris From early 1973 through to the summer of 1974, Victor Bockris visited Muhammad Ali, while Ali was preparing for his epic battle in Zaire to regain his title from George Foreman. His account portrays the poet, preacher and performer side of Ali, rather than focusing on his boxing career. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.99! \| SVS
12 view cover	Patti Smith: An Unauthorized Biography more books like this by Victor Bockris, Patti Smith "Patti Smith" came to New York at the age of nineteen, determined to become someone. And she did -- with a vengeance. Patti's intensely dramatic style, her sensuality, and her outrageous acts set her apart from other performers of the 1970s. She was an astonishingly bold and powerful artist. In "Patti Smith," Victor Bockris, the much-respected ... see all copies from $3.99! first editions
13 view cover	Warhol more books like this by Victor Bockris }Artist, filmmaker, writer, rock producer, publisher, and the leading exponent of Pop Art, Andy Warhol (19281987) used his canvasses of dollar bills, soup cans, disasters, and celebrities to erase the distinction between high and popular culture. His spectacular career shaped and encompassed the underground scene of drugs, sex, and punk rock as ... see all copies from $9.00! first editions
14 view cover	Patti Smith more books like this by Victor Bockris Patti Smith was a poet, a punk prophet, a feminist icon, a living work of art and the first woman rock-outsider to come from the New York underground and become a star. From her confused and religious upbringing to her early days as a poet, punk and rock 'n' roller, Patti Smith redefined the role of artist, writer and female performer. This major ... see all copies from $2.34! first editions
15 view cover	Uptight by Victor: Malanga Malanga Bockris, G. The best-selling account of The Velvet Underground phenomenon is now recognised as one of the greatest rock books ever written. First published in 1983, it is based on interviews with all four members of the Velvets, as well as others who became part of Andy Warhol's circle of artistic collaborators. see all copies from $9.22! new only from $9.22!
16 view cover	Lou Reed : the biography more books like this by Victor Bockris This is the biography of Lou Reed, the singer/songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the surviving cult heroes of rock 'n' roll. Chief songwriter for the Velvet Underground - the band produced by Andy Warhol - Reed introduced drugs and aberrant sexuality into the American pop song. see all copies from $12.87! first editions
17 view cover	The Velvet Underground: Up-Tight: The Story Of... more books like this by Victor Bockris, Victor Backriss, Gerard Malanga Details of their association with Andy Warhol and The Factory and of their on-off reunion in France in 1990 and their subsequent more permanent reunion in 1992. see all copies from $13.79!
18 view cover	Muhammed Ali in Fighter's more books like this by Victor Bockris From early 1973 through to the summer of 1974, Victor Bockris visited Muhammed Ali, while Ali was preparing for his epic battle in Zaire to regain his title from George Foreman. His account portrays the poet, preacher and performer side of Ali, rather than focusing on his boxing career. see all copies from $2.34! new only from $15.00! \| first editions
19	Keith Richards : the unauthorised biography more books like this by Victor Bockris In this biography, the author goes in search of the source of this musical phenomenon. As a guitarist, with his distinctive, hard, percussive phrasing, Richards is in a class of his own. And as a pop icon, he epitomizes "sex, drugs and rock and roll". see all copies from $13.44! new only from $20.30! \| first editions
20 view cover	NYC Babylon : beat punks : notes, raps, essays, secrets, transcripts, opinions (wise and otherwise), and pictures of a gone world and of how the punk generation typhooned its way back through and harpooned the beat generation in harmonica collaboration more books like this by Victor Bockris A collection of writings by Bockris chronicling New York's downtown culture. Photographs accompany the notes, raps, essays, secrets, transcripts and opinions belonging to Bockris. Featuring pictures of the characters that make up New York's downtown culture including Muhammed Ali, Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol, Debbie Harry and Keith Richards. see all copies from $12.50! new only from $16.66! \| first editions
21 view cover	With William Burroughs more books like this by Victor Bockris A posthumous biography covering 1974-91, affording insight into the mind of one of America's leading 20th-century writers. Ground-breaking author of "Naked Lunch", Burroughs was a founder of the 1950s beat generation, godfather of New York Punk, artist, junkie, gay iconoclast and wife-killer. see all copies from $14.43! first editions
22	Avec William Burroughs by Victor; Baudron Bockris, Isabelle see all copies from $9.66!

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