For me, although it is well written, in this anthology there was too much about politics and not enough about music.

When you Consider what was happening, who she met and collaborated with as she came up through the business, this is a rather dull account