The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.: A Biography

A classic postpunk memoir by a cult hero of the 80s – Budgie, the drummer in Siouxsie and the Banshees – with a twist As a member of Big in Japan, The Slits and, most famously, Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Creatures, ‘Budgie’ was an era-defining drummer in the much-mythologised post punk scene of […]

A searingly honest memoir from Dexys’ iconic frontman, one of the great mavericks and creative geniuses of British music. At home, the prayerful eight-year-old altar boy was planning to attend college to train to be a priest. Elsewhere, he was thieving, lying, swearing, fighting and rarely out of trouble. In this astonishing memoir, Kevin takes […]

Marking 10 years since the original publication of Girl in a Band, this anniversary edition will include a new chapter from the author and a foreword from Rachel Kushner. In Girl in a Band Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of women, tells her story. She writes frankly […]

A majestic biography of two young geniuses who merged their talents to create one of the greatest bodies of music in history. John & Paul begins in 1957, when two teenagers in suburban Liverpool meet and decide to play rock n’roll together. It ends twenty-three years later, when one of them is murdered. In between, we […]