Tenement Kid
By: Bobby Gillespie
4.02
Format: 412 pages, Hardcover
Fizzing with an infectious passion for the magic of rock music, Gillespie’s vivid and evocative mem…
Want to Read $ 9.99"I kind of became a feminist from an early age, even though I wasn’t aware of the feminist movement in any way. I admired my mum a lot. In her own quiet way she was a fighter."-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid
"When I was a teenager I started to think about how dedicated Dad was to the struggle for working-class rights. He had devoted his life to the Labour cause fighting inequality and that’s fucking great. I was proud of him. But what about women? He was out fighting the cause, and my mother was at home running the house. Where do women stand in the revolution? I’d seen Paine’s Rights of Man on his bookshelf. I wondered to myself, what about the rights of women?"-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid
"Those painful childhood memories we bury, that some of us try and drown out with sex, drugs, alcohol, gambling, all the usual crutches and distractions. These childhood experiences are going to be really painful to engage with, no one wants anyone else to be exposed to their deepest, darkest, most shameful secrets, but unless these issues are talked about they can never be defeated, and you will never be at peace with yourself or anyone else. You have one day got to face that shit head-on and defeat it. Believe me."-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid
"I began to question the world and other people from a young age. I suppose that gave me a sense of emotional distance, a lack of trust in future friendships and relationships; I would assume a friendly and open manner, a cloak of safety. The price you pay is a fear of commitment and all the loneliness that entails. I was quietly angry, always have been. I still feel it, but I’m working on it. If you’re anything like me you have to recognise this well of poison that we carry, isolate the reason why we’re always ready to spring up like a cobra and bite at any time, any place, anyone. Unless you deal with it you will always repeat the same disastrous mistakes. You’ve got to confront your demons."-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid
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By: Tim Burgess
4.04
Format: None pages, Paperback
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2. Macrofestivales: El agujero negro de la música
By: Nando Cruz
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Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition
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3. Spaceships Over Glasgow
By: Stuart Braithwaite
3.88
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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4. Sonic Life: A Memoir
By: Thurston Moore
3.81
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
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5. Faith, Hope and Carnage
By: Nick Cave
4.44
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
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"I think people can do both terrible things and wonderful things when faced with the true understanding of their own powerlessness, vulnerability and lack of control."-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage
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6. Kill 'Em All
By: John Niven
4.07
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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7. Sing Backwards and Weep: A Memoir
By: Mark Lanegan
4.35
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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8. O Brother
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4.64
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
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"My mother can hold her own where foreign words are involved. The simple duo-syllable 'croissant' comes out variously as 'craw-sank', 'crass-ant', or 'crah-sint', the word seeming to have no business …"-John Niven, O Brother
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By: Ted Kessler
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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10. Good Pop, Bad Pop
By: Jarvis Cocker
4.30
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
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11. Record Play Pause
By: Stephen Morris
4.38
Format: 405 pages, Hardcover
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A unique and thoughtful musical memoir' Observer 'Gritty coming-of-age… read more
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12. Verse, Chorus, Monster!
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3.70
Format: None pages, ebook
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4.23
Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition
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3.92
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
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4.03
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
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4.46
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
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17. How to Be a Rock Star
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3.76
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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18. Tenement Kid
By: Bobby Gillespie
4.02
Format: 412 pages, Hardcover
Fizzing with an infectious passion for the magic of rock music, Gillespie’s vivid and evocative mem… read more
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"When I was a teenager I started to think about how dedicated Dad was to the struggle for working-class rights. He had devoted his life to the Labour cause fighting inequality and that’s fucking great…"-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid
"Those painful childhood memories we bury, that some of us try and drown out with sex, drugs, alcohol, gambling, all the usual crutches and distractions. These childhood experiences are going to be re…"-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid
"I began to question the world and other people from a young age. I suppose that gave me a sense of emotional distance, a lack of trust in future friendships and relationships; I would assume a friend…"-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid
19. The Black Dog
By: Kevin Bridges
3.60
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
THE BLACK DOG is the exciting debut novel from one of Britain's most-loved comedians, Kevin Bridges… read more
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20. Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure
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4.40
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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21. Chaise Longue
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