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Who's Crazee Now? [Kindle Edition]

Noddy Holder
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The extraordinary life of one of our best love rock stars - straight from the horse's mouth.

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As lead singer and extraordinary frontman of SLADE, Noddy Holder was one of the most successful musicians of the '70s and '80s. The epitome of the Glam Rock look and lifestyle, they released anthem after anthem as they mixed pure pop madness with football chant choruses. Seemingly on a mission to corrupt the spelling of a generation, the hits are songs we still hold dear today: MAMA WEER ALL CRAZEE NOW, LOOK WOT YOU DUN, CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE. . . In a short few years they had 12 top five hits, 6 of them making #1 spot. Their albums also topped the charts and their huge Christmas anthem MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY has entered the top twenty over 7 times. In the '80s Slade made a brilliant revival with even more hits, especially RUN RUN AWAY and the classic MY OH MY. Today Noddy is as loved by the British public as he has ever been and in this hilarious autobiography he will tell us his complete life story, from growing up in the Midlands, to performing in the working men's clubs. The information of their first group, The N'Betweens and the mutation into an unlikely skinhead group, Ambrose Slade. And then, of course, Glam Rock and all the excesses of lifestyle that accompanied the outrageous clothes, not to mention guitarist Dave Hill's incredible hair style.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 1038 KB
  • Print Length: 276 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 009187503X
  • Publisher: Ebury Digital (15 Dec 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004E10RSG
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #91,867 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I purchased this book having seen a documentary on BBC1 about Slade. As I'm sure you are aware Noddy Holder was the front man/lead singer of the Glam Rock Group Slade. I found the book easy to read and gave a great insight into the writers' and the groups rise and full from fame. Refreshingly, the writer is not spouting on about how great he was or how great the group was, but he gave a well balanced full picture of youngsters growing up in the Midlands and then going on to become one of the most successful groups of the 70s. A great read. A must. I found it a hard book to put down.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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I received this book in the mail with Christmas-like anticipation. Slade was my favorite band during my teens in Boston and news about them and airplay were rarer than an understated Dave Hill outfit. I was usually reduced to the odd clip on In Concert to see them. Noddy writes with a generous and discreet spirit. He is aware of his good fortune to have lived his dreams and even seems at peace about the disparity between Slade's huge UK success and negligible US impact. His working class upbringing after the war, the band's early days on the club circuit, and his encounters with rising stars (e.g., Freddie Mercury selling togs in Kensington Market, a leather-clad Beatles at a Walsall youth center) are fascinating, as is the recounting of drummer Don Powell's Bentley accident that took his girlfriend's life and his memory and sense of smell and taste. I would have liked more background on their tours, though now I finally understand guitarist Dave Hill's stage persona (even they thought he was bonkers).

I finished the book wanting to hear more and thinking Noddy would be great company. I wish I could have seen them in England during their prime, though the two Providence, RI shows I saw when they were still trying to dent the US market were bliss. A must read for Slade and music fans and Anglophiles. Thanks for the memories, Noddy.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A good start! 19 Feb 2010
By R. Slee
Format:Paperback
The other reviewers have hinted at the problem here ..."left me wanting more", "looking forward to an update". In other words - where's the beef! I'm a huge Slade fan and was really looking forward to reading this. However, it just skims across the surface and ends up reading like a biography put together by someone using cuttings. Very little insight or detail. If fact I'm having trouble remembering anything from the book at all (same problem with the Alice Cooper Golf example). Try the Badfinger biography or Jonathan King's autobiography for examples of how to do it.
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