Whether or not it's actually 'definitive,' Chris Salewicz's new biography of Led Zeppelin's musical mastermind is readable and informative...and, appropriately, heavy.

As Joy Division's classic album 'Unknown Pleasures' turns 40, the band's biographer Jon Savage talked about the album and his memories of seeing the band during their too-brief career

The job of a music publicist is, by design, unsung. Now, Jane Savidge sings her own song as one of the people who brought Britpop together in the '90s.

'More Fun in the New World' is a sort of oral history of L.A. punks as they transitioned from the foundational '70s into the decadent '80s.

Jon Savage's new oral history of Joy Division isn't for the casual fan...but is there such a thing as a casual Joy Division fan?

Author Karen Tongson makes a case for the late Karen Carpenter as more than just a guilty pleasure or tragic tale: as a gifted musician whose story and legacy have been defined too narrowly.

In 'Serving the Servant,' Nirvana's co-manager Danny Goldberg paints a picture of Kurt Cobain as a deliberate, aware, and visionary rock star.

Jonathan Scott's new book 'The Vinyl Frontier' chronicles this story of the Voyager Golden Record: humanity's double-disc message shot to the stars in 1977, with Chuck Berry (but not the Beatles) on board.

The Rock Bottom Remainders are a music group whose members also happen to be some of America's best-known authors. Stephen King, Amy Tan, Dave Barry, Mary Karr, Scott Turow, Roy Blount Jr. and the rest of the group shared their incredible story with Jay Gabler.

Geoff Edgers's 'Walk This Way' is a whole book about 'Run-DMC, Aerosmith, and the Song That Changed American Music Forever.'