Books published by Essential Works Ltd

Zucchero's autobiography The Sound of Sunday tells his own revealing, touching, hilarious & heart-breaking story in intimate detail. Featuring guest appearances from some of the world's greatest musicians to have worked with him, including Miles Davis, Luciano Pavarotti, John Lee Hooker, Sting, Eric Clapton, Solomon Burke, Bono & many more. -- .

In the first complete biography of Metal legends Sepultura's epic career, Sao Paulo-based US author Jason Korolenko tells the remarkable story of how Brazil's biggest musical act came to sell over 20 million albums world-wide. -- .

Lifting Shadows is the authorized biography of Dream Theater - the American progressive-metal band & traces the band's history from their mid-1980's Long Island origins through to the arena filling act that they are today. This revised and updated edition features all-new interviews & covers the departure drummer Mike Portnoy. -- .

Pink Moon is a personal, original, and moving retelling of the life, death, and posthumous rise of Nick Drake from Danish poet Gorm Henrik Rasmussen. This is the only account of Nick's life to include extensive interviews with Nick's parents as well as others of his close friends. It is now available in English for the first time. -- .

The true and terrible story of Teds versus Punks and other gang wars 1976-1982, as told by the leader of the infamous Balham Wildkatz, Noel 'Razor' Smith. -- .

An 'average' man... a good father... a mass-murderer... cornered... If Fertig is sane, then the world is raving mad. -- .

From That's All Right in 1956 to Way Down in 1977 (with 48 songs in between), long-time fan Peter Silverton explores, investigates and celebrates the most important recordings of Elvis Presley. A witty, unique and exhilarating overview of the remarkable recordings and life of The King. -- .

In turns erotic, brutal, funny and shocking, The Hospital Ship is a searing and witty cult novel, a literary indictment of the scientific, business, and military establishments of the latter half of the 20th century. -- .

The author was a founding member of the Sex Pistols and co-wrote most of their iconic songs. In this title, his story of the Pistols' rise to global infamy is an honest, insightful account of a group of intelligent malcontents, determined to change the music business and to attack hypocrisy and stale conventions in society at large.