Johnny Rogan

Byrds bio

The Severed Alliance is one of the most controversial rock biographies ever written. Universally acclaimed by critics, its contents outraged Morrissey, who denounced the book and called for the death of author Johnny Rogan, saying, Personally, I hope Johnny Rogan ends his days very soon in an M3 pile-up. This paperback edition features a provocative preface as well as many important amendments to the original text, previously unpublished photos, and an updated comprehensive discography.

The definitive biography of The Kinks' legendary frontman and one of the most tumultuous tales in Rock history. Ray Davies, legendary frontman of The Kinks, is one of the all-time greatest Rock and Roll musicians -- and also one of its most troubled. In the summer of 1964, aged twenty, Ray launched The Kinks into the whirlwind of drink, drugs and sex that was fame in the Swinging Sixties with his radical number one hit 'You Really Got Me'. Two weeks later they were playing with The Beatles and being supported by The Who, swamped by fans and fast becoming renowned for the rioting at their gigs. Over the next thirty years, Davies wrote a string of enduring classics -- 'All Day and All of the Night', 'Sunny Afternoon', 'Waterloo Sunset' -- and concept albums, such as The Village Green Preservation Society , whose influence can be heard directly in the music of Blur, Oasis, Pulp and Elastica in the 1990s. But Ray's journey from East End poverty to the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame was tumultuous in the extreme, featuring psychiatric breakdowns, bitter lawsuits and spectacular punch-ups. He has been knocked unconscious mid-performance, arrested for fraudulently impersonating himself and shot through the leg in New Orleans. His relationship with his brother Dave, The Kinks' lead guitarist, is surely the most ferocious and abusive in music history. And yet this master of social observation and prolific writer of songs, albums, TV films and stage musicals is widely acknowledged as one of the handful of people to have redefined pop culture over the last fifty years. Based on hundreds of interviews conducted over several decades, this richly detailed, intimate and revelatory account promises to be the definitive account of this most fascinating and complicated life.

Informed essays and critical reviews of every album recorded by Morrissey, both as a member of The Smiths and as a soloist. Features a song-by-song analysis, a song index for easy reference, and details of compilations and live albums.

This is the definitive biography of the American group whose hits included 'Tambourine Man' and 'Eight Miles High'. Author Johnny Rogan interviews all the original members, producers, managers, publicists and groupies. A fascinating read.

Book by Rogan, Johnny

In Van No Surrender , Johnny Rogan has produced a provocative and revelatory biography of the musician, analysing the sense of place in his work and the tortuous journey that took him from local fame in Belfast to international success. Set against the cultural and political backdrop of Belfast, before, during and after the Troubles, No Surrender offers a unique and penetrating perspective on Morrison’s long career and the times that made him.

An illustrated chronology of The Smiths career. This book includes interviews and photographs, a detailed breakdown of every known performance by The Smiths, and a comprehensive discography. It also contains many previously unpublished photographs.

Neil Zero to Sixty

These definitive guides to the music of history's hottest bands examine every recorded song in each artist's catalog from the start to the end of their careers. All books have 8-page color photo sections and are shaped like a CD box, designed to fit alongside your CD collection.

These definitive guides to the music of history's hottest bands examine every recorded song in each artist's catalog from the start to the end of their careers. All books have 8-page color photo sections and are shaped like a CD box, designed to fit alongside your CD collection.

For the first time ever, the inside story of British pop management from 1955 to the present [published in 1988]. Johnny Rogan explores the diverse roles of the pop manager through a series of 17 case Larry Parnes, the great pioneer of British rock'n'roll; Ken Pitt, who nurtured Bowie to his first big hit - then lost him; Brian Epstein, the man behind the Beatles; Andrew Oldham, the Stones' supremo; Simon Napier-Bell - from the Yardbirds to Marc Boland to Wham!; the flamboyant and controversial Sex Pistols' svengali, Malcolm McLaren; enigmatic Joy Division/New Order manager, Rob Gretton - and many more. Rogan has interviewed scores of entrepreneurs over the years and his penetrating analyses of their grand designs, millionaire coups, litigious battles and spectacular falls brilliantly convey the perilous nature of pop management. These stories are not only intriguing in themselves but provide fresh insights into the careers of many of the most important artistes of our time. "Starmakers and Svengalis" is a cornucopia of charismatic characters, wealth, glamour, power, scandal, violence and tragedy; it is compulsive reading for anyone interested in popular culture or the evolution of the music business over the period of 30 years, up to the late 1980s.

The Closest to heaven its possible to come -Mojo This is at least the best biography of a group ever written - Q Magazine One of the most ambitious and expansive rock biographies ever written, Requiem For The Timeless, Volume 2continues this epic study of the Byrds. Rogan s previous Byrds book was highly acclaimed The second volume focuses on the solo careers of the deceased members of the band, including co-founder and songwriter Gene Clark, cult figure Gram Parsons and the acclaimed guitarist Clarence White. Taken as a whole, these obituaries confirm that the Byrds were not simply a legendary group but something closer to a movement that defined LA rock. Their individual lives are a moving and salutary tale of the rise and fall of a generation s hopes and dreams.

Johnny Rogan traces the 20-year history of a British beat group that became an institution. Along with their great contemporaries The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who. The Kinks dominated rock music during the 60's with a string of classic hit singles and eventually established themselves as a successful and highly influential force in the 70's and 80's.

(Omnibus Press). This is a comprehensive analysis of every album recorded by John Lennon during his solo years from the end of the Sixties to his death in 1980, as well as the posthumous work that followed. A lively and provocative commentary of every song is interspersed with comments from Lennon on his final decade. Features a song by song analysis, a song index for easy reference, details of compilations and live albums and details of posthumous releases. From his early experimental work with Yoko Ono, through the startling sound of the Plastic Ono Band, the chart-topping Imagine , the political years in New York, the 'lost weekend' in Los Angeles, retirement, the comeback with Double Fantasy and his tragic assasination in December 1980 Rogan leaves no stone unturned.

Detailed compendium covering over 30 years of performing and recording, along with career overviews of The Byrds, The Hollies, and Buffalo Springfield.

These definitive guides to the music of history's hottest bands examine every recorded song in each artist's catalog from the start to the end of their careers. All books have 8-page color photo sections and are shaped like a CD box, designed to fit alongside your CD collection.

Book by Rogan, Johnny

Wham! were an English musical duo formed by members George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley in 1981. They were briefly known in the United States as Wham! UK due to a naming conflict with an American band. Biography, Film, Television & Music, Music, Stage & Screen, Music, Rock & Pop, Wham