Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.: A Memoir

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Synopsis
VIV ALBERTINE is a pioneer. As lead guitarist and songwriter for the seminal band The Slits, she influenced a future generation of artists, including Kurt Cobain and Carrie Brownstein. She formed a band with Sid Vicious and was there the night he met Nancy Spungeon. She tempted Johnny Thunder.... toured America with The Clash... dated Mick Jones... and inspired the classic Clash anthem "Train in Vain." But Albertine was no mere muse. In Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys., Albertine delivers a unique and unfiltered look at a traditionally male-dominated scene. Her story is so much more than a music memoir. Albertine's narrative is nothing less than a fierce correspondence from a life on the fringes of culture. The author recalls rebelling from conformity and patriarchal society ever since her days as an adolescent girl in the same London suburb of Muswell Hill where the Kinks formed. With brash honesty--and an unforgiving memory--Albertine writes of immersing herself into punk culture among the likes of the Sex Pistols and the Buzzcocks; of her devastation when The Slits broke up and her reinvention as a director and screenwriter; of abortion, marriage, motherhood, and surviving cancer; navigating infidelity and negotiating divorce; and launching her recent comeback as a solo artist with her debut album, The Vermilion Border. This is a raw chronicle of music, fashion, love, sex, feminism, and more that connects the early days of punk to the Riot grrl movement and beyond. But even more profoundly, Viv Albertine's remarkable memoir is the story of an empowered woman staying true to herself and making it on her own in the modern world. Her first solo album, The Vermilion Border, was released in 2012 to great critical acclaim. This is her autobiography.
Copyright:
2014

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
421 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781250065995
Publisher:
St. Martin's Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Viv Albertine
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Music
Submitted By:
Terry Gorman
Proofread By:
Terry Gorman
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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