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My Girlfriend is a grown up indie kid, we have the usual Peel/Factory suspects. Any suggestions?
Sigh...wrong forum.
Great book on the American Indie scene
"Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991" by Michael Michael Azerrad
Terrible hair metal band but one of yet most hilarious books I've read
Motley Crue - The Dirt
He's a bit of a knob, but has done a few great songs is totally bonkers but his autobiographies are brilliant
Head On/Repossesed - Julian Cope
Decent book on the post punk scene in UK
Rip it up and start again (Post Punk 1978-1984) - Simon Reynolds
Ex-NME journalist's hilarious autobiography on working at his early life working in music press
Cider with Roadies - Stuart Maconie.
He also wrote an excellent book called 'The People's songs' which relates British historical events to big hits of the day. His non-music books are great particularly about "Pies and Prejudice" about the North of England
+1 for the Julian Cope books.
Stuart Maconie +1
+1 for Stuart Maconie - have a look at his book 'The People's Songs'
Also (depending on her indie demographic) consider Louise Wener's (from Sleeper) "Different for Girls" autobiography (aka Just For One Day: Adventures in Britpop)
Not strictly music but Danny Baker's two autobiographies cover his involvement in the punk scene and are very entertaining.
Revolution in the head - the Beatles music and the sixties.
I can't stand hair rock of any sort, but this is an absolutely bloody brilliant book.....
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+1 for Our Band Could Be Your Life. Thank You for the Days by Mark Radcliffe is good too, in a different way.
Viv Albertine: Clothes Music Boys
Bob Stanley: Yeah Yeah Yeah (cost me a fortune on early rock'n'roll CDs.......)
Got the latest volume of Patti Smiths autobiography waiting on the bedside table pile.
+2 Our band could be your life
Just read Scott Ian's book, that was alright
Apparently the recently released book by Carrie Brownstein from Sleater Kinney is a belter
I would steer clear of Kim Gordon's book though, let's just say it was written far too soon after her divorce from Thurston Moore
Get in the Van by Henry Rollins is a great read too but maybe a bit far from indie.
How Soon Is Now by Richard King
Last night a DJ saved my life- good intro to modern dance music
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Big +1 for Viv Albertine's "Clothes, Music, Boys".
The first half gives a marvellous eye-witness account of the growth of punk (as well as being the lead singer for the Slits, she was Mick Jones' girlfriend). The second half is about her life post the Slits and if anything is even better than the first half (the section about Vincent Gallo is priceless).