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In 1975, Viv Albertine was obsessed with music but it never occurred to her she could be in a band as she couldn't play an instrument and she'd never seen a girl play electric guitar.
A year later, she was the guitarist in the hugely influential all-girl band the Slits, who fearlessly took on the male-dominated music scene and became part of a movement that changed music.
A raw, thrilling story of life on the frontiers and a candid account of Viv's life post-punk - taking in a career in film, the pain of IVF, illness and divorce and the triumph of making music again - Clothes Music Boys is a remarkable memoir.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571328284
Number of pages: 432
Weight: 338 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 26 mm
Edition: Main
Such a pleasure to read. The autobiography of one of punk's unsung heroes, Viv Albertine of the The Slits. Documenting her North London childhood, her years as a contemporary of The Clash and The Sex Pistols and... More
What a great book.
I've always been glad The Slits existed, even if I never bought a record.
Viv Albertine is fab - and she had sex with all the boys I fancied from (very) afar.
I love her grit and...
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With short chapters (some just two pages in length), I read with pleasure and passion, Viv's taut recollections. This does not fade fast. It blooms!
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