Review
`There's plenty to talk about with John Wardle...his honesty and forthrightness is the book's greatest strength...'
--Joe Shooman, Record Collector
`Like you'd expect, gritty and witty recollections from "the nice one" in PiL.' --Simon Reynolds, author
`A thumpingly good read' --Hot Press
`Punchy and extremely funny... the terse voice of a man staking out his own territory... the greatest of recent bassists.' --Derek Walmsley, The Wire
`The bass leviathan' --Mojo
`Springs off the page the same way a good pub raconteur ambushes you with words' --David Pollock, The List
`[A] diverting tome...Wobble is far too busy to live in the past.'
--Martha de Lacey, London Lite
'It's a colourful read, and Wobble can write... Very entertaining.' --Johnny Davis, Q
'Rather than another tale by a spoiled celeb, this autobiography - funny and sharply intelligent - reads like a valuable cultural historiography.'
--Alan Warner, Guardian
`It's hard not to warm to the candour with which he tracks his life story... anger is still an energy.' --Keith Watson, Metro
`Read it for the stories and the craziness - there's plenty of both here.' --Jonathan O'Brien, Irish Sunday Independent
`Sharp, funny and always searingly honest account of his life to date.' --Jim Carroll, Irish Times
`There isn't a dull page in this slyly entertaining memoir'
--Suzi Feay - The Independent on Sunday
`Riveting... extraordinary: brutally honest, often hilarious, Lucid, gripping and incredibly direct, Wobble has produced nothing less than a Cockney Chronicles.' -- Kris Needs, Mojo
`Eminently readable account of the affable East Ender's journey...perfectly mixes open humility with cavalier swagger... Engaging, unflinching, self-deprecating' --Ian Fortnam, Classic Rock
`He writes as well as he plays... entertaining and uplifting.' --Tom Widger, Sunday Tribune
`Music books of the year 2009: Entertaining, like his bass the lows are low and the style upfront' --Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, FT
`Blackly comic' --Helen Brown, Daily Telegraph
`A heartfelt account... a beautifully observed record of much more than his time in the post-punk spotlight with PiL' --Simmy Richman
`He writes with a punchy honesty... an enjoyable romp through three decades of pop culture.' --Toby Lichtig, TLS
`Passionate, digressive, angry, philosophical and full of (often jet black) humour.' --Jamie Renton, FRoots
Book Description
Mercury-shortlisted musician, punk rebel and genuine geezer, Wobble spills all in his crictically acclaimed autobiography
About the Author
Jah Wobble was born John Wardle in Stepney, East London in 1958. He was one of the founder members of Public Image Limited, along with John Lydon, formerly of the Sex Pistols, whom Wobble met, along with Sid Vicious, at sixth form college. After Wobble left the band he embarked on a number of solo projects and collaborations, including the Invaders of the Heart and the Human Condition. His album Rising Above Bedlam was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize (1992). His latest project, Chinese Dub, is one of the great world music hits of recent years. He is a bass guitarist, singer, composer, poet and music journalist. As well as all that he runs his own record company, 30 Hertz Records. More information on Jah Wobble can be found at www.30hertzrecords.com.
