The Rise, The Fall, and The Rise

Informationen zum Autor From a childhood in the celebrity-filled canyons of California to living in squalor in Manchester while playing in cult band, the Fall, to sitting front row in fashion shows as buyer for her own fashion store, to presenting prime-time television; Brix's journey has been one that required a fearlessness few women have and has brought inspiration to many. A pioneering musical icon, she is one of the few successful female guitarists and songwriters, working not just with the Fall but with her solo band Adult Net and her current band, Brix and the Extricated. She currently lives in Shoreditch, London, with her husband, Philip and her two pugs, Gladys and Pixie. Klappentext Now in paperback, this is a memoir from the former member of seminal band The Fall, and ex-wife of the band's leader, Mark E. Smith. Now a fashion expert, she describes her childhood in 1960s Hollywood, waitressing in California and the industrial wasteland of Manchester in the 1980s. The unmissable memoir from the Fall guitarist and fashion expert. 'A rock 'n' roll must-read' NME Zusammenfassung SHORTLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE 2017The Rise, The Fall, and The Rise is the extraordinary story, in her own words, of Brix Smith Start.

Product details

• Authors: Brix Smith Start, Brix Smith Start, Start Brix Smith
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9780571325061
• ISBN: 978-0-571-32506-1
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Rock, Rock & Pop music, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, Autobiography: arts & entertainment, Pop Music, Popular Music, Mark e Smith; The Fall; post punk; Manchester; Extricated