Sex, Drugs & Rock & Roll
49th Shelf friends helped compile this list of Canadian books that focus on the grungy, gritty, thrilling, dangerous, sometimes glamourous life of rock music, mind-altering drugs, and sex (we asked that two of the three be present for a book to make the list). Tweet us if you have more to add!

Festival Man
A Novel

Whale Music

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On a Cold Road
Tales of Adventure in Canadian Rock

Five Little Bitches

Angel Riots

From Up River and for One Night Only

Heidegger Stairwell

Gods of the Hammer
The Teenage Head Story

Dirty, Drunk, and Punk
The Twisted Crazy Story of the Bunchofuckingoofs

Fury's Hour
A (sort-of) Punk Manifesto

Metal on Ice
Tales from Canada's Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Heroes

Bottle Rocket Hearts

Not Your Ordinary Wolf Girl
Portrait of a Thousand Punks /tp
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1978
A Novel