Guralnick's Presley bios are likely your best bet. They're definitely not fawning, but almost to a fault: at a certain point, the retelling of events gets bland enough that you wish a critical voice would step in for a minute (and Guralnick's critical voice does occasionally, but only for a minute). But they're insanely detailed/well-researched.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 30 January 2015 15:15 (nine years ago) link
the Zappa autobio I had was pretty entertaining but yeah I kinda came out of it having my worst suspicions about Zappa confirmed
― Abstinence Hawk (frogbs), Friday, 30 January 2015 15:24 (nine years ago) link
U2
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 30 January 2015 15:25 (nine years ago) link
Bill Flanagan's U2 bio from the nineties is one of the smartest of its kind; it hoodwinked me into liking them for a few minutes.
I love reading up about pretty much any band that I dislike, to be honest.
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Friday, 30 January 2015 16:50 (nine years ago) link
Alfo can you confirm for me that that U2 book has a chapter detailing Bono's "nautical kleptomania" where he steals boats any chance he gets?I read it as a teen and that chapter seems too weird to be a real memory
― sonny and sber (fgti), Friday, 30 January 2015 17:19 (nine years ago) link
I don't remember the phrase, but yeah, he likes boats and skinnydipping.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 30 January 2015 17:22 (nine years ago) link
Ugh, Bono skinnydipping, thx for that guys
― A trumpet growing in a garden (Tom D.), Friday, 30 January 2015 17:24 (nine years ago) link
Bono is a Parrothead!
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 30 January 2015 17:26 (nine years ago) link
Kiss p much owns this thread for me
also, Motley Crue
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Friday, 30 January 2015 17:47 (nine years ago) link