| Author | : Kieron Tyler |
| File Size | : 47,7 Mb |
| Publisher | : Omnibus Press |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 12 June 2017 |
| ISBN | : 9781783238903 |
| Pages | : 320 pages |
Smashing It Up A Decade of Chaos with The Damned by Kieron Tyler Book PDF Summary
From rank outsiders to pop stardom a decade later, The Damned blazed an anarchic trail through punk rock to achieve massive chart success. A beacon for the Sex Pistols and The Clash to follow, they flung down the musical gauntlet in 1976 with Britain’s first punk single ‘New Rose’. Smashing It Up: A Decade of Chaos with The Damned is their definitive biography, drawing on new, in-depth research and interviews with associates and band members – including founders Brian James, Chris Millar (Rat Scabies), Raymond Burns (Captain Sensible) and David Lett (David Vanian). Conflict was rife: managers and labels came and went; bridges were burnt; opportunities squandered; and Kieron Tyler reveals how – and why – the wayward, wild and wilful Damned are the punk band that survived, and why they truly led the British Punk movement and outshone their contemporaries.