 | Frontman: Surviving the Rock Star Myth by Richard Barone
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $9.49 Richard Barone's is a brilliant tale of believing in the myth, living the myth, and then learning to survive the myth. Reads like a non-fiction novel. Five Stars.
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 | The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie
Buy new: $9.97 / Used from: $5.82 David Bowie explored the frontman myth in his 1972 masterpiece.
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 | The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx
Buy new: $21.45 / Used from: $18.51 The dream gone bad.
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 | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock - PS2
Buy new: $49.99 / Used from: $20.95 Feel the power!
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 | Drums Along the Hudson by The Bongos
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $6.75 Chapter Five of "FRONTMAN" examines the making of the Bongos' debut album, "Drums Along the Hudson." Here is the 2007 special edition, with new bonus track produced by Moby. Cutting-edge guitar pop heaven that still sounds fresh today.
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 | Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $4.49 This dude knows what Barone is talking about. In fact, one scene in "FRONTMAN" has Kiedis carrying Barone on his shoulders at an MTV party. Hilarious!
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 | This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin
Buy used from: $5.00 Dr. Levitan's book scientifically explains the effect of music on the psyche and why it commands so much power. Quoted in "FRONTMAN" in regard to the evolution of music itself: It was a method of attracting the opposite sex, of course. Every frontman knows that!
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 | Performance
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $11.85 Starring the longest running frontman, Mick Jagger. Quote from the film: "The only performance that makes it... that makes it all the way, is the one that achieves madness."
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 | Clouds Over Eden by Richard Barone
Buy used from: $1.78 Chapter Nine of "FRONTMAN" chronicles the making of Barone's third solo album, a tour de force. An intensely musical song cycle of loss and yearning.
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 | Blood & Glitter by Mick Rock
Buy used from: $81.97 Referred to throughout "FRONTMAN," Mick Rock helped create the Glam look of the 70s with his images of Bowie, Lou Reed and others, then continued on to capture Punk, as well. Rock also created the striking front cover image and inside covers of Barone's book; the naked shots of the author say it all. This collection is a stunning retrospective.
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 | Tony Visconti: The Autobiography: Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy by Tony Visconti
Buy new: $12.71 / Used from: $23.17 Like Mick Rock, Tony Visconti appears throughout "FRONTMAN," first as Barone's ideal as a record producer, then, in the final chapters, as a friend and collaborator. Visconti's history is one of the densest and most influential in music. His foreword to "FRONTMAN" sets the perfect tone for Barone's journey.
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