Revolutionary Spirit (häftad, eng)
Gäller medlemspriset
Revolutionary Spirit (häftad, eng)
Gästpris:
Ditt pris:
156 kr
199 kr
Du sparar
43 kr
- Inköpspriser för medlemmar (Logga in)
- Fri frakt över 499 kr
- 14 dagars öppet köp
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, and marks the arrival of an original literary voice.
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 Ian McCulloch, Bill Drummond, Will Sergeant, Pete Wylie, Pete Burns, and Holly Johnson at the infamous Eric’s club, where, in 1976, he finds himself at the birth of the city’s second great musical explosion.
He co-founds and christens the neo-psychedelic pop group The Teardrop Explodes with Julian Cope but walks out of the band just as they are about to break big and goes to work in a tearoom instead. He then forms The Wild Swans, the indie-band of choice for literary-minded teens in the early 1980s, and Care with Ian Broudie of The Lightning Seeds, sharing a flat with a seventeen-year-old Courtney Love along the way.
Marriage, fatherhood, tropical illness, and divorce 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 is the story of a musician driven by an unerring belief that artistic integrity will bring its own rewards.
It concludes with an exorcism of sorts as Simpson finally rids himself of the debilitating demon of psychological depression that has, from the age of nine, run like malware in the background of his life.
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 Ian McCulloch, Bill Drummond, Will Sergeant, Pete Wylie, Pete Burns, and Holly Johnson at the infamous Eric’s club, where, in 1976, he finds himself at the birth of the city’s second great musical explosion.
He co-founds and christens the neo-psychedelic pop group The Teardrop Explodes with Julian Cope but walks out of the band just as they are about to break big and goes to work in a tearoom instead. He then forms The Wild Swans, the indie-band of choice for literary-minded teens in the early 1980s, and Care with Ian Broudie of The Lightning Seeds, sharing a flat with a seventeen-year-old Courtney Love along the way.
Marriage, fatherhood, tropical illness, and divorce 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 is the story of a musician driven by an unerring belief that artistic integrity will bring its own rewards.
It concludes with an exorcism of sorts as Simpson finally rids himself of the debilitating demon of psychological depression that has, from the age of nine, run like malware in the background of his life.
| Format | Häftad |
| Omfång | 296 sidor |
| Språk | Engelska |
| Förlag | Outline Press Ltd |
| Utgivningsdatum | 2023-12-05 |
| ISBN | 9781911036838 |
Artikelnummer
2857236
EAN
9781911036838
Leverans:
Denna produkt skickas från oss inom 4 - 5 vardagar. I kassan väljer du om du vill få leverans med Budbee, Airmee, Best Transport, Early Bird, Postnord eller DB Schenker. Vissa speditörer har vikt- eller storleksbegränsningar och kan av den anledningen saknas som alternativ i kassan om du handlar många eller väldigt stora produkter.Fri retur:
Hos oss får du fri retur och 14 dagars full returrätt från den dagen du tar emot din leverans.Undantag:
Hygienartiklar, livsmedel, gratisprodukter, kosmetik, underkläder och intimprodukter får inte returneras på grund av hygienskäl. Är du osäker på om en produkt får returneras kan du kontakta oss på info@buyersclub.se.Leveranser:
