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'Hilarious, observant and deeply subversive.' I-D
'Considered and self-deprecating…Mighty.' TIME OUT
'Repossessed…is one of the best books about the 80s ever written and without doubt the best book about toy cars, hermiting, integrity and drug paranoia.' THE GUARDIAN
'Cope's passion and intelligence are well served by a vein of self-deprecating wit.' THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Wondrous memoirs of fleeting stardom and LSD-induced psychosis.' Q MAGAZINE [The 50 Best Music Books Ever, 2001]
'Cope's rocking writing at its most infectious, moving and hilarious.' NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS
'Compulsive reading…This man is truly a genius.' LOADED
'A wryly rendered masterpiece.' Q MAGAZINE
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Julian Cope’s highly acclaimed autobiography and its long-awaited sequel in one extraordinary volume.
Julian Cope shot to fame with eighties band ‘Teardrop Explodes' during the Punk era. Hailed as a visionary by those people who recognise his genius and a madman by those who find him perplexing, he has become a cult figure in the music world.
Head-On/Repossessed is written in Cope’s own inimitable style and follows his journey through a time of incredible change within the music industry.
Head-on is the highly acclaimed autobiography that The Observer viewed as “book of the year” when it was first released. Repossesed picks up in 1983 where Head On ends and continues up until 1989.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
I read this book as a casual fan of the Teardrop Explodes and Julian Cope's solo work, and was genuinely astonished by how good both books were. I would go as far as to say that, with the two books as a sum, this is the best autobiography I have ever read. Funny, honest, exciting, informative...it's not just everything you would want from someone writing an account of their life, it's actually up there with the best fiction novels. The human side he presents of himself - from getting bullied at school to being driven up the wall by his crackhead neighbours - is even more enjoyable than his recollections of the music scene he was such an important part of. I would go as far as to say that you could read and love this book without knowing anything about Cope's music or the post-punk scene in general.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A thoroughly engaging read. Cope is candid to a fault as he recounts his experience as a punk-rocker teen navigating his way through celebratory anarchic social situations. Awe struck by edgy bands like the Slits and the Clash, Cope describes the emergent punk scene in Liverpool with a deep personal appreciation of its cultural significance.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I went to see Julian Cope, just knowing him as the bloke out of the Teardrop Explodes vaguely remembering something about him being a bid mad. He appeared and had gloriously metamorphised into a rampant rock god, interspersing his songs with gleeful appeals to have great bad pagan fun. I came away wanting to know alot more about him and discovered that he is also a megalith (dont know what this is yet)expert and very passionate about alot of important things. This led me to buying this book and it was just as awe inspiring as the visual experience of him.
The 2 books take you from mid 70s to 1989, and submerge you in his very up and down creative journey through the variously innocent, drug fuelled, egocentric, paranoid, love and friend filled world of the Liverpool and British alternative music scene.
The endlessly fascinating rock and roll stories and characters are set amidst a landscape of what is going on in Cope's head throughout it all, which is what makes this book so riveting. I ended up with a notebook writing down books and people he mentioned that inspired him.
First stop his megalith book, then some George Gurdjieff, Jung......
Inspired me so much to do things I have just written my first review.
The 2 books take you from mid 70s to 1989, and submerge you in his very up and down creative journey through the variously innocent, drug fuelled, egocentric, paranoid, love and friend filled world of the Liverpool and British alternative music scene.
The endlessly fascinating rock and roll stories and characters are set amidst a landscape of what is going on in Cope's head throughout it all, which is what makes this book so riveting. I ended up with a notebook writing down books and people he mentioned that inspired him.
First stop his megalith book, then some George Gurdjieff, Jung......
Inspired me so much to do things I have just written my first review.
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A great read from start to finish
Julian Cope (born Julian David Cope, on 21 October 1957) is a British rock musician, author, antiquary, musicologist, and poet who came to prominence in 1978 as the singer and... Read more
Published 23 months ago by P. Frizelle
Greatness and perfection
I'm reading these two volumes for the second time and have to agree with all the previous reviewers. Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2008 by delilah
cool
Probably the best, most candid and funny rock memoir out there from rocks last true visionary... today music's all about media posturing and being a celebrity.
Published on 20 Aug 2007 by mikey
If Shakespeare had been a krautrocker...
... he couldn't have written better books than these.
They not only tell an incredible story. They also contain some of the best writing you can ever read about rock music,... Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2005
It All Makes Sense Now
I've always loved the album "Kilimanjaro". Of all that post-punk era stuff. That album never ages for me. This book will take you the reader on an incredible journey. Read more
Published on 1 Jun 2005 by Fin
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