ON THE BOOKSHELF
Behind every record is a story too big for the liner notes. This is the shelf where we keep them — the memoirs, oral histories, and late-night reads from the era that raised us.
Book of the month
This Angry Pen of Mine: Recovering the Journals of Layne Staley by Layne Staley
Layne's mother kept the journals. Now we get to see them — the lyrics in his handwriting, the drawings, the poems that never made it onto a record. It's not the headline version of Layne. It's the son, the artist, the kid who started on drums at twelve. Proceeds go to the Layne Staley Memorial Fund.
$47.00
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Rolling Stone Pearl Jam
$14.99
Journals by Kurt Cobain
$24.00
New on shelf
A Screaming Life: Into the Superunknown with Soundgarden and Beyond
The book so many of us have been waiting for. Soundgarden co-founder Kim Thayil opens the door at last — the real stories behind the music, in his own words, written with Adem Tepedelen. Just landed on the shelf, shipping worldwide.
$32.00
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Staff Pick
Of Grunge & Government: Let's Fix This Broken Democracy! by Krist Novoselic
Founding member of world-famous rock band Nirvana offers a personal and political memoir. One part memoir, one part political platform, the bass player of Nirvana—the most heralded and influential rock band of the past twenty...
$10.00
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