Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys

Author: Viv Albertine

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Price : $29.99 AUD
ISBN : 9780571297757
Publisher : Faber & Faber
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Publication date : June 2014
Dimensions : 234mm X 153mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
RRP : 29.99
Availability date : July 2014
Out of print date : December 2014
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Author : Viv Albertine
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Dewey classification : 782.42166092
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Pages : 432
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Viv Albertine is one of a handful of original punks who changed music, and the discourse around it, forever. In Clothes...Music...Boys a story hitherto dominated by male voices is recast through the eyes of one of the most glamorous, uncompromising and iconic figures of the time. After forming The Flowers of Romance with Sid Vicious in 1976, Viv joined The Slits and made musical history as one of the first generation of punk bands. Here is the story of what it was like to be a girl at the height of punk: the sex, the drugs, the guys, the tours, the hard lessons learnt and those not considered. From Madonna to Lady Gaga, fashion to feminims, Viv Albertine has influenced a range of exceptional artists. Here, before and beyond the break-up of The Slits in 1982, is the full story of a life lived unscripted, with foolishness, bravery and great emotional honesty. A memoir full of raw and uncompromising anecdote and opinion, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys is an unflinching account of a life lived on the frontiers of experience, by a true pioneer.

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'Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.' (Viv's mum, to Viv, in the mid-70s.)

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Songwriter and musician Viv Albertine was the guitarist in the hugely influential female punk band The Slits. A confidante of the Sex Pistols and the Clash, Viv was a key player in British punk culture. Alongside The Slits, she collaborated with numerous musicians, including Adrian Sherwood, before marking out a career in television and film production. After a hiatus of twenty-five years, Viv's first solo album, The Vermillion Border, was released in 2012 to great critical acclaim.

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