Fried & Justified
Hits, Myths, Break-Ups and Breakdowns in the Record Business 1978-98
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
AN
UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR
'A wild rock 'n' roll fairground ride of the damned.'
OBSERVER
'Excellent.'
NEW STATESMAN
'Entertaining . . . recalls twenty heady years at the centre of the British music business.'
FINANCIAL TIMES
A candid frontline account of an illustrious gonzo career as an independent music publicist
during the post-punk heyday of the 80s and 90s, featuring an introduction by Bill Drummond and a new foreword by Julian Cope.
Mick Houghton worked with some of the greatest, most influential and downright dysfunctional cult groups of the post-punk era and beyond - Ramones, Talking Heads, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Undertones, Felt and Sonic Youth among them.
But the three acts Mick is most closely identified with are Echo & the Bunnymen, Julian Cope, and the KLF. As confidant and co-conspirator, he navigated the minefield of rivalries and contrasting fortunes which make
Fried & Justified such a candid, amusing and insightful picture of an exciting and inspirational period for music.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword: Billy Fury Versus the World
- Introduction
- 1: Found a Job
- 2: Road to Ruin
- 3: Beyond Good and Evil
- 4: Do It Clean
- 5: Crisis of Mine
- 6: Christ vs Warhol
- 7: The Happy Loss
- 8: In a Hole
- 9: Nothing Short of Total War
- 10: They Don’t Want to Upset the Apple Cart
- 11: Lots of Little Osmonds
- 12: K Cera Cera
- 13: Upwards at 45 Degrees
- 14: Knocking at the Door of the Cosmos
- 15: My Patio’s on Fire
- Sources
- About the Author
- Copyright