About Us

Even though the Helter Skelter music bookstore, like so many independent bookshops, is no more, Helter Skelter Publishing continues to go from strength to strength. Recent highlights include: Steve Marriott: All Too Beautiful, a critical and commercial triumph; updated new editions of the legendary groupie memoir I’m With The Band by Pamela Des Barres and the definitive Pink Floyd biography, A Saucerful Of Secrets, as well as acclaimed new books on Canadian power trio Rush, and cult Glasgow act Belle and Sebastian.

Forthcoming titles include the first book on surfer-turned singer-songwriter superstar and recent BRITs triumph, Jack Johnson. We also have legendary Sniffin’ Glue founding editor Mark Perry’s punk memoir, a new study of the Sex Pistols by acclaimed Sid Vicious biographer Alan Parker, and the first in-depth book on John Lydon’s post-Pistols career: John Lydon’s Metal Box: Stories from Public Image Ltd. We also have a new David Bowie title as well as a new book on the history of the groupie phenomenon by Pamela Des Barres and a study of ill-fated songwriting genius and Triffids frontman Dave M cCombe: Save What You Can.

Combining these new releases with a backlist that mixes reissues of some of rock’s finest back pages with fine new writing on a breadth of subject matter that encompasses disco innovators Chic, prog giants King Crimson and ELP, punk pioneers like The Buzzcocks, as well as enduring cult bands like The Cure, New Order and the Fall and less well-known, but no less worthy artists like Sandy Denny, Jefferson Airplane and The La’s, Helter Skelter Publishing’s catalogue of music titles is without equal.