I'm Not with the Band by Sylvia Patterson
The hilarious, frank and fearless memoir of Sylvia Patterson - one of Britain's best and most influential music writers. I'm Not With the Band is shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award 2016.
[A] mercilessly funny memoir..the riotous superstar profiles are only one of several threads in this gripping and multi-layered book -- Mark Ellen * Mail on Sunday *
This very funny, glowingly humane memoir . . . I'm Not With The Band is, ultimately, a thing of joy * Sunday Times *
It's absolutely hilarious - there were times I could barely breathe because I was laughing so hard -- Barbara Ellen * Observer *
Sylvia Patterson is one of the best music writers of all time, an inspiration and a genius * David Quantick *
I can't praise this book highly enough; so funny, brave, sad and wise. I totally adored it * Jenny Colgan *
I'm Not With The Band . . . is the best book about music writing you will ever read. 10 stars * Ian Fortnum, Classic Rock *
A hugely entertaining, gossip-fuelled insight into some of the most influential artists of recent decades * Daily Express *
From stalking Mick Hucknall to an audience with Prince, there's chaos, heart-rending moments and hilarity * Sunday Mirror *
Patterson has been a top music journo since the 1980s...here she recalls 30 years in the profession offering brilliant anecdote after brilliant anecdote * i *
A great document of a lost moment in time . . . [Patterson's] depiction of the peak-era Smash Hits offices is ripe for screenplay -- Emma Warren * Caught by the River *
Not to be missed . . . I'm Not With The Band has all the gossip you could possibly want, but what elevates this memoir is Sylvia's own personal story * Red *
Gripping . . . [Patterson] writes with easy humour and an unrepentant honesty . . . It's a hilariously authentic love letter to youth and learning to grow up * Independent *
Brilliant * Daily Telegraph *
The most warm, insightful and passionate book on music I have read in years. Starting with the innocent, joyful silliness of Smash Hits in the 80s, this memoir inevitably journeys into darker territory but always remains infectiously optimistic about music's capacity to inspire * Christopher Brookmyre, Glasgow Herald Books of the Year *
Very funny, very informative and indispensable reading for both pop lovers and pop anthropologists * Metro *
This very funny, glowingly humane memoir . . . I'm Not With The Band is, ultimately, a thing of joy * Sunday Times *
It's absolutely hilarious - there were times I could barely breathe because I was laughing so hard -- Barbara Ellen * Observer *
Sylvia Patterson is one of the best music writers of all time, an inspiration and a genius * David Quantick *
I can't praise this book highly enough; so funny, brave, sad and wise. I totally adored it * Jenny Colgan *
I'm Not With The Band . . . is the best book about music writing you will ever read. 10 stars * Ian Fortnum, Classic Rock *
A hugely entertaining, gossip-fuelled insight into some of the most influential artists of recent decades * Daily Express *
From stalking Mick Hucknall to an audience with Prince, there's chaos, heart-rending moments and hilarity * Sunday Mirror *
Patterson has been a top music journo since the 1980s...here she recalls 30 years in the profession offering brilliant anecdote after brilliant anecdote * i *
A great document of a lost moment in time . . . [Patterson's] depiction of the peak-era Smash Hits offices is ripe for screenplay -- Emma Warren * Caught by the River *
Not to be missed . . . I'm Not With The Band has all the gossip you could possibly want, but what elevates this memoir is Sylvia's own personal story * Red *
Gripping . . . [Patterson] writes with easy humour and an unrepentant honesty . . . It's a hilariously authentic love letter to youth and learning to grow up * Independent *
Brilliant * Daily Telegraph *
The most warm, insightful and passionate book on music I have read in years. Starting with the innocent, joyful silliness of Smash Hits in the 80s, this memoir inevitably journeys into darker territory but always remains infectiously optimistic about music's capacity to inspire * Christopher Brookmyre, Glasgow Herald Books of the Year *
Very funny, very informative and indispensable reading for both pop lovers and pop anthropologists * Metro *
Sylvia Patterson is one of pop journalism's best-known voices. She joined Smash Hits as Staff Writer aged 20 during its mid-late 80s heyday when it sold a million copies a fortnight. Life thereafter as an acclaimed freelancer has seen her sprinkle irreverence throughout NME, The Face, Guardian Guide, The Observer, Sunday Times, Interview, The Word, Q and Glamour. She's also the only writer to have penned sleeve-notes to the greatest hits of both Take That and Oasis. Because that's how she rolls (with it).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780751558685 |
| ISBN 10 | 0751558680 |
| Title | I'm Not with the Band |
| Author | Sylvia Patterson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2016-06-16 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Costa Book Awards: Biography category 2016 (UK), Short-listed for NME Book of the Year Award 2017 (UK), Long-listed for Penderyn Music Book Prize 2017 (UK) |
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