Cider with Roadies by Stuart Maconie
This is the best autobiography I have read. His publisher can have that for any future editions if they like. To save them from what seems like the obligatory Daily Mail free advertising.* I read quite a few biographies. Lauren Bacall - engaging and fascinating throughout. Cyndi Lauper - I haven't finished this one actually, for some reason, it's just not fun ... and it should be, right?! Anthony Keidis - what an annoying, vile, arrogant little man. Slash - basically the same story as Anthony Keidis but somehow less vile. Stuart Peirce - surprisingly entertaining but he never mentioned me stalking him around Hungerford, which is rude. Al Jourgensen - let's never, ever talk about that again. The only one that comes close is Andrew Collins Where Did It All Go Right?: Growing Up Normal in the 70s. There you go, see, another writer. The thing about Stuart Maconie's is that you can clearly see the difference between someone who is actually a writer, a good writer, ...