- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd; illustrated edition edition (25 April 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1854109839
- ISBN-13: 978-1854109835
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.2 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 155,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Everyone has heard of Screaming Lord Sutch. In the sixties he was one of the fathers of British rock and roll, with a wild pyrotechnic stage act years ahead of people like Alice Cooper. By the eighties he was regularly upstaging prime ministers at general elections in his Monster Raving Loony Party garb of leopardskin coat and top hat. And always he was the Great British Eccentric available for chat shows and publicity stunts. Most recently, his trademark number, 'Jack the Ripper', has been covered by the hippest band of all, the White Stripes. But in 1999 Sutch died by his own hand, approaching sixty lonely and depressed, still grinding the motorways to crummy gigs, his private life in confusion. Graham Sharpe knew him for nearly thirty years, and this first biography is an affecting, sometimes shocking portrait of an enigmatic Zelig-figure who cropped up in everyone's life and eventually found his own stalled in an endless Groundhog Day of superficiality.
About the Author
Graham Sharpe is Media Relations Manager for the bookmaking organisation William Hill. His other books include The Magnificent Seven (also published by Aurum) and Free the Manchester Utd One. He lives in Pinner, Middlesex.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
At long last a decent book has arrived about the fascinating Screaming Lord Sutch.
Known to many as one of Britain's true eccentrics, the public were largely unaware of the sadness and mental health problems in his life, as were his family and friends it seems.
This account of his life is very well researched and covers every aspect of his life and career and is written in a gripping way which will ensure you will finish the book in a matter of days.
Anyone who has a slight interest in Lord Sutch will find this a riveting, informative, funny and sad read.
Known to many as one of Britain's true eccentrics, the public were largely unaware of the sadness and mental health problems in his life, as were his family and friends it seems.
This account of his life is very well researched and covers every aspect of his life and career and is written in a gripping way which will ensure you will finish the book in a matter of days.
Anyone who has a slight interest in Lord Sutch will find this a riveting, informative, funny and sad read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Thoroughly researched and well structured, this book paces out the career of the horror rock and roll and political performer known as "Screaming Lord Sutch". The details put the life of this unusual personality and his ground breaking work into historical perspective.
I scored the book down from an "I like" to an "OK" as although at first really enjoying it, it was spoilt for me by conjecture (his attempt at "the Man" bit of the title), making it on occasion too gossipy, almost snide for my taste. Lord Sutch must have suffered overwhelmingly as a typical "sad clown", and so I would have preferred the author had stuck to the facts, which he relates well, and let Lord Sutch's life speak for itself.
Secondly, the author makes surprisingly peevish references to those relatives who obviously rejected his invitation to contribute. Since he states he knew Lord Sutch for 30 years or so, did he believe he would have approved of this? Although a consumate self publicist, Lord Sutch seems to have successfully protected his family from the spotlight for all these years, so maybe he wasn't as mad as he seemed.
These two issues I had with his approach, show more about the author than about the subject of his work. But despite the above disappointments, I would still recommend it as an informative and readable book, which reminds us of one of England's most free spirited, longest serving and longest haired sons, in the realms of both music and politics.
I scored the book down from an "I like" to an "OK" as although at first really enjoying it, it was spoilt for me by conjecture (his attempt at "the Man" bit of the title), making it on occasion too gossipy, almost snide for my taste. Lord Sutch must have suffered overwhelmingly as a typical "sad clown", and so I would have preferred the author had stuck to the facts, which he relates well, and let Lord Sutch's life speak for itself.
Secondly, the author makes surprisingly peevish references to those relatives who obviously rejected his invitation to contribute. Since he states he knew Lord Sutch for 30 years or so, did he believe he would have approved of this? Although a consumate self publicist, Lord Sutch seems to have successfully protected his family from the spotlight for all these years, so maybe he wasn't as mad as he seemed.
These two issues I had with his approach, show more about the author than about the subject of his work. But despite the above disappointments, I would still recommend it as an informative and readable book, which reminds us of one of England's most free spirited, longest serving and longest haired sons, in the realms of both music and politics.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I happened across this book while looking for something a bit 'different'.
I'm very glad that I did. It's wonderfully researched and written and is a deeply revealing insight into the life of a man who presaged many modern facets of Britain (pet passports, votes for 18 year olds etc).
A wonderfully and blissfully unaware character, definitely larger than life David (lord) Sutch clearly never had a hateful or hurtful bone in his body.
I recommend this book very highly even if the name Screaming Lord Sutch never meant anything to you before you read about him.
I'm very glad that I did. It's wonderfully researched and written and is a deeply revealing insight into the life of a man who presaged many modern facets of Britain (pet passports, votes for 18 year olds etc).
A wonderfully and blissfully unaware character, definitely larger than life David (lord) Sutch clearly never had a hateful or hurtful bone in his body.
I recommend this book very highly even if the name Screaming Lord Sutch never meant anything to you before you read about him.
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