Ten Thousand Apologies - Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure

"From the mountains of Algeria to the squats of South London via sectarian Northern Ireland, Ten Thousand Apologies is the sordid and thrilling story of the country's most notorious cult band, Fat White Family. Loved and loathed in equal measure since their formation in 2011, the relentlessly provocative, stunningly dysfunctional "drug band with a rock problem" have dedicated themselves to constant chaos and total creative freedom at all costs. Like a tragicomic penny dreadful dreamed up by a mutant hybrid of Jean Genet, the Dadaists and Mark E. Smith, the Fat Whites' story is a frequently jaw-dropping epic of creative insurrection, narcotic excess, mental illness, wanderlust, self-sabotage, fractured masculinity, and the ruthless pursuit of absolute art. Co-written with lucidity and humour by singer Lias Saoudi and acclaimed author Adelle Stripe, Ten Thousand Apologies is that rare thing: a music book that barely features any music, a biography as literary as any novel, and a confessional that does not seek forgiveness. This is the definitive account of Fat White Family's disgraceful and radiant jihad - a depraved, romantic and furious gesture of refusal to a sanitised era"--Publisher's description.

About the author

Adelle Stripe is a novelist, poet and journalist. Her debut novel, BLACK TEETH AND A BRILLIANT SMILE, was shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and Portico Prize for Literature.

Lias Saoudi is the frontman in Fat White Family.

Summary

The story of one of the most controversial cult bands of the moment - championed and reviled in equal measure

Foreword

The story of one of the most controversial cult bands of the moment - championed and reviled in equal measure

Additional text

A jaw-dropping rollercoaster of tragi-comic mishaps and gargantuan drug consumption

Product details

• Authors: Anonymous, Fat White Family, Lias Saoudi, Adelle Stripe, Stripe Adelle
• Publisher: Orion
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781474617840
• ISBN: 978-1-4746-1784-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); London, Greater London, Rock & Pop music, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, Coping with drug & alcohol abuse, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Drugs, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Coping with drug and alcohol problems