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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!<BR><BR>"All you ever wanted to know about Fleetwood Mac's mesmerizing frontwoman." - People Magazine<BR><BR>"Davis is astute and respectful...adept in his literary analysis." - The New York Times Book Review<BR><BR>Stevie Nicks is a legend of rock, but her energy and magnetism sparked new interest in this icon. At sixty-nine, she's one of the most glamorous creatures rock has known, and the rare woman who's a real rock 'n' roller.<BR><BR>Gold Dust Woman gives "the gold standard of rock biographers" (The Boston Globe) his ideal topic: Nicks' work and life are equally sexy and interesting, and Davis delves deeply into each, unearthing fresh details from new, intimate interviews and interpreting them to present a rich new portrait of the star. Just as Nicks (and Lindsey Buckingham) gave Fleetwood Mac the "shot of adrenaline" they needed to become real rock stars-according to Christine McVie-Gold Dust Woman is vibrant with stories and with a life lived large and hard:<BR>-How Nicks and Buckingham were asked to join Fleetwood Mac and how they turned the band into stars<BR>-The affairs that informed Nicks' greatest songs<BR>-Her relationships with the Eagles' Don Henley and Joe Walsh, and with Fleetwood himself<BR>-Why Nicks married her best friend's widower<BR>-Her dependency on cocaine, drinking and pot, but how it was a decade-long addiction to Klonopin that almost killed her <BR>- Nicks' successful solo career that has her still performing in venues like Madison Square Garden<BR>-The cult of Nicks and its extension to chart-toppers like Taylor Swift and the Dixie Chicks

The gold-standard biography of the band Led Zeppelin—revised and updated with new material for fans of the band and this beloved rock classic.“One of the most notorious rock biographies ever written.” —Chicago Tribune The members of Led Zeppelin are major deities in the pantheon of rock gods. The first and heaviest of the heavy metal monsters, they violently shook the foundations of classic rock music and took no prisoners on the road. Their tours were legendary, their lives were exalted, and their music transcendent. No band ever flew as high as Led Zeppelin or suffered so disastrous a fall. And only some of them lived to tell the tale.Originally published in 1985, and last updated in 2008, Hammer of the Gods is considered the ultimate word on Led Zeppelin, and a definitive rock and roll classic that captures the first heavy metal monsters in all their excessive glory. With new material from bestselling biographer Stephen Davis this edition includes the story of their legendary one-night-only reunion in 2007 and the post-Zeppelin work of each member, especially Robert Plant's Grammy-winning collaborations with Alison Krauss. An up-to-date discography brings this New York Times bestseller fully to the present, and will captivate a new generation of rock music biography fans, Zeppelin fans, and readers. This gold-standard music biography reveals the stories behind the legends:- Behind the Music: Go on tour with the first and heaviest of the heavy metal monsters and witness the legendary, excessive glory that took them to the top.- Rock and Roll History: Chronicling the band from their explosive rise to their disastrous fall, and the members who lived to tell the tale.- Exclusive Updates: This revised and updated edition covers the legendary 2007 reunion and the post-Zeppelin work of each member, including Robert Plant's award-winning collaborations.- Definitive Account: From bestselling biographer Stephen Davis, get the ultimate word on a band that forever changed the sound of rock and roll.

Il biografo musicale Stephen Davis tratteggia la storia dei Duran Duran, una delle band più amate e osannate degli anni Ottanta e oltre. Con interviste esclusive ai vari membri del gruppo, ad amici, collaboratori e foto inedite tratte dagli archivi personali, "Please Please Tell Me Now" offre un resoconto definitivo di una saga mai raccontata nella storia del rock and roll: una delizia per i fan irriducibili, per i nuovi ammiratori e per gli amanti della musica di ogni età. Finalmente in Italia la biografia definitiva dei Duran Duran. Con inserto in bianco e nero. Das Urheberrecht an bibliographischen und produktbeschreibenden Daten und an den bereitgestellten Bildern liegt bei Informazioni Editoriali, I.E. S.r.l., oder beim Herausgeber oder demjenigen, der die Genehmigung erteilt hat. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.