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Exit Stage Left is the book Ive long wanted to read about the PTSDlike aftereffects of pop stardom and Nick Duerden is the perfect writer for the job The pop stars bittersweet lot the mass adoration that comes with pop stardom followed by the bathetic comedown of what inevitably follows is represented with flair and empathy Pete Paphides author of Broken Greek
Fame is the brightest candle but in this brilliant collection of interviews Nick Duerden answers the question what does a candle do after its burned out David Quantick
For fans of music books from David Hepworth Pete Paphides Bob Stanley and Craig Brown as well as thoughtprovoking human interest stories like Moondust by Andrew Smith and books by Jon Ronson Louis Theroux and Stuart Maconie
A quirky thoughtprovoking look at the curious afterlife of pop stars
Nick Duerden has spent many years interviewing the most famous musicians on the planet Without exception they are at their most interesting when theyve peaked and when they are on their way down In many ways this is when these former idols are at their most heroic too because they reveal themselves not only to be humane and sensitive but also still driven to create to fulfil their lingering dreams to refuse to live quietly
Some sustain themselves on the nostalgia circuit Others continue to beaver away in the studio no longer Abbey Road so much as the garden shed The desire for adulation is a light that never goes out We live in a culture obsessed by the notion of fame the heedless pursuit of it the almost obligatory subsequent fallout But whats it like to actually achieve it and whats it like when fame abruptly passes and shifts as it does onto someone else
These are tales of heroin addiction bankruptcy depression divorce but also of optimism a genuine love of the craft humility and hope All of which makes EXIT STAGE LEFT a fascinating laughoutloud funny and often shocking look at what happens when the brightest of stars fall down to earth
Featuring brand new interviews with the likes of Bob Geldof Shaun Ryder Robbie Williams Roisin Murphy Stewart Copeland Billy Bragg Wendy James Alex Kapranos Joan Armatrading Leo Sayer Gary Lightbody Lisa Maffia Tim Booth Bill Drummond Rufus Wainwright David Gray and Justin Hawkins
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