Books like Deborah Harry by Cathay Che

Patti Smith’s memoir charts her life in New York City, from the bohemian scenes of Max’s Kansas City and the Hotel Chelsea to a creative partnership with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in Brooklyn.

Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth, shares her memoir of life as an artist, musician, mother and pioneer of alternative rock, charting her journey from California roots to the New York underground of the 1980s and 1990s.

Profiles of American indie rock bands from 1981-1991, chronologically organized to explore the decade's musical landscape.

“Punk rock and hip-hop. Disco and salsa. The loft jazz scene and the downtown composers known as Minimalists. In the mid-1970s, New York City was a laboratory where all the major styles of modern music were reinvented—all at once, from one block to the next, by musicians who knew, admired, and borrowed from one another. Crime was everywhere, the government was broke, and the city’s infrastructure was collapsing. But rent was cheap, and the possibilities for musical exploration were limitless. Love Goes to Buildings on Fire is the first book to tell the full story of the era’s music scenes and the phenomenal and surprising ways they intersected. From New Year’s Day 1973 to New Year’s Eve 1977, the book moves panoramically from post-Dylan Greenwich Village, to the arson-scarred South Bronx barrios where salsa and hip-hop were created, to the Lower Manhattan lofts where jazz and classical music were reimagined, to ramshackle clubs like CBGBs and The Gallery, where rock and dance music were hot-wired for a new generation. As they remade the music, the musicians at the center of the book invented themselves: Willie Colón and the Fania All-Stars renting Yankee Stadium to take salsa to the masses, New Jersey locals Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith claiming the jungleland of Manhattan as their own, Grandmaster Flash transforming the turntable into a musical instrument, David Byrne and Talking Heads proving that rock music “ain’t no foolin’ around.” Will Hermes was there—venturing from his native Queens to rooms where the revolutions were taking place—and in Love Goes to Buildings on Fire he captures the creativity, drive, and full-out lust for life of the great New York musicians of those years, whose sounds would change the world.” BOOK JACKET

Michael Through A Brother's Eyes offers an intimate portrait of the boy from Gary, Indiana, whose talent blossomed into global fame.

A detailed biography of Michael Jackson, tracing his rise from a child star to a global icon, and examining his international career, business ventures and personal life.

In *Between a Heart and a Rock Place*, Pat Benatar recounts her rise from a New York club singer to the first woman ever played on MTV, sharing candid stories of her groundbreaking career, creative collaborations, and the challenges of breaking into a male‑dominated rock scene.

A photographic biography of Blondie’s rise, blending photos by Chris Stein with Debbie Harry’s recollections to trace the band’s journey from the Bowery to worldwide fame.

An intimate memoir of Alicia Armendariz—stage name Alice Bag—who fronted Los Angeles punk pioneers The Bags and appeared in Penelope Spheeris' film *The Decline of Western Civilization*.

The Runaways, a groundbreaking all‑female rock band of the 1970s, forged a path for future girl groups with four albums, world tours, and a fearless, pre‑punk attitude that prefigured the riot grrrl movement.