Everybody Loves Our Town: A History of Grunge, by Mark Yarm.

This thing is fucking GREAT for people who came of age in the nineties. It's almost all made out of interviews, and chronicles the Melvins, Green River, and Mother Love Bone and such, as they give way to Soundgarden and Pearl Jam and Nirvana.
It's REALLY fucking cool.

While I'm here, I wonder if anyone can recommend any other rock books. I'm normally a hardcore literature guy, but my favorite books of the past few years have been Maynard's book, Tricky's book, and Scar Tissue, by Anthony Keidis.
I just love this official (and unofficial) rock and roll stuff. When I was younger, I got a huge kick out of The Lives of John Lennon, a couple of Led Zep books including Hammer of the Gods, and even a few about Elvis: Elvis, Priscilla and Me, I think?
I also loved the John Belushi book, Wired, and the book about Nirvana called Heavier than Heaven.

I've got the Tom Petty biography on deck, alongside Matthew McConaughey's book.

Can you guys recommend any other rockstar/actor books?