Bit of a Blur

Zusatztext Guaranteed to bring a tear to your eye - in a good way Informationen zum Autor Alex James is the bass player with Blur. He is also a Visiting Scientist at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Europe's largest space research facility. He lives with his wife and children in the Cotswolds. Klappentext I was the Fool-king of Soho and the number-one slag in the Groucho Club, the second drunkest member of the world's drunkest band. This was no disaster, though. It was a dream coming true.' For Alex James, music had always been a door to a more eventful life. But as bass player of Blur - one of the most successful British bands of all time - his journey was more exciting and extreme than he could ever have predicted. In Bit of a Blur he chronicles his journey from a slug-infested flat in Camberwell to a world of screaming fans and private jets - and his eventual search to find meaning and happiness (and, perhaps most importantly, the perfect cheese), in an increasingly surreal world.* The charming, witty and slightly disreputable memoirs of Alex James - artist, musician, bass player with Blur, and the perfect chronicler of the Britpop generation Zusammenfassung * The charming, witty and slightly disreputable memoirs of Alex James - artist, musician, bass player with Blur, and the perfect chronicler of the Britpop generation

Product details

• Authors: Alex James
• Publisher: Abacus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.07.2008
• EAN: 9780349119939
• ISBN: 978-0-349-11993-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 196 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Abacus Paperbacks; ABACUS
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Biographien (div.), Blur (Popgruppe), Rock, MUSIC / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, Pop Music, Popular Music, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Autobiography: arts and entertainment