Description: Title: Revolutionary Spirit: A Post-Punk Exorcism Author: Simpson, Paul Publisher: Jawbone Press Binding: Paperback Pages: 288 Dimensions: 8.35h x 5.83w x 0.87d Product Weight: 1.15 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9781911036838 Part memoir, part social history, Revolutionary Spirit is the poignant, often hilarious story of a cult Liverpool musician's scenic route to fame and artistic validation. If Morrissey was the Oscar Wilde of the 1980s indie scene, Simpson was its William Blake, a self destructive genius so lost in mystical visions of a new Arcadia that he couldn't meet the rent.Simpson's career begins alongside fellow Liverpool luminaries Julian Cope, Ian McCulloch, Bill Drummond, Ian Broudie, Will Sergeant, Pete Wylie, Pete Burns, and Pete de Freitas at the infamous Eric's club, where, in 1976, he finds himself at the birth of the city's second great musical explosion. Along the way, he co-founds and christens the neo-psychedelic pop group The Teardrop Explodes, shares a flat with a teenage Courtney Love, and forms The Wild Swans, the indie band of choice for literary-minded teens in the early 1980s, who burn bright and brief, in the process recording one of the all-time great cult hit singles, 'Revolutionary Spirit'.Marriage, fatherhood, and tropical illness follow, interspersed with artistic collaborations with Bill Drummond and members of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, among others. Following an onstage reunion with Cope at the Royal Festival Hall, Simpson discovers that seven thousand miles away, in the Philippines, he is considered a musical god. Presidential suites, armed guards, police escorts--you couldn't make it up, and, incredibly, he doesn't need to.Revolutionary Spirit marks the arrival of an original literary voice. It is the story of a musician driven by an unerring belief that artistic integrity will bring its own rewards--and an elliptical elegy to the ways it does. Ships Fast From The USA! Authorized Dealer
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Book Title: Revolutionary Spirit : a Post-Punk Exorcism
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Outline Press, The Limited
Topic: Instruction & Study / Songwriting, History & Criticism, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Individual Composer & Musician
Publication Year: 2022
Genre: Music, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 0.4 Oz
Author: Paul Simpson
Item Length: 8.5 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
