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With Bill Drummond, it's always best to expect the unexpected. He has made a career out of being gloriously unpredictable. He famously tasted pop success with the KLF, burned a million pounds on a remote Scottish isle and introduced the world to Echo & The Bunnymen and Julian Cope. 45 is as unexpected as the KLF collaborating with Tammy Wynette: a semi-autobiography from a man who has previously been loathe to talk about his work in public. The book takes the form of a collection of short stories and essays focusing on various aspects of Drummond's life. While some chapters are definite page-turners, others move at a more ponderous pace. 45 really comes alive when Drummond discusses hair-brained KLF schemes and K Foundation art stunts. It is within these chapters that he gets closest to confessional, musing on disillusionment, musical myth and the nature of nationalism. Here we get to glimpse into the mind of one of pop's wayward geniuses. Yet it is never more than a mere glimpse. Drummond clearly finds it hard to be truly revelatory. We should, of course, expect this from a man who spent his musical career building up myths, creating alter egos and trying to fool the media and the record-buying public. If anything, 45 illustrates perfectly Drummond's chameleon-like nature. On one hand, he is a shy, retiring family man who enjoys long walks in the country and drinking tea. Yet he is also a tortured genius, a frustrated artist and a man in the throes of a mid-life crisis. When he lets himself go, 45 is a cracking read and one of the most interesting books about music and art in years. --Matt Anniss
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Drummond has the inimitable wisdom of a true maverick (THE TIMES )
It has flashes of twisted brilliance reminiscent of Iain Sinclair or Will Self (GUARDIAN )
Drummond is a cultural magician and this is his logbook (INDEPENDENT )
Invigorating, irritating and endearing, Drummond is a gifted postmodern raconteur with his tongue stuck firmly in his cheek. (IRISH NEWS )
It has flashes of twisted brilliance reminiscent of Iain Sinclair or Will Self (GUARDIAN )
Drummond is a cultural magician and this is his logbook (INDEPENDENT )
Invigorating, irritating and endearing, Drummond is a gifted postmodern raconteur with his tongue stuck firmly in his cheek. (IRISH NEWS )
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Bill Drummond is an ideas man. One time manager of great rock and roll bands (Echo And The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes) and purveyor of genius pop records of his own (The Timelords, The KLF). One of THE great "thinkers" of our age. In his 45th year on this planet he set about setting down some of his best ideas in a book. The result is an inspirational collection of "stories" based on his life and experiences. Bill Drummond is The Prankster, we salute him! Buy this book!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Bill Drummond, arch art critic, svengali and KLF founder launches into thoughts at the age of 45. And what thoughts. Interstellar ley lines in Liverpool, the illuminati, Abba and burning £1million, it's all here. I read this book in two sittings. Compulsive, readable but eminently convincing, which under the circumstances is very unikely. Read this and Julian Cope's Repossessed / Head on and, if you're lucky, your attitude to life could be changed forever (or you could just be confused by the ramblings of the Liverpool scene past).
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
He doesn't really give too much away of himself in this collection of short essays. But there's a lot of interesting stuff: memories of the Liverpool punk scene, distributing cans of lager to the homeless, meeting Tammy Wynette,... I was also comforted to find that someone else likes department stores and shopping malls! But I would have liked to have read more about the KLF, burning a million quid, etc
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extremely dull
Was pretty disappointed by this. Was occasionally fun but didn't give much away. I'm a big klf fan and would have liked more stories about those kind of escapades
Published 19 months ago by Nathan Davis
Relentlessly entertaining.
For a man who spends his days wondering around Aylesbury town centre for no particular reason, Bill Drummond still manages to be a prolific purveyor of absurd ideas - almost all of... Read more
Published 22 months ago by G. J. Marsh
Great Book
Highly recommended for anyone into Zoo Records or KLF stuff or just if you are curious to know a bit more about a very interesting and witty man
Published on 20 July 2009 by Paul Ryan
Honest
Lovely insight of a real artist in this fake world. Contains sudden loud laughs, honest and cynic. A bit too much of a whining and selfconfession, however they fit the agenda. Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2007 by Molnár Dániel
Change your mind
Having read Head On/Repossessed I sought out this book. I can't recommend it enough. I had some vague, unfounded dislike for Bill Drummond. Read more
Published on 9 Aug 2005 by A librarian writes...
interresting, witty, funny, strange, moving...
A collection of very well written stories from the life of one of the most intelligent and fascinating people in popular culture. Read more
Published on 14 May 2002 by M. Bogh
Superb.
My review is short and sweet - a great book, he's a natural storyteller and makes the mundane interesting. Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2002 by T. Allen
Present not past
Bill Drummond has a brillant book in him about the Liverpool scene; the Bunnymen, the Teardrops, Erics, the whole lot. This isn't that book.
Published on 21 Feb 2002 by missbugg@tesco.net
VERY AMUSING
Bill Drummond has got to be one of the most intelligent people I have read about. This book was very interesting at see what a man like him gets up to day by day. Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2001 by S. Brady
Daring you to follow through.
A challenging and incendiary book for anyone who has ever felt the unfocussed urge to do something, but has backed away from their wildest ideas. Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2000
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