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CP Lee produced one side of the first Factory Records release, ate muffins with Andy Warhol, drove a table with Wreckless Eric and was Elvis Costello for a day - All these stories and more are presented on the pages of this lavishly illustrated memoir.
(236 pages with approx 135 images)

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CP Lee was a founder member of satirical Rock band Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias, the group that led an all-out assault on 1970s' music and the dinosaurs of Rock! His personal take on the world of Rock Music is an hilarious account of the coming of Punk and Madchester via Sixties' psychedelic dungeons, lightshows and drugs and the heady days of Bob Dylan's electric `riot' in 1966.

Fêted by the Pink Floyd and the Clash, the Berts worked both sides of the Atlantic, stirring up interest in places that had given up Rock for dead. The Berts' brand of Rock `n' Roll surrealism ensured that they became the toast of the stoned heads of Europe! Bands who played support for them included Blondie, the Stranglers, the Police and Robyn Hitchcock. The Albertos recorded a seminal EP for Stiff Records, `Snuff Rock' - a musical accompaniment to `Sleak', the Albertos' fun show about death!

A smorgasburg of reminiscences, CP Lee's new book is crammed with images and stories about broken heads, broken hearts and broken box-office records at London's Royal Court Theatre that led to the meanstreets of New York, a beer festival in Munich and loads of laughs along the way - when the Berts hit the road, the road hit back!

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   1 of 2 people found the following review helpful: Rock - The Truth!, 19 Oct 2007 By  Terry Northern - See all my reviews During the Seventies, when rock was at its most indulgent and pungent, Manchester's Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias went to work, satirising musical excess, trendy genres or just plain pretentiousness. While never meant as a grand undertaking at the outset, for their trouble the band became cult stars, endlessly touring the World's highways and byways and bumping into pop culture's great and good en route. Herein CP Lee, the Albertos' creative engine-room, spills the beans. In recent years Lee has emerged as a sharp cultural commentator, appearing widely as a TV pundit and writing studies of Bob Dylan and Manchester music. Be assured, he's a chap who knows how to write, and the result is a ripping read. Thankfully there's no attempt to glamourise the subject. You can almost smell the stale testosterome as the band van pulls up at another European border. But the tales are all great value and this is a fascinating, fresh insight into the viscera of Rock.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all customer reviews...		Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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