Simpson Paul
Simpson Paul - Revolutionary Spirit A Post - Punk Exorcism: The Teardrop Explodes Care The Wild Swans And Beyond - Paperback
Simpson Paul - Revolutionary Spirit A Post - Punk Exorcism: The Teardrop Explodes Care The Wild Swans And Beyond - Paperback
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Description: 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 Mc Culloch 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.
Title: Revolutionary Spirit A Post - Punk Exorcism: The Teardrop Explodes Care The Wild Swans And Beyond
Author(s): Simpson Paul
Publisher: Outline Press Ltd
Barcode: 9781911036838
Pages: 296 Pages, 20 Black And White And Colour
Publication Date: 1/23/2024
Category: Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups
Description: 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 Mc Culloch 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.
Title: Revolutionary Spirit A Post - Punk Exorcism: The Teardrop Explodes Care The Wild Swans And Beyond
Author(s): Simpson Paul
Publisher: Outline Press Ltd
Barcode: 9781911036838
Pages: 296 Pages, 20 Black And White And Colour
Publication Date: 1/23/2024
Category: Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups
