Article: An unusual flurry of rock books this winter offers fans a behind-the-music intimacy

For those rock 'n' roll fans on your gift list this holiday season, there are plenty of new offerings to keep their heads bopping along happily into the new year.

There are fresh sounds from Eric Clapton, Sting, Genesis, Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones, Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash and Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx.

There's just one twist: None are on CD racks.

All are on bookshelves _ part of an unusual flurry of autobiographies out this winter by aging rockers with some hair-raising stories.

Clapton's self-titled autobiography is already a hit, having sold 525,000 copies. Joining him on best-seller lists is "Slash," "Ronnie" and Sixx's ...

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