Stuart Adamson by Allan Glen

Stuart Adamson by Allan Glen

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This great tribute to Stuart Adamson reveals the complex story behind the acclaimed musician and offers much insight into the way the music industry really works. The biography follows Adamson's story from his formative years in Fife, first single at nineteen, his professional highs and lows, and his tragic death in 2001.

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Stuart Adamson by Allan Glen

The book that fans of the Skids and Big Country had been waiting for, this is a critical perspective not only of Stuart Adamson’s music and its wider cultural influences, but also the excesses of fame and how the music business really works. It tells the story of how a teenager raised in a small Fife village released his first single at 19, wrote three Top 40 albums in the next three years, was written off as a has-been at 23, but then went on to form a new band, sell millions of records worldwide and tour with the Rolling Stones and David Bowie. Although he was one of the most popular figures in the music industry at the time, Adamson’s life was complex; it was cut tragically short with his suicide in Hawaii in December 2001 after he had been reported missing by his family.

'An overdue tribute to a visionary musician and honourable man'

* Mojo *

'Engaging journey through the peaks and troughs of an ultimately troubled life.. moving and well-judged'

* Word magazine *

'He was a massive, massive influence on me ... absolute genius'

-- James Dean Bradfield, Manic Street Preachers

Allan Glen lives in Brighton with his family and writes about the national and international music industry for LIVE UK and Audience. He teaches media law at the University of Sussex.

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ISBN 13 9781846971914
ISBN 10 1846971918
Titre Stuart Adamson
Auteur Allan Glen
État Non disponible
Type de reliure Paperback
Éditeur Birlinn General
Année de publication 2011-04-04
Nombre de pages 224
Note de couverture La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier.
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