The Roots Co-Founder Black Thought to Release Official Autobiography ‘The Upcycled Self’

The Roots Co-Founder Black Thought to Release Official Autobiography ‘The Upcycled Self’

The Roots Co-Founder Black Thought to Release Official Autobiography ‘The Upcycled Self’ Alex H. Krinsky on August 1, 2023 Four-time Grammy Award-winning rapper, producer, and The Roots Co-Founder, Black Thought (a.k.a. Tariq Trotter) is set […]

BLACK SABBATH’s GEEZER BUTLER Explains Why He Didn’t Use Co-Writer For His Autobiography

BLACK SABBATH Bassist GEEZER BUTLER's 'Into The Void' Autobiography: Book Cover Unveiled

BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler spoke to the “Far Beyond Metal” podcast about his autobiography, “Into The Void: From Birth To Black Sabbath – And Beyond”, which will be released on June 6 in North […]

BLACK SABBATH Bassist GEEZER BUTLER’s ‘Into The Void’ Autobiography: Book Cover Unveiled

BLACK SABBATH Bassist GEEZER BUTLER's 'Into The Void' Autobiography: Book Cover Unveiled

BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler will release his autobiography, “Into The Void: From Birth To Black Sabbath – And Beyond”, on June 6 in North America via HarperCollins imprint Dey Street Books. The book will […]

You Don’t Know What War Is by Yeva Skalietska review – Ukrainian child’s poignant diary | Autobiography and memoir

The author writing her diary on the train

“Until you’ve been there, you don’t know what war is.” This short, intense memoir of Yeva Skalietska is the record, told in diary form, of the transformation of the life of a 12-year-old Ukrainian girl […]

Dying of Politeness review – Geena Davis’s journey to ‘badassery’ | Autobiography and memoir

Davis, top, with Susan Sarandon in 1991: ‘Susan has changed my life more than anyone I’ve ever known’

“It wasn’t until I played Thelma,” writes Geena Davis, “that I realised I may have wanted to become an actor so fervently because I could use acting to fill out the persona of someone confident […]

A Pocketful of Happiness by Richard E Grant review – Tigger and his one true love | Autobiography and memoir

Richard E Grant with his late wife, Joan Washington, at a party in Richmond, London, in 2010

When Richard E Grant’s wife, Joan Washington, was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer just before Christmas 2020, she didn’t really want anyone to know. “It won’t cure me!” she said. But Grant and their daughter, […]

Paper Cuts by Ted Kessler review – ode to the glory days, and slow demise, of the music press | Autobiography and memoir

The author’s younger brother, Daniel Kessler of Interpol

Those of us who cut our teeth on the weekly music press are, by nature, bullishly nostalgic for the days when NME and Melody Maker sold hundreds of thousands of copies, reputations and heated pub […]

Good Pop, Bad Pop: An Inventory by Jarvis Cocker review | Autobiography and memoir

Soap in a box from the collection.

The first memoir from the former lead singer of Pulp would have been better titled A History of Jarvis in 100 Objects. That’s what it is: an illustrated guide to the things that make Cocker […]

Ex-MÖTLEY CRÜE Singer JOHN CORABI Says Writing His Autobiography Was A ‘Cleansing’ And ‘Tedious’ Experience

Ex-MÖTLEY CRÜE Singer JOHN CORABI Says Writing His Autobiography Was A 'Cleansing' And 'Tedious' Experience

Former MÖTLEY CRÜE singer John Corabi spoke to Australia’s May The Rock Be With You about his upcoming autobiography, “Horseshoes And Hand Grenades”, which is tentatively due on June 14 via Rare Bird Books. It […]