C Christopher Taylor
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Confess
- The Autobiography
- By: Rob Halford, Ian Gittins - contributor
- Narrated by: Rob Halford
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,403
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,234
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,231
Most priests hear confessions. This one is making his. Rob Halford, front man of global iconic metal band Judas Priest, is a true "Metal God." Raised in Britain's hard-working, heavy industrial heartland, he and his music were forged in the Black Country. Confess, his full autobiography, is an unforgettable rock 'n' roll story—a journey from a Walsall council estate to musical fame via alcoholism, addiction, police cells, ill-fated sexual trysts, and bleak personal tragedy, through to rehab, coming out, redemption...and finding love.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Pretty small % of this book is about his music
- By JA3 on 12-17-20
- Confess
- The Autobiography
- By: Rob Halford, Ian Gittins - contributor
- Narrated by: Rob Halford
Awesome listen!
Reviewed: 11-08-20
I'm a man in my later 50's. As such I remember hearing Judas Priest records at my friend's houses in my early teens (the records were often "borrowed" from my friend's older brothers or sisters).
I grew up in a tiny midwestern town in Michigan. Like Mr Halford, I also happen to be gay and went thru many of the same questions as I grew up; along with the same worries of "discovery" regarding my sexual orientation. I'm also a musician who played in a number of heavy metal and hard rock bands where I had to hide my authentic self.
I found this book to be both uplifting and spot on in detailing the life, love and devotion to music and the mental "coming of age" of a gay man.
Mr Halford was a fantastic narrator. I'd recommend this book to anyone who is a Priest fan or has spent years of their life feeling like a misfit due to who they are.
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A Lush and Seething Hell
- Two Tales of Cosmic Horror
- By: John Hornor Jacobs
- Narrated by: Almarie Guerra, MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 432
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 382
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Story4 out of 5 stars 383
The award-winning and critically-acclaimed master of horror returns with a pair of chilling tales - both never-before-published in print or audio - that examine the violence and depravity of the human condition. Bringing together his acclaimed novella The Sea Dreams It Is the Sky and an all-new short novel My Heart Struck Sorrow, John Hornor Jacobs turns his fertile imagination to the evil that breeds within the human soul.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great idea, tarnished by modern politics
- By Phil on 04-28-21
- A Lush and Seething Hell
- Two Tales of Cosmic Horror
- By: John Hornor Jacobs
- Narrated by: Almarie Guerra, MacLeod Andrews
Meh...
Reviewed: 01-08-20
I had a hard time considering these stories as "cosmic horror".
The first story was extremely (IMO) long and the ending was unsatisfying-for all the build up the "payoff" was minimal. It seemed like the author just gave up.
The second story was more interesting, the plot more engaging but again, the ending felt forced and abrupt.
Not "Cosmic Horror" in the sense of Lovecraft-more "odd tales". YMMV.
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Daisy Jones & The Six
- A Novel
- By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrated by: Jennifer Beals, Benjamin Bratt, Judy Greer, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40,034
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 35,381
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35,199
Daisy is a girl coming of age in LA in the late '60s, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it’s the rock and roll she loves most. By the time she’s 20, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things. Also getting noticed is The Six, a band led by the brooding Billy Dunne.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I wanted to love this book...
- By Stine on 03-17-19
- Daisy Jones & The Six
- A Novel
- By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrated by: Jennifer Beals, Benjamin Bratt, Judy Greer, Pablo Schreiber
Great story & Performances
Reviewed: 03-07-19
Quick review. Anyone who has ever been a fan of or been IN a band will identify with this book. The band is fictitious but I can't help thinking this was based in part on the band Fleetwood Mac and their often tumultuous history (just my opinion).
Anyhow it's a great story-rock on!!
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Wild Cards I
- Wild Cards, Book 1
- By: George R. R. Martin - editor
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,649
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,391
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,390
In the aftermath of WWII, an alien virus struck the Earth, endowing a handful of survivors with extraordinary powers. Originally published in 1987, the newly expanded saga contains additional original stories by eminent writers.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Dry Politics
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 02-24-13
- Wild Cards I
- Wild Cards, Book 1
- By: George R. R. Martin - editor
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
If you like metahuman fiction-this is for you!
Reviewed: 11-11-18
I was extremely pleased with ALL the stories in this collection. I didn't find a "dud" story amongst the bunch!
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Under the Skin
- By: Michel Faber
- Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 923
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 834
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 831
A “fascinating psychological thriller” (Baltimore Sun), this entrancing novel introduces Isserley, a female driver who scouts the Scottish Highlands for male hitchhikers with big muscles. She herself is tiny - like a kid peering up over the steering wheel. Scarred and awkward, yet strangely erotic and threatening, Isserley listens to her passengers as they open up to her, revealing clues about who might miss them should they disappear - and then she strikes. What happens to her victims next is only part of a terrifying reality.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Ugghh -- Seriously Awful
- By Robert R. on 09-27-14
- Under the Skin
- By: Michel Faber
- Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
Calmly Horrific!
Reviewed: 07-25-18
Great story-saw the movie first, the book is way better. The two have very little in common. Read the book-slow, creeping discomfort.
