You don't have to read music to read about music. Like every year, there are scores of rock books on the racks. Here are some new releases on the lit parade:
CAN-CON
Talk - Action = 0: An Illustrated History of D.O.A.,
by Joe Keithley
Canadian punk icon Joe (S---head) Keithley empties the scrapbooks for this massive compilation of pix, posters, anecdotes and memorabilia.
$28.
Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap Stories,
by Randy Bachman
A slew of Guess Who and BTO tales you've heard before -- along with a few you haven't -- the Can-Rock legend and sometime radio host.
$32.
Writing Gordon Lightfoot: The Man, the Music, and the World in 1972,
by Dave Bidini
Rheostatics rocker and writer Bidini chronicles the life of the folk-rock legend against the backdrop of the 1972 Mariposa Folk Festival.
$30
Four Strong Wings: Ian & Sylvia,
by John Einarson with Ian Tyson and Sylvia Tyson
The quintessential Canadian folk duo open up about their life on and offstage in this bio from prolific Canadian music writer Einarson.
$33.
Falling Backwards,
by Jann Arden
Singer-songwriter Arden chronicles her early years with the same mix of wisecracking humour and frank honesty she brings to her career.
$33.
CLASSIC ROCKERS
It's So Easy (And Other Lies),
by Duff McKagan
Former Guns N' Roses bassist McKagan comes clean on his life and career. Possibly the only rock memoir of the year actually penned by its subject.
$30
The Dirt (Anniversary Edition): Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band,
by Motley Crue & Neil Strauss
A hardcover reissue of the L.A. sleaze-rockers' notorious -- and hilarious -- 2001 memoir of girls, girls, girls, drugs, drugs, drugs and much, much more.
$33.
Freddie Mercury: The Definitive Biography,
by Lesley-Ann Jones
Queen's flamboyant frontman gets the full-blown bio treatment 20 years after his untimely death.
$35.
GUITAR HEROES
Diary of a Player: How My Musical Heroes Made a Guitar Man Out of Me,
by Brad Paisley
The country singer and six-string virtuoso pens a love letter (literally) to his life's one constant companion. His wife must be thrilled.
$30.
No Regrets, by Ace Frehley with Joe Layden
Shock me! Space Ace still has enough working brain cells to pen (or at least dictate) this memoir about life before, during and after KISS.
$30.
Iron Man: My Journey through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath,
by Tony Iommi with T.J. Lammers
Just in time for the new Black Sabbath reunion, guitarist Iommi offers up this recap of his life and times.
$28.
GRUNGE
Pearl Jam Twenty,
by Jonathan Cohen with Mark Wilkerson
The supersonic Seattle grunge icons rewind their last two decades with a collection of photos, artwork, anecdotes and interviews.
$40.
This Is a Call: The Life and Times of Dave Grohl,
by Paul Brannigan
Nirvana drummer-turned-Foo Fighters frontman Grohl gets the biography treatment. It features exclusive interviews with the man himself.
$22
Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge,
by Mark Yarm
Smells like a timely chronicle of the '80s and '90s Seattle scene, as told by the musicians, producers and journalists who were there.
$30.
THE BEATLES
George Harrison: Living in the Material World,
by Olivia Harrison & Mark Holborn
A decade after his death, the quiet Beatle is back in the spotlight as his widow shares archival photographs, letters, diaries, and memorabilia.
$45
Lennon: The Man The Myth The Music -- The Definitive Life,
by Tim Riley
The umpteenth biography of working-class hero Lennon clocks in at a whopping 784 pages. Whatever gets you thru the night.
$40.
Fab Gear: The Beatles and Fashion,
by Paolo Hewitt
A chronicle of the Fab Four's sartorial achievements from Beatle boots to Nehru jackets. There's also a chapter on their hairstyles. Help!
$45.
MICHAEL JACKSON
You Are Not Alone: Michael, Through a Brother's Eyes,
by Jermaine Jackson
Older brother Jermaine offers his perspective on the late King of Pop's life, career and tragic death.
$30.
My Friend Michael: An Ordinary Friendship with an Extraordinary Man,
by Frank Cascio
One of Jacko's former employees dishes the inside scoop while "setting the record straight." Right.
$30.
Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson,
by Joseph Vogel
How's this for a novelty? This in-depth analysis focuses on Jackson's music rather than his personal life.
$30
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