How to be a rock star / Shaun Ryder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ryder, Shaun, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rock musicians--Great Britain--Biography.

Rock musicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Allen & Unwin, 2021.

Summary:

THE TOP TEN BESTSELLER 'Candid, brilliant and bizarre' Guardian 'Stories about the frontman and his bandmates are legion... [like] Peter Kay with menaces' The Sunday Times As lead singer of Happy Mondays and Black Grape, Shaun Ryder was the Keith Richards and Mick Jagger of his generation. A true rebel, who formed and led not one but two seminal bands, he's had number-one albums, headlined Glastonbury, toured the world numerous times, taken every drug under the sun, been through rehab - and come out the other side as a national treasure. Now, for the first time, Shaun lifts the lid on the real inside story of how to be a rock star. With insights from three decades touring the world, which took him from Salford to San Francisco, from playing working men's clubs to headlining Glastonbury and playing in front of the biggest festival crowd the world has ever seen, in Brazil, in the middle of thunderstorm. From recording your first demo tape to having a number-one album, Shaun gives a fly-on-the-wall look at the rock 'n' roll lifestyle - warts and all: how to be a rock star - and also how not to be a rock star. From numerous Top of the Pops appearances to being banned from live TV, from being a figurehead of the acid-house scene to hanging out backstage with the Rolling Stones, Shaun has seen it all. In this book he pulls the curtain back on the debauchery of the tour bus, ridiculous riders, run-ins with record companies, drug dealers and the mafia, and how he forged the most remarkable comeback of all time.'There are enough stories about Happy Mondays to keep people talking about them forever. Bands live on through the myth really, myth and legend' (Steve Lamacq)

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

Myths

Starting a band

Band names

Rehearsals

Clothes and haircuts

Songwriting

Lyrics

Record labels

Live gigs

Riders

Top of the Pops

Drugs

Rehab

Fame

Rivalries

Interviews

Video shoots

Hotels

Homes

The recording studio

Producers

Singles

Artwork

Managers

Awards

Fans

Festivals

Touring the world

The tour bus

Musical differences

Teeth

Reality TV

Social media

Reunions

Encore.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781838953263

1838953264

OCLC:

1267762051