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Time Pebbles
- By: Jerry Merritt
- Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 522
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 475
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 476
Tekla, son of an ancient shaman, loses Ka Li when she is torn from his life by a brutal tribe of Denisovans in a Late Pleistocene kidnapping. Ka Li escapes but is unarmed and forced to flee across the Bering land bridge where she becomes hopelessly lost in the endless tracts of North America. Only Tekla cares enough to search for her over the years. As Ka Li survives fierce predators and scarce resources, she leaves behind a series of signal cairns to help Tekla find her.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Do your research, but don't make it so obvious
- By Far Away on 09-17-20
- Time Pebbles
- By: Jerry Merritt
- Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith
Good story-just a tiny bit stiff at times
Reviewed: 07-16-18
This was a good story. There are actually two storylines interwoven. The author does a good job of keeping both storylines moving/interesting. The only drawback I saw was a few times when the characters were relaying information or explaining some action they needed to perform the language was a little stiff and slightly self-conscious. Still a great read/listen!
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Your Band Sucks
- What I Saw at Indie Rock's Failed Revolution (But Can No Longer Hear)
- By: Jon Fine
- Narrated by: Jon Fine
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
Jon Fine spent nearly 30 years performing and recording with bands that played various forms of aggressive and challenging underground rock music. And, as he writes in this memoir, at no point were any of those bands "ever threatened, even distantly, by actual fame". Yet when members of his first band, Bitch Magnet, reunited after 21 years to tour Europe, Asia, and America, diehard longtime fans traveled from far and wide to attend those shows.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Life in a band-the ups, downs and truth!
- By C Christopher Taylor on 07-10-18
- Your Band Sucks
- What I Saw at Indie Rock's Failed Revolution (But Can No Longer Hear)
- By: Jon Fine
- Narrated by: Jon Fine
Life in a band-the ups, downs and truth!
Reviewed: 07-10-18
This book will resonate with anyone who has ever started a band; been in a band; or failed in a band (regardless of musical genre). An eyes wide open, no punches pulled, memoir of the late 80's thru the mid 2000's. Fascinating and entertaining!
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Aliens: Bug Hunt
- By: Jonathan Maberry, Heather Graham, Scott Sigler, and others
- Narrated by: James Anderson Foster, Eric G. Dove, Chris Andrew Ciulla, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,599
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,205
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,193
When the Colonial Marines set out after their deadliest prey, the Xenomorphs, it's what Corporal Hicks calls a bug hunt - kill or be killed. Here are fifteen all-new stories of such "close encounters", written by many of today's most extraordinary authors. Set during the events of all four Alien films, sending the Marines to alien worlds, to derelict space settlements, and into the nests of the universe's most dangerous monsters, these adventures are guaranteed to send the blood racing - one way or another.
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5 out of 5 stars
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the bug hunt
- By doug thornton on 06-06-18
- Aliens: Bug Hunt
- By: Jonathan Maberry, Heather Graham, Scott Sigler, Rachel Caine, David Farland, Larry Correia
- Narrated by: James Anderson Foster, Eric G. Dove, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Nicol Zanzarella, James Patrick Cronin, Suzanne Elise Freeman, Andrew Eiden, Michael David Axtell, Grover Gardner, Priya Ayyar, Peter Berkrot, Emily Sutton-Smith, Hillary Huber, R.C. Bray
Aliens fans don't miss this!
Reviewed: 06-20-18
If you like the Aliens universe, you'll probably not want to miss this collection. I didn't find a bad one in the bunch!
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Face the Music
- A Life Exposed
- By: Paul Stanley
- Narrated by: Paul Stanley
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,242
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,048
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,038
In Face the Music, Paul Stanley - the co-founder and famous "Starchild" frontman of KISS - reveals for the first time the incredible highs and equally incredible lows in his life both inside and outside the band. Face the Music is the shocking, funny, smart, inspirational story of one of rock’s most enduring icons and the group he helped create, define, and immortalize. Stanley mixes compelling personal revelations and gripping, gritty war stories that will surprise even the most steadfast member of the KISS Army.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Part 6 Could Stand Strongly on Its Own Content
- By J. York on 04-27-14
- Face the Music
- A Life Exposed
- By: Paul Stanley
- Narrated by: Paul Stanley
A Great Read
Reviewed: 06-08-18
As a KISS fan in my early years of rock and roll interest, this was a great read. Paul Stanley has a great presentation style and kept me wanting to hear more!
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The Outsider
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Will Patton
- Length: 18 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 63,660
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57,627
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 57,396
An 11-year-old boy's violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City's most popular citizens. He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a quick and very public arrest. Maitland has an alibi, but Anderson and the district attorney soon add DNA evidence to go with the fingerprints and witnesses. Their case seems ironclad.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Will Patton great - story so so
- By Randall on 06-19-18
- The Outsider
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Will Patton
Typically Great addition to the King body of work
Reviewed: 06-06-18
It has been my experience with Stephen King that I'm rarely disappointed by his books. This one holds true to form. A great story!
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