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Summary:
- "Written in his own unmistakable voice and with a new afterword by the author, this is the frank and fascinating memoir by arguably the greatest bass player of his generation. Beginning with an East End childhood in a London barely recovered from the War, he takes us on a journey through the beginnings of punk and post-punk as a founding member of Public Image Limited, an illustrious forty-year solo career which has seen collaborations musical greats such as U2, Brian Eno and CAN and a Mercury Music Prize nomination through to the present day still playing to sell out audiences. Along the way we hear how Wobble navigated chronic alcoholism and marital breakdown and has emerged as a national treasure. If you ever wondered how got his name, the answer is here: his teenage pal Sid Vicious gave it to him when he drunkenly slurred Wobble's real name, John Wardle."-- [Provided by publisher]
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Table of Contents:
- Childhood
- Teenage years
- Punk
- PiL
- The metal box
- America
- Going solo
- Nil by mouth
- New start
- Solo success
- Changing times
- New departures
- Renaissance man
- Farewell to all that
- Epilogue Stockport, Chelsea, Tottenham, The bus routes of South London, Ancoats, London Borough of Merton, Recording.
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Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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General Notes:
- First published in 2009 under the title Memoirs of a geezer by Serpent's Tail, an imprint of Profile Books Ltd. This expanded edition first published in 2024.
Description based on: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 2, 2024).
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Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
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Call Numbers:
- ML420.W63 W63 2024
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ISBNs:
- 9780571375363 (electronic bk.)
0571375367 (electronic bk.)
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OCLC Numbers:
- 1427064018
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Other Control Numbers:
- 3846675 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp306262278