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23%OFFAndrew Matheson - Sick On You: The Disastrous Story of Britain's Great Lost Punk Band - 9780091960445 - V9780091960445
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Sick On You: The Disastrous Story of Britain's Great Lost Punk Band

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Description for Sick On You: The Disastrous Story of Britain's Great Lost Punk Band Paperback. The Hollywood Brats are the greatest band you've never heard of. Recording one near - perfect punk album in 1974, they were tragically ahead of their time. This is memoir about never quite achieving success, despite flying so close to greatness. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; AVGU; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 256.
**MOJO MAGAZINE'S BOOK OF THE YEAR** The Hollywood Brats are the greatest band you've never heard of. Recording one near-perfect punk album in 1974, they were tragically ahead of their time. With only a guitar, a tatty copy of the Melody Maker and his template for the perfect band, Andrew Matheson set out, in 1971, to make musical history. His band, The Hollywood Brats, were pre-punk prophets - uncompromising, ultra-thin, wild, untameable and outrageous. But thrown into the crazy world of the 1970s London music scene, the Brats ultimately fell foul ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Ebury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780091960445
SKU
V9780091960445
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About Andrew Matheson
Andrew Matheson was a founding member of The Hollywood Brats, the band that never really was. When the group prematurely imploded, Andrew left the music industry in a huff to play football in North America. When he became exhausted by chasing a fat man called Eusebio around the pitch for 90 minutes, he rejoined the world of music with `Monterey ... Read more

Reviews for Sick On You: The Disastrous Story of Britain's Great Lost Punk Band
True, proper rock 'n' roll. A funny, sad, superbly written saga. This book is great.
Bob Geldof The greatest rock 'n' roll story you've never heard: the Hollywood Brats hit the early 70s like a spaceship landing in Victorian London. Matheson's book is as lurid and compelling as the band themselves.
John Niven, author of ... Read more

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