Bad Vibes: Britpop and my part in its downfall - Brossura

Haines, Luke

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0434018465 ISBN 13: 9780434018468

Casa editrice: William Heinemann, 2009

Riassunto

A blackly comic memoir from inside the British music scene in the 90s, by singer songwriter and Auteurs front man Luke Haines

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Informazioni sull?autore

Luke Haines learned guitar in the red light district of Portsmouth and subsequently formally studied music at the London College of Music. His band The Auteurs missed out on the 1992 Mercury Music Prize by one vote - since then he has fronted other acts including Baader Meinhof and Black Box Recorder.

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First, you fail. After four years of gigs no-one attends, songs no-one hears, perfected haircuts no-one sees, late 80s Camden - where Shane McGowan is lord of the manor, pubs close in the afternoons, and dance music rules - is no place for a cultured singer songwriter like Luke Haines to be. One too many heavy afternoons on the red wine and you hit the bottom. The only solution is to record a demo in you flat, form a new band, and think of a pretentious name...

From heady tours in the early days with Suede through Cool Britannia, success in France and failure in America, to the break up of the Auteurs, the death of Britpop and the birth of new projects Baader Meinhof and Black Box Recorder, Luke Haines has the inside line. In acerbic, hilarious prose he tells of gigs in France with Pulp and the Boo Radleys, of getting on with New Order but not with Elastica, gives a verdict on the Blur/Oasis scrap, and explains how it felt to lose the 1993 Mercury Music Prize by one vote (and spend the early hours of the next day in A&E). Plus the fights, the sackings, the press, and the drugs...

Bad Vibes is a scathing, blackly comic memoir of a legendary figure in the music world of the 90's who is variously heralded as the pioneer, the godfather, or the forgotten man of Britpop.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: William Heinemann
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0434018465
• ISBN 13: 9780434018468
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 256
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile