Book readings, book signings, whathaveyou - not events to
usually racquet up the excitement levels but hold tight Walthamstow Waterstones,
Andrew Matheson is swanning into town.
As singer of criminally overlooked, and criminally minded,
early 70s glampunk superstars in waiting, the Hollywood Brats, Matheson walked
the walk and now following the publication last year of his ludicrously funny
and sharply told memoir, Sick On You, and their album now subject of a deluxe edition reissue, he’s continuing to talk the talk. With
knobs on.
So grab a tube, bus, scooter or shank’s pony to the
Walthamstow Rock & Roll Book Club (yes, there is such a thing) on Saturday
6 August to be regaled in style by a man still on a mission to grab the limelight
he so richly deserves. Soon to be subject of a BBC4 documentary, hear the story
of the Hollywood Brats in person.
Tickets are free but please book, if you can, so the organisers
know how much complimentary wine is needed for lubrication.
From host Mark Hart… “Sick On You by Andrew Matheson is the best rock and roll memoir
since Motley Crue's Dirt. Matheson's
band, the Hollywood Brats, were London's version of the New York Dolls. Managed by gangsters, it’s Withnail & I with guitars,
brilliantly funny, tremendously evocative and hardly believable.”
Link for full info: Walthamstow Rock 'n' Roll Club
This book was recommended to me on Amazon last year and I bought it.Still not read it.
ReplyDeleteOnly a 30 minute cycle away but wedding anniversary dinner planned for then.
Best go to the dinner then!
ReplyDeleteYou gotta read the book though.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, there's a lot more going down in Walthamstow than when I left town in 1975. Walthamstow Rock & Roll Book Club? Sounds like my kind of people.
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