John Mendelssohn

The Pixies were a shock to the system. Emerging from their first rehearsal held in a squalid Boston basement, they were soon the toast of the UK and Europe - the new saviours of rock 'n' roll. Forerunners of grunge and with a repetoire of seriously weird songs, they made a virtue out of eccentricity. Then when mega-stardom threatened, Pixies' songwriter and singer Charles Thompson, a.k.a. Black Francis, ditched the band, rechristened himself Frank Black and insisted he hated the group...until deciding to reform it for a sell-out tour in 2004!

The Story of Frank Black & the Pixies

Gigantic

John Brockman

Edwin Schlossberg

Traces the history of the English rock group, the Kinks, and discusses the development of the band's musical style

The Kinks Kronikles

Robert G. Petersdorf

Oncology. Update VII

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine

This is the b format version of the critically acclaimed book on the singer. In "Waiting for Kate Bush", the reader will not only laugh out loud at Herskovits' attempt to make sense of his life in an alien culture, but also learn in detail what Kate Bush - known alternately as 'the barmiest bird in pop', 'the pre Raphaelite mymph with Minnie Mouse's soprano' and the 'greatest artist of the last 30 years' has been up to in the silent decade - plus - since the release of her last album.

John Mendelssohn

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