Gonzo Books

C.J. Stone wrote a column for the Guardian Weekend from 1993 till 1998. It was called Housing Benefit Hill and won the writer much acclaim. He has also written columns for the Big Issu...

"There have always been certain 'careers' that have fascinated the public, newspapers and the media in general. Such include musicians, actors, sportsmen, police and not surprisingly, the people wh...

On September 19, 1985, Frank Zappa testified before the United States Senate Commerce, Technology, and Transportation committee, attacking the Parents Music Resource Center or PMRC, a music o...

Strange Boat charts the twisting and meandering journey of Mike Scott, describing the literary and spiritual references that inform his songwriting and exploring the multitude of locations and cult...

Liberace himself takes us on a guided tour of his Hollywood and Palm Springs homes and his treasured possessions. A celebrated connoisseur of antiques, Liberace tells us about the origins and ...

Merrell Fankhauser has led one of the most diverse and interesting careers in music. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and moved to California when he was 13 years old. Merrell went on to ...

Mick Farren (September 1943 – July 2013) was not someone who could be described as ‘best known for’ anything. Gloucestershire-born Farren was a singer with The Deviants a...

The World's First Cloned Cartoon Character

The Nine Henrys are a quirky bunch of cloned cartoon characters.

They live in a strange lo-fi domestic surrealist world p...

Hype - 'And now, for all you speeding street smarties out there, the one you've all been waiting for, the one that'll pierce your laid-back ears, decoke your sinuses, cut clean thru ...

Robert Newton Calvert (born 9 March 1945) died 14 August 1988 after suffering a heart attack. He contributed poetry, lyrics and vocals to legendary space rock band Hawkwind intermitt...

Tony Palmer is a noted British film director and writer, and over the years has written for The Observer, Time Out and other major publications. Tony has also published a number of books i...

Back in the Old Bailey sixties, Tony Palmer followed the trial every inch of the way, and his book was widely read and informative, and remains so. This account of what went on, required reading a...