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Memoirs of a Geezer
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Book Details
- ISBN 9781846687129
- 24 September 2009
- Paperback
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Synopsis
Written in his own unmistakable voice, this is a frank and fascinating account of a geezer’s life in the music business. Jah Wobble offers the most authentic insider’s account of the beginning of punk rock yet written, but there much more to him than that. His is an eventful life, as the celebrated ups – Public Image Limited’s The Metal Box, ’90s hit ‘Visions Of You’ with Sinead O’Connor – are balanced by major downs – chronic alcoholism, marital breakdown and a stint working for London Underground. It begins with an East End childhood in a London barely recovered from the war and ends with Wobble finally turning his back on a London that no longer feels like home. Through the book Wobble tells it like he sees it: his opinions of the great and good from Malcolm McClaren to Peter Gabriel to Brian Eno to Iain Sinclair are refreshingly disrespectful. And if you ever wondered how he got his name, the answer is here: his teenage pal Sid Vicious gave it to him when he drunkenly slurred Wobble’s real name, John Wardle.