Keith Richards: The Unauthorised Biography

by VictorBockris (Author)

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  Paperback
  2006

  $3.28

  Victor Bockris's much admired biography of Keith Richards has been constantly revised since its original publication, now with an additional 12,000 words for a new edition of the Omnibus Press paperback that brings the story up to the present day. First published in eight countries in 1992, at that time Keith Richrds had stood in the shadow of Mick Jagger for thirty years. Then, as a result of Victor Bockris biography, Richards was put in the spotlight and emerged as the power behind the throne, the creator, the backbone, and the soul of the Rolling Stones.Here are the true facts behind Richards' battles with his demons: the women, the drugs and the love-hate-relationship with Jagger. His struggle with heroin and his status as the rock star most likely to die in the 1970s. His scarcely believable rebirth as a family man in the 1980s. Illuminated with revealing quotes and thoughtful insights into the man behind the band that goes on forever.

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  Paperback
  2002

  $3.28

  Victor Bockris's title follows the roller coaster ride that is the life of the one Rolling Stone who remained true to the cause, the rebel whose brushes with herion addiction, an ever-present bottle of whisky and an extraordinary ability to go without sleep for days on end have long marked him down as the likeliest rock star to die prematurely. Yet Keith Richards has defied them all, outliving many of those who though him doomed. Based on interviews with Richards and as well as many who've worked and partied with him over the years, Bockris's book offers a comprehensive biography of this legendary figure.