Tag Archives: autobiography

Want List: Barry Adamson’s “Up Above The City, Down Beneath The Stars” Autobio Published Last Year And No One Told Me?

Posted on April 27, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Gloryoski! Last month we knew all about the biography of the great John McGeoch, but somehow, Barry Adamson was actually the first member of Magazine to have a book about them, in that case an autobio, and I’m just finding … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Chris Frantz – Remain In Love

Posted on December 30, 2020 by postpunkmonk

This was a book that I didn’t want to waste too much not reading time before the print got cold. It came out last summer and my spouse got me a copy from the library where she works. It was … Continue reading →

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Book Week – Grace Jones [Paul Morley]: I’ll Never Write My Memoirs

Posted on April 26, 2018 by postpunkmonk

For a very long time, Grace Jones proclaimed that she would never release an autobio, until that point where she suddenly did; taking a famous lyric of hers from “Art Groupie” and turning it on its head. When “semi-famous model … Continue reading →

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REDUX: Book Review: Richard Barone – Frontman | Surviving The Rock Star Myth

Posted on September 29, 2015 by postpunkmonk

February 1, 2013 I always liked Richard Barone. I remember seeing a bit of the primeval video clip for his band The Bongos’ early single of T-Rex’s “Mambo Sun” and noting the band’s coolness. Around the same time [late ’81] … Continue reading →

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REDUX: Book Review: In The Pleasure Groove | Love, Death + Duran Duran – John Taylor

Posted on September 23, 2015 by postpunkmonk

November 7, 2012 I was dimly aware the ex-Duran guitarist Andy Taylor had written an autobio several years ago, but did I really want to hear the story of Andy “coke-face” Taylor? I never really liked his guitar playing in … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Richard Barone – Frontman | Surviving The Rock Star Myth

Posted on February 1, 2013 by postpunkmonk

I always liked Richard Barone. I remember seeing a bit of the primeval video clip for his band The Bongos’ early single of T-Rex’s “Mambo Sun” and noting the band’s coolness. Around the same time [late ’81] I also started … Continue reading →

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Book Review: In The Pleasure Groove | Love, Death + Duran Duran – John Taylor

Posted on November 7, 2012 by postpunkmonk

I was dimly aware the ex-Duran guitarist Andy Taylor had written an autobio several years ago, but did I really want to hear the story of Andy “coke-face” Taylor? I never really liked his guitar playing in the band, truth … Continue reading →

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