Mojo magazines 2015 book of the year, the outrageous true story of the hollywood bratsthe greatest punk band youve never heard ofbrilliantly. The disastrous story of the hollywood brats, the greatest band you ve never heard of andrew matheson. The disastrous story of britains great lost punk band contains many a puerile tale of teenage idiocy but most are also very amusing with. Provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises sick on you the hollywood brats the hollywood brats. The hollywood brats were a british glam rock and protopunk band in the early 1970s. Mathesons memoir of the hollywood brats, a 1970s british glam band, is an impeccably grubby recollection of trying to change the course of musical history while living in squalor, nourished. Named after the bands signature song, sick on you is singer andrew mathesons bittersweet but hilarious account of the hollywood brats courageous, chaotic and illstarred attempt to save rocknroll in early 70s london.
The disastrous story of britains great lost punk band, named after one of the hollywood brats. Hollywood brats little old wine drinker me duration. Sick on you by andrew matheson penguin books australia. Sick on you hilariously and lovingly describes an attempt to turn an unknown band, the hollywood brats, into londons version of the new york dolls. The disastrous story of britains great lost punk band is singer andrew matheson s highly amusing account of their misadventures. In the 1970s, andrew matheson was the singer for the hollywood brats, a british protopunk band that sold just a few albums but charted a path for betterknown performers. The hollywood brats are the greatest band youve never heard of. In the 1970s, andrew matheson was the singer for the hollywood brats, a british. Chronicling the brats fall and keep on digging approach from 1971 to 75 sick on you is the most entertaining music book in many a year. Sick on you is a startling, funny, and incredibly entertaining period memoir about never quite achieving success despite flying so close to greatness. In 2015, he published a memoir of the band, sick on you. The disastrous story of the hollywood brats by matheson, andrew isbn. Originally they were called the queen because of how good piano player casino steel thought it would look in headlines.
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