Anoint My Head - How I Failed to Make it as a Britpop Indie Rockstar (Part 1 of 4)

Anoint My Head - How I Failed to Make it as a Britpop Indie Rockstar (Part 1 of 4)

by Andy Macleod
Anoint My Head - How I Failed to Make it as a Britpop Indie Rockstar (Part 1 of 4)

Anoint My Head - How I Failed to Make it as a Britpop Indie Rockstar (Part 1 of 4)

by Andy Macleod

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Overview

'Captures the time and the aspirations of a young band brilliantly. A great eye-opener into the absurd thought process of what it might take to headline Glastonbury!' Steve Lamacq BBC 6 Music

 

"A healthy measure of Nick Hornby with a dash of Adrian Mole had he joined an indie band. Just the tonic for these serious and uncertain days. Bottoms up!' Josh Levay Pointy Birds 

 

'Bland and inoffensive with a seriously over-acting singer' NME

 

It's 1992, and Horace dreams of becoming a rockstar with his band the Pointy Birds. The only problem is that his day-job (mis)filing vinyl in a Soho record store is stealing all his time and energy, plus rival bands like Suede, Blur, Pulp and Radiohead are moving on to bigger and better things. But then someone called Ricky offers his services as a band manager, and at last the dream can start.

 

Anoint My Head is the tale of a band who maybe didn't quite have what it took to make it, but had a manager who did. It is also the story of a musical era and documents the rise of some of the biggest British Britpop bands of the nineties, plus a comedian who went on to write quite a successful sitcom about a paper merchant in Slough.

 

A coming-of-age story about pursuing your dreams and what happens when reality gets in the way. 

 

Perfect for fans of Caitlin Moran, Nick Hornby & Ricky Gervais.


Product Details

BN ID: 2940164408817
Publisher: Pointy Books
Publication date: 10/25/2020
Series: Anoint My Head
Sold by: Draft2Digital
Format: eBook
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

Andy Macleod is a music promoter, a cold-water swimming enthusiast/bore, a Spurs fan and a dad. When no one is looking he likes to write. Anoint My Head - How I failed to make it as a Brit pop indie-rockstar is his first book. It took him 6 years to write but was in gestation for 50. He lives in London with his wife, two kids and a cat. He would like a dog.

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