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The "Streets"
Martin Roach
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Description for The "Streets"
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8pp b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 160.
Mike Skinner aka The Streets is arguably the most acclaimed new talent to emerge in the UK in the past five years. A Birmingham native who later ventured into the the murky depths of the capital's garage scene, Skinner was an unlikely nominee for Britain's answer to Eminem. Brought up on tough estates on a diet of cheap beer, hip-hop, house and jungle while working fast food jobs just to get by, Skinner bore witness to a teenage trawl through the lower stratum of society. Eventually he started to record his own tunes, which from the very first - such ... Read more
Mike Skinner aka The Streets is arguably the most acclaimed new talent to emerge in the UK in the past five years. A Birmingham native who later ventured into the the murky depths of the capital's garage scene, Skinner was an unlikely nominee for Britain's answer to Eminem. Brought up on tough estates on a diet of cheap beer, hip-hop, house and jungle while working fast food jobs just to get by, Skinner bore witness to a teenage trawl through the lower stratum of society. Eventually he started to record his own tunes, which from the very first - such ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Independent Music Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780953994281
SKU
V9780953994281
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About Martin Roach
Jimmy Ramsay is the author of more than twenty books on music, youth culture and celebrity. Among the bands he has written about are The White Stripes, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Nirvana. He grew up in the same Birmingham streets as Mike Skinner and moved to London the same year that The Streets' frontman did. He now lives in ... Read more
Reviews for The "Streets"
"'Capable of astonishing research, a writer of definitive histories.' Mojo 'His work is intelligent, immensely crafted and deeply detailed. He deals with delicate matters with a deft and enviable articulacy.' Select"