The publication of Morrissey’s Autobiography has been an immediate success. The book has performed so well already that it has become one of the fastest-selling memoirs on record and is now the fastest-selling autobiography ever written by a musician, overtaking Keith Richards’ Life. Autobiography is now the second fastest-selling memoir of all time after Kate […]
Britpop Bookshelf: Luke Haines’ Bad Vibes
Love triangles. Band rivalries. Heroin heroin heroin. The Britpop era was fraught with the sort of drama that could satisfy any tabloid lover. While most of the juiciest stories have been heavily guarded by the bands themselves (or perhaps forgotten in a distant drug haze), Luke Haines dishes up a bit of delicious dirt in […]
Suede: The Authorised Biography Out May 9th
Brett Anderson once described the history of Suede as ‘Machiavelli rewriting Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. It involves a cast of thousands. It should star Charlton Heston… It’s always been fiery and tempestuous and really on the edge and it never stops. I don’t think it ever will.’ Brett’s prognostication was correct: Suede is […]
Britpop Bookshelf: Mozipedia
‘There’s more to life than books you know, but not much more,’ Morrissey’s sinuous voice once teased. Well, it’s possible for Morrissey to be wrong once in his life because he never cracked open Simon Goddard’s Mozipedia: The Encyclopedia of Morrissey and the Smiths (Plume Books, 2010). The Mozipedia is a special kind of reference […]
Britpop Bookshelf: Bit of a Blur
Alex James. Blur Bass Player. Fringe Swisher. Cheesemaker. Writer? Yes, Alex James, winner of both the cheekiest bass player award for six years in a row and best fringe from 1993-1999, penned his autobiography! Bit of a Blur (Little,Brown, 2007) touches upon all the stories you could possibly want to know from someone who lived […]
Britpop Bookshelf: Parkway by Hayley Sercombe
If you’re like me, you were too young and too American to experience Britpop in the ’90s. Thankfully, British author and Britpop girl Hayley Sercombe wrote the semi-autobiographical novel Parkway about the adventures of teens in ’90s Britain. It’s a fun, quick read full of references to the bands that we love. From Marion to […]
