Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys

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The guitarist for seminal female punk group The Slits recounts playing with Sid Vicious, touring with the Clash, dating Mick Jones, inspiring Train in Vain, and releasing her solo debut in 2012Viv Albertine is one of a handful of original punks who changed music, and the discourse around it, forever Her memoir tells the story of how, through sheer will, talent, and fearlessness, she forced herself into a male dominated industry, became part of a movement that changed music, and inspired a generation of female rockers.After forming The Flowers of Romance with Sid Vicious in 1976, Albertine joined The Slits and made musical history in one of the first generations of punk bands The Slits would go on to serve as an inspiration to future rockers, including Kurt Cobain, Carrie Brownstein, and the Riot Grrrl movement in the 1990s This is the story of what it was like to be a girl at the height of punk the sex, the drugs, the guys, the tours, and being part of a brilliant pioneering group of women making musical history Albertine recounts helping define punk fashion, struggling to find her place among the boys, and her romance with Mick Jones, including her pregnancy and subsequent abortion She also gives a candid account of what happened post punk, beyond the break up of The Slits in 1982, including a career in film, surviving cancer, and making music again, twenty five years later.A truly remarkable memoir told in Viv s frank, irreverent, and distinctive voice, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes Music, Music, Music Boys, Boys, Boys is a raw, thrilling story of life on the frontier. 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Boys, Boys, Boys By Viv Albertine – kino-fada.fr I m not big on music memoirs, in fact I d rather ram a dead water vole up my nose than read one, but there was something about the ten thousand good reviews of this book which persuaded me Turns out, they weren t wrong Rock music is so tediously predictable As the sun rises in the east so there will be white boys in a rock band It s such a white boys club How many female rock bands have had any sort of career Ten Maybe What abou...This memoir delivers a multi layered reading experience This book covers muchthan sex drugs and rock n roll although it does that too The raw quality of Viv Albertine s writing is startling and I was captivated by her insightful musings Much of her writing is open and she is often self denigrating, never shy in adding the humiliating parts of her sexual encounters There s many As much as I love a good rock memoir I particularly love reading about women forging a path for themselves i This memoir delivers a multi layered reading experience This book covers muchthan sex drugs and rock n roll although it does that too The raw quality of Viv Albertine s writing is startling and I was captivated by her insightful musings Much of her writing is open and she is often self denigrating, never shy in adding the humiliating parts of her sexual encounters There s many As much as I love a good rock memoir I particularly love reading about women forging a path for themselves in the music world A place that is openly hostile to women This being the case for Viv and the members of her band the Slits in the mid 70 s These girls where heckled, spat at, abused and derided on stage and on the street for daring to look and be different I particularly love the story of how Viv first decided that she wanted to pick up a guitar never once considering that it was even a possibility, as there simply was no female rock guitarists as role models Watching The Sex ...Although she ll forever and rightly be known as the guitarist in that most original, uncompromising, and essential band The Slits, Viv Albertine has brought the same questing, creative, feminist principle she showed as a musician and songwriter to bear on all aspects of her subsequent life One of the results has been a series of second careers as a filmmaker, ceramicist, solo musician, and latterly actor Another is this inspired memoir, by far the best I ve yet read by a veteran of the Pun Although she ll forever and rightly be known as the guitarist in that most original, uncompromising, and essential band The Slits, Viv Albertine has brought the same questing, creative, feminist principle she showed as a musician and songwriter to bear on all aspects of her subsequent life One of the results has been a series of second careers as a filmmaker, ceramicist, solo musician, and latterly actor Another is this inspired memoir, by far the best I ve yet read by a veteran of the Punk Wars of 76 77 It s a sequence of episodic recollections rather than an attempt at spurious autobiography, by turns affectionate, scathing, heartbreakingly honest particularly in the chapters dealing with her cancer and hard won motherhood and infused by a sharp, dark, and genuine humour She s particularly good at character sketches of family, friends, acquaintances and adversaries, and entirely lacking in the self importance and desire for justificat...I kept thinking I d already written this review because the book has so completely seeped into my consciousness This is a warts and all memoir that tests you at the start to see if you re strong enough to make the journey, throwing the messy chaos of her early life at the reader with both hands I doubt the teen Albertine and I would ever have bonded as friends she s just too much of a girly girl for me, I never dealt well with the boy crazy types but I so admire this woman, I cannot te I kept thinking I d already written this review because the book has so completely seeped into my consciousness This is a warts and all memoir that tests you at the start to see if you re strong enough to make the journey, throwing the messy chaos of her early life at the reader with both hands I doubt the teen Albertine and I would ever have bonded as friends she s just too much of a girly girl for me, I never dealt well with the boy crazy types but I so admire this woman, I cannot tell you how much She had a lotchutzpah pursuing the things I only dreame...I like The Slits and I m very interested in the punk era