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| Title | : | Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys |
| Author | : | Viv Albertine |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | May 22nd 2014 by Faber & Faber (first published May 12th 2014) |
| Categories | : | Music. Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography. Punk |
Viv Albertine
Paperback | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 4.25 | 8044 Users | 739 Reviews
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The guitarist for seminal female punk group The Slits recounts playing with Sid Vicious, touring with the Clash, dating Mick Jones, inspiring “Train in Vain,” and releasing her solo debut in 2012Viv Albertine is one of a handful of original punks who changed music, and the discourse around it, forever. Her memoir tells the story of how, through sheer will, talent, and fearlessness, she forced herself into a male-dominated industry, became part of a movement that changed music, and inspired a generation of female rockers.
After forming The Flowers of Romance with Sid Vicious in 1976, Albertine joined The Slits and made musical history in one of the first generations of punk bands. The Slits would go on to serve as an inspiration to future rockers, including Kurt Cobain, Carrie Brownstein, and the Riot Grrrl movement in the 1990s. This is the story of what it was like to be a girl at the height of punk: the sex, the drugs, the guys, the tours, and being part of a brilliant pioneering group of women making musical history. Albertine recounts helping define punk fashion, struggling to find her place among the boys, and her romance with Mick Jones, including her pregnancy and subsequent abortion. She also gives a candid account of what happened post-punk, beyond the break-up of The Slits in 1982, including a career in film, surviving cancer, and making music again, twenty-five years later.
A truly remarkable memoir told in Viv’s frank, irreverent, and distinctive voice, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. is a raw, thrilling story of life on the frontier.
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| ISBN: | 0571297757 (ISBN13: 9780571297757) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Specsavers National Book Award Nominee for Non-fiction Book of the Year (2014), Penderyn Music Book Prize Nominee (2015) |
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Ratings: 4.25 From 8044 Users | 739 ReviewsRate Out Of Books Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
Maybe its fitting that Im trying to review this book amid the chaos of school holidays, since to a large extent its a book about overcoming domesticity the story of a woman who resurrected a musical career after 20 years and cancer and a child and a broken family. Its a harrowing read. Its also fascinating for anyone with an interest in the UK punk era, because Viv Albertine, as well as being a guitarist/songwriter and rabble-rouser in her own right, was friend and intimate to many of the key
Terrific book, I love, love, love Viv Albertine! (Just been voted by MOJO magazine as the best music book of 2014) I think this is possibly the best book on the punk era in British music, although England's Dreaming by John Savage is kind of "definitive" about the scene overall. Viv Albertine's more personal memoir tells us more directly about the scene, how it began and emerged, then developed, as she knew many of the key players (Mick Jones, Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious). She was part of the
What a great read. I could hardly put it down until it was all finished. The life story of one of the women's voices from the punk rock movement, telling us what became of her life after (the first time) she left the Slits. This is a pretty unflinching, warts-and-all story of growing up poor in an unhappy family in London. Tells us how she made something of herself with remarkably little encouragement or support. On the contrary, she was spending more time supporting others, but still she found
This gritty memoir was written by Viv Albertine who was at the epicenter of the London punk rock scene and was in one of the few all girl punk rock bands (The Slits). I loved this book because it was written in a a strong and distinctive female voice. Topics include: crushes on boys, periods, fashion, pregnancy, the quest for the perfect pair of shoes, abortion, finding and losing love, motherhood, domestic malaise, relationship violence, and sexism in many forms. The book captures four time
Maybe its fitting that Im trying to review this book amid the chaos of school holidays, since to a large extent its a book about overcoming domesticity the story of a woman who resurrected a musical career after 20 years and cancer and a child and a broken family. Its a harrowing read. Its also fascinating for anyone with an interest in the UK punk era, because Viv Albertine, as well as being a guitarist/songwriter and rabble-rouser in her own right, was friend and intimate to many of the key
I like The Slits and I'm very interested in the punk era however significant parts of this book are not about punk. What's more even if I had no interest in punk, or indeed no idea about Viv Albertine, I am sure I'd still love this book. I devoured it. It's just brilliant. Split into self-contained chapters, Viv variously describes growing up in Muswell Hill, her family, school, teenage experiences, working at Dingwalls, punk, The Slits, close relationships with some of punk's biggest names,
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