[books 2015] The Adam Ant Autobiography

[inulro]

31. Stand and Deliver: the Autobiography by Adam Ant

Oh dear. I can't believe I read the whole thing. There were occasional witty lines, but otherwise this was a complete waste of time. It neither made you warm to the subject (see: Keith Richards and Rob Lowe), nor was full of laugh-out-loud rock and roll anecdotes (see: Marc Almond, Slash and Keith Richards). I kept hoping that there was going to be some discussion of and insight into his bipolar disorder, but just lots of "looking back I was clearly manic/depressed at this stage". There was not a lot about his music - a lot about the business, not a lot about the creative side.

Learn from my mistakes. Just don't. Go read Keith Richards' Life (again, if necessary) instead.

Comments

[girfan.livejournal.com]

I highly recommend this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-Frank-Zappa-Picador-Books/dp/0330316257/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1438090900&sr=1-7&keywords=Frank+Zappa

Makes me laugh loads-he was very funny.

[50-ft-queenie.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. I kind of wanted to read this. Also, Marc Almond wrote an autobiography?

[inulro.livejournal.com]

Yes, way back in 1999, when he was fresh out of rehab. If you click on my "celebrity autobiography" tag you'll see details and my review. Basically, it's OK. It's pretty repetitive but it's a lot more illuminating than Adam Ant's, and better written to boot.