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'John Robb spent a year shoving a recorder under the nose of seemingly everybody on the Manchester music scene.. From these interviews he has pieced together an extraordinary history.' **** --Mojo, April 2009
'Manchester s musical heritage eulogised in its players own words.' **** --Q Magazine, April 2009
'Manchester s musical heritage eulogised in its players own words.' **** --Q Magazine, April 2009
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The Buzzcocks. Joy Division. The Fall. The Smiths. The Stone Roses. The Happy Mondays. Oasis. Manchester has proved to be an endlessly rich seam of pop-music talent over the last 30 years. Highly opinionated and usually controversial, stars such as Mark E. Smith, Morrissey, Ian Brown and the Gallagher brothers have always had plenty to say for themselves. Here, in John Robb's new compilation, Manchester's gobbiest musicians tell the story of the city's thriving music scene in their own words.When the Buzzcocks put on the Sex Pistols at Lester Free Hall in 1976, they kickstarted a musical revolution and a fervent punk scene exploded. In 1979 the legendary Tony Wilson founded Factory Records, the home of Joy Division/New Order and later the Happy Mondays. The Hacienda, the Factory nightclub, became notorious in the late 1980s as a centre of the influential Madchester scene, led by the Mondays and the Stone Roses, with a unique style and sound of its own. Then, from the ashes of Madchester rose uber-lads Oasis, the kings of Britpop and the biggest UK band of the 1990s.Full of great characters, fierce conflicts, untold stories and seething controversies, Manchester In Its Own Words is indispensable reading for any music fan. It is the real story of the Manchester scene in the words of the musicians, promoters, club owners, managers and pundits. It is compiled by Manchester music authority John Robb, author of the bestselling The Stone Roses and the Resurrection of British Pop ISBN 978-0091878870. Robb has been at the frontline of the Manchester music scene for 25 years and has direct access to all the key players. The Manchester scene is of perennial interest to book buyers, e.g. Touching From a Distance ISBN 978-0571239566.
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