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Rock & Roll Is Essentially Silly...
This Is Spinal Tap (Double Disc Set) [DVD] [1984]This Is Spinal Tap (Double Disc Set) [DVD] [1984]
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A key-text, a heavy metal extension on The Rutles: stone henge, where the cats meaow!!!
Head On/RepossessedHead On/Repossessed by Julian Cope
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Julian Cope's frequently amusing memoirs of life in The Teardrop Explodes & as a lost solo artist located in Tamworth. His shopping excursion involving a canal worth the price of entry...
Dig! [DVD] [2005] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]Dig! [DVD] [2005] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
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Soundtrack to the documentary on The Dandy Warhols & The Brian Jonestown Massacre...
The Dirt - Motley Crue: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock BandThe Dirt - Motley Crue: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Neil Strauss
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Just don't buy the records!!!!
Diary of a Rock 'n' Roll Star: Ian Hunter Lead Singer for "Mott the Hoople": Ian Hunter Lead Singer for "Mott the Hoople"Diary of a Rock 'n' Roll Star: Ian Hunter Lead Singer for "Mott the Hoople": Ian Hunter Lead Singer for "Mott the Hoople" by Ian Hunter
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Another key text....
Be Here NowBe Here Now by Oasis
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OTT nonsense that actually got decent reviews at the time!
The Third Reich 'N RollThe Third Reich 'N Roll by The Residents
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Hitler was a vegetarian....
Cider with RoadiesCider with Roadies by Stuart Maconie
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Stuart Maconie's amusing biography...
Espedair StreetEspedair Street by Iain Banks
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Iain Banks' excellent rock & roll themed book....
Bad NewsBad News by Bad News
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The British Spinal Tap - the two films are amusing also...
The Big WheelThe Big Wheel by Bruce Thomas
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Got Bruce Thomas sacked from the same band twice! Costello fans should be amused by this book....
The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash [DVD] [1978]The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash [DVD] [1978]
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Hilarious satire of The Beatles, the 'Tragical History Tour' sequence particularly amusing: 'I am the Waitress' !!!!
Showbusiness: The Diary of a Rock 'n' Roll NobodyShowbusiness: The Diary of a Rock 'n' Roll Nobody by Mark Radcliffe
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Metallic KOMetallic KO by Iggy & the Stooges
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Iggy in combatative mood on songs like 'C*** In My Pocket' & 'Rich B**ch'
Metallica - Some Kind Of Monster [DVD] [2004]Metallica - Some Kind Of Monster [DVD] [2004]
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Spinal Tap made real....
The Metal Years - The Decline Of Western Civilisation Part II [VHS]The Metal Years - The Decline Of Western Civilisation Part II [VHS]
...this needs to be reissued with the first-part....
David Bowie - Glass Spider [VHS] [1987]David Bowie - Glass Spider [VHS] [1987]
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Some good songs, but what was Bowie thinking? I couldn't bring myself to reference Tin Machine -
Mellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins
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Ponderous 1990s equivalent of 'Tales of Topgraphic Oceans'
The Doors - Special Edition [DVD] [1991]The Doors - Special Edition [DVD] [1991]
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So bad it's almost great....
U2 - Zoo TV Live From Sydney - The Video [VHS] [1994]U2 - Zoo TV Live From Sydney - The Video [VHS] [1994]
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U2 react to the earnest roots of 'Rattle & Hum' and seem aware that rock and roll is a bit silly really -
Hammer of the Gods: Led Zeppelin UnauthorisedHammer of the Gods: Led Zeppelin Unauthorised by Stephen Davis
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Tales from Topographic OceansTales from Topographic Oceans by Yes
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Arghhhh, Rick Wakeman....
The Last Waltz [1978] [DVD]The Last Waltz [1978] [DVD]
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Great music of course, but the interviews were rightly lambasted in 'This is Spinal Tap' - touring finished off Elvis did it?????
AnthemsAnthems by Laibach
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Dubious quasi-fascist industrial covers of 'Life is Life', 'One Vision', 'Sympathy for the Devil' & 'In the Army Now'
Permission To LandPermission To Land by The Darkness
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Quite silly - though not as silly as people falling for the marketing of this band!!!