Guitar World's Top 15 Books of 2011

Posted 12/26/2011 at 8:54am | by Josh Hart

We take a look back at all the great reads that came out in 2011.

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One could probably call 2011 "The Year of Rock and Roll Biopic."

Tony Iommi, Ace Frehley, Dave Mustaine, Duff McKagan, Brad Paisley and Red Hot Chili Peppers all put their words to paper to tell the definite version of their stories, while biographers continued to chronicle greats like Stevie Ray Vaughan and George Harrison.

Due to sheer volume, it was tough to cut this list down, but rest-assured, the 15 books on this list contain enough knowledge to make you king of Rock and Roll Jeopardy.

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Guitar World's Top 15 Books of 2011

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15. Glenn Hughes: The Autobiography, from Deep Purple to Black Country Communion
by Glenn Hughes and Joel McIver, forward by Lars Ulrich
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14. The Red Hot Chili Peppers: An Oral/Visual History
by The Red Hot Chili Peppers with Brendan Mullen
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13. Dirty Deeds: My Life Inside/Outside of AC/DC
by Mark Evans
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12. Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries
by Jon Kristiansen
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11. Diary of a Player: How My Musical Heroes Made a Guitar Man Out of Me
by Brad Paisley
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10. Murder in the Front Row: Shots from the Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter
by Harald Oimoen and Brian Lew
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09. Faces 1969-1975
by Ronnie Wood, Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones, with an introduction by Brad Tolinski and forwards by Slash, Mick Hucknall and Glen Matlock
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08. George Harrison: Living in the Material World
by Olivia Harrison and Mark Holborn
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07. Aerosmith: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Boston Bad Boys
by Richard Bienstock
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06. Stevie Ray Vaughan: Day by Day, Night After Night - His Final Years, 1983-1990
by Craig L. Hopkins
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05. Clapton: The Ultimate Illustrated History
by Chris Welch
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04. It's So Easy: And Other Lies
by Duff McKagan
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03. No Regrets: A Rock 'N' Roll Memoir
by Ace Frehley, Joe Layden and John Ostrosky
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02. Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir
by Dave Mustaine
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01. Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven & Hell with Black Sabbath
by Tony Iommi

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slayerswine

December 26, 2011 at 2:11pm

I read a bunch of great bio's in 2011

Tony Iommi's, Sammy Hagar's, Dave Mustaine's, David Bowie's, and Keith Richards'.