however significant parts of this book are not about punk What seven if I had no interest in punk, or indeed no idea about Viv Albertine, I am sure I d still love this book I devoured it It s just brilliant Split into self contained chapters, Viv variously describes growing up in Muswell Hill, her family, school, teenage experiences, working at Dingwalls, punk, The Slits, close relationships with some of punk s biggest names, mak I like The Slits and I m very interested in the punk era however significant parts of this book are not about punk What seven if I had no interest in...This gritty memoir was written by Viv Albertine who was at the epicenter of the London punk rock scene and was in one of the few all girl punk rock bands The Slits I loved this book because it was written in a a strong and distinctive female voice Topics include crushes on boys, periods, fashion, pregnancy, the quest for the perfect pair of shoes, abortion, finding and losing love, motherhood, domestic malaise, relationship violence, and sexism in many forms The book captures four time per This gritty memoir was written by Viv Albertine who was at the epicenter of the London punk rock scene and was in one of the few all girl punk rock bands The Slits I loved this book because it was written in a a strong and distinctive female voice Topics include crushes on boys, periods, fashion, pregnancy, the quest for the perfect pair of shoes, abortion, finding and losing love, motherhood, do...Viv Albertine is interested in three things Can you guess what they are Spoiler alert They re a part of the title.She talked a lot about these things, which upon first thought made me think she was incredibly shallow and superficial But what I came to realize as I read was these are things that have had a significant impact on her life over the years Most people know Viv for being the guitarist for the Slits, which is what made me want to read the book to begin with I didn t know much else Viv Albertine is interested in three things Can you guess what they are Spoiler alert They re a part of the title.She talked a lot about these things, which upon first thought made me think she was incredibly shallow and superficial But what I came to realize as I read was these are things that have had a significant impact on her life over the years Most people know Viv for being the guitarist for the Slits, which is what made me want to read the book to begin with I didn t know much else about her, and here she is, spilling her guts for everyone to read, telling us about her stylish side, the beginning, the middle, and the end of her time with the Slits, and the men folk she has met along the way who have made an impression on her.This is not always an easy read Viv has done things that she is not proud of There is a very open discussion of an embarrassing encounter with Johnny Rotten that she had no reason to want to share other than it was an important exp...Wow what a fantastic memoir You don t have to be a fan of The Slits, or even punk for that matter, to love this book Albertine courageously pours her heart and soul onto each page, recounting not only her involvement in the early UK punk scene but her relationships, her struggles trying to become a mother, her battle with cancer and her search for identity outside of being just wife and mother Such a powerful woman proving that allowing yourself to be vulnerable is not a sign weakness but Wow what a fantastic memoir You don t have to be a fan of The Slits, or even punk for that matter, to love this book Albertine courageously pours her heart and soul onto each page, recounting not only her involvement in the early UK punk scene but her relationships, her struggles trying to become a mother, her battle with cancer and her search for identity outside of being just wife and mother Such a powerful woman proving that allowing yourself t...Superb Great book Viv Albertine was in the band, The Slits, that were a great big deal in my young age For years I totally forgot her and the band Then recently, and by mistake, I heard her latest album The Vermilion Border which is fantastic The lyrics were witty and wise, and the music itself sounded so fresh there were traces of The Slits in the mix, but it came out sounding totally new to my ears Then there is this memoir Probably one of the better music memoirs, almost ever On t Superb Great book Viv Albertine was in the band, The Slits, that were a great big deal in my young age For years I totally forgot her and the band Then recently, and by mistake, I heard her latest album The Vermilion Border which is fantastic The lyrics were witty and wise, and the music itself sounded so fresh there were traces of The Slits in the mix, but it came out sounding totally new to my ears Then there is this memoir Probably one of the better music memoirs, almost ever On the same level as Dylan and Patti Smith s memoirs What makes the book special is the essence that is Viv Albertine Totally human, honest, and genius like The book works in two parts The first part is the childhood and punk year...I wanted to both devour this and savor this which is telling that a book is really, really good Don t let the reviews and interviews about this book fool you everyone wants to focus on what this book talks about regarding her relationships to household punk names that precede her Sid Vicious, Johnny Rotten, Johnny Thunders, Joe Strummer, Siouxsie Sioux, etc These parts of the book are rich, yes, but Albertine wasthan a muse she was literally a superhero, and punk as fuck This book t I wanted to both devour this and savor this which is telling that a book is really, really good Don t let the reviews and interviews about this book fool you everyone wants to focus on what this book talks about regarding her relationships to household punk names that precede her Sid Vicious, Johnny Rotten, Johnny Thunders, Joe Strummer, Siouxsie Sioux, etc These parts of the book are rich, yes, but Albertine wasthan a muse she was literally a superhero, and punk as fuck This boo...

Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
  • English
  • 22 February 2018
  • Paperback
  • 432 pages
  • 0571297757
  • Viv Albertine
  • Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys