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But when it comes to the world's most famous pop stars and rock musicians, there's a hunger to know more about the person behind the song.

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From where they came from to how they built such a successful career, the best memoirs can offer that extra insight into a singer's life. From music superstars like Elton John to pop queens like Britney Spearsa plethora of musicians have embarked upon writing an autobiography, hoping to take fans behind the scenes of an extraordinary life.

Rock legends like Dave Grohl and Bruce Springsteen have chronicled their respective paths to fame, while singer-songwriter Alicia Keys decided to get candid, opening up about everything from her childhood to what it means to be a woman in the music industry. Here, we round up 10 of the best memoirs by musicians available to read in Most of us are well acquainted with Mariah Carey's music career, but in her revealing memoir, the "Fantasy" singer biographies music fans behind the scenes of her private life.

From her difficult childhood growing up in Long Island, New York, to her allegedly abusive marriage to music executive Tommy Mottola, Carey's book is a frank account of her incredible rise to fame. Carey also offers readers a glimpse of her songwriting process while exploring her identity as a biracial woman in the music industry. Not to be missed.

Following the end of Britney Spears' year conservatorshipfans have been waiting to hear the superstar's story in her own words. With The Woman in Me, due October 24 from Gallery Books, Spears explores her rise to fame, her journey with motherhood, and her experiences breaking free from conservatorship, which became worldwide news. Email address Please enter a valid email address.

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Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys by Viv Albertine. Cash by Johnny Cash. Clapton: The Autobiography by Eric Clapton. Journals by Kurt Cobain. Not Dead Yet by Phil Collins. Neon Angel by Cherie Currie. Hammer of the Gods by Stephen Davis. Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon. Dancing with Myself by Billy Idol. Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis.

He records outsiders from Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Nico. Hardly anyone in White Bicycles is a star — just kids with a shared biography music for the practical magic of music-making. Marilyn Manson cranked out this book in his first wave of Nineties stardom — on the verge of releasing Mechanical Animals. The U. Bad Vibes is his revenge: a gleefully spiteful satire of rock life on both sides of the Atlantic.

How petty is this book? Brian tells his story in an endearingly erratic style, jumping all over the timeline and trying real hard to find nice things to say about Mike Love. As the guitarist and songwriter for the Band, Robbie Robertson chronicled ancient American myths, even while he was living out new ones. Looking stern gives you terrible wrinkles.

White Line Fever captures his lust for life — he tops any book here for most exclamation points per page — and his no-remorse metal spirit. For as long as this book lasts, Lemmy lives. Every car inspires stories about the memories that go with it — his music, family, friends, drugs, guitars, bands — so Special Deluxe is far more revealing and more fun than his supposed memoir Waging Heavy Peace.

A typical Neil twist: His book about cars gets more personal than his book about himself. Long may he run. The NYC art-punk legend brings all her fearsome charisma to the page. Eventually, she sees the collapse of her band along with her marriage. But Girl in a Band captures the thrill of being young in a new city, on fire with creative energy, as she and Moore walk the Soho streets by night to put up their gig posters.

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I am so disgusted by this that I beg people to kill me. Many rush forward. Best moment: Moz has breakfast with his hero David Bowie. Hell was the punk Leonard Cohen in that department. A typical scene from this flawless masterpiece: Rod, Elton, and Freddie Mercury spend a drug-crazed evening in Bel Air plotting to form a supergroup. But he ended up one of the wisest.

JT started young — at 14, he met lifelong friend Nick Rhodes, who shared his taste for music and fashion. I thought we were married! The Sleater-Kinney guitar hero and Portlandia comedian finds her voice as one-third of the greatest American punk band. She grows up in Seattle, with a closeted dad and an anorexic mom, desperate to get into a group and make her own noise.

Not even close. When they lament how they sold out original drummer Kate Schellenbach and kicked her out of the band, they pass her the mic to write her own chapter about it. She rolls through motherhood, cancer, and divorce, only to realize she needs to get back to her guitar. Her abrasive humor is exhilarating — more Fleabag than Please Kill Me.

The only man who never lets her down: John Lennon, her lifelong muse.