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ONLY ANARCHISTS ARE PRETTY: A Novel: The Early Days of the Sex Pistols

Price: £9.95
ISBN 10: 
1-900924-93-5
Number of pages: 
248
First published: 
2004
This edition: 
2004
Blurb: 

The Sex Pistols rose to stardom and tabloid infamy following iconaclastic singles "Anarchy In The UK" and "God Save The Queen" and a foulmouthed outburst on Bill Grundy's Today TV show.

Before all that, back in the years 1974-1976, the band members were a bunch of rock 'n' roll obsessed urchins, hanging around Malcolm McLaren's shop Sex [Only Anarchists takes its name from one of McLaren's shirt slogans] arguing, fighting and forming a band to relieve the boredom. Mick O'Shea gives a fly-on-the-wall semi-fictionalised account of the Pistols' early rehearsals, writing sessions and chaotic support slot gigs at art-schools and pubs - capturing the chaos, rancour and the strange innocence of it all.

Contents: 

Introduction -- Alan Parker (Some kind a Gimmick in W9)
Introduction -- Mick O'Shea, 15 June, 2004 (Some kind a Gimmick in W9)

16 Chapters
Epilogue
 

Biographical note(s): 

Mick O'Shea is 42 years old. he lives with his wife Jakki, in his home town of Accrington, Lancashire, and works in the new Business Department at Compass Finance PLC. The 'semi-fictional' Only Anarchist Are Pretty was Mick's attempt at novel writing (the manuscript's first draft was completed in spring 2000), but it was a fantasy-adventure featuring his two cats, Oscar and 'Big' Sid, that produced his first published novel The Zootopia Tree (2002). He still enjoys listening to the Sex Pistols and honestly rates Never Mind The Bollocks as the best album of all time. His other musical tastes are pretty much 'old school' as well, in that his other favourite bands are The Clash, Stiff little Fingers, The Ramones & Guns 'N' Roses.

Mick's other passion is military history, especially the Battle of the Little Bighorn of 1876, and he has recently completed a manuscript based on the legendary battle and the life of its most celebrated participant General George A. Custer.

Quotes about: 

"Dates, times and places are correct, the rest is the stuff of myth, a rollercoaster ride through the Pistols before Grundy. From December 1st 1976 via the 'Today' show the group became very public property, before then, their story is shrouded in hearsay and half truths, foggy at best, unless of course you choose to read this this book!" -- Alan Parker, Sid Vicious biographer

The horse's mouth
The horse's mouth: 

"Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" -- Johnny Rotten, ending the last gig in San Francisco, 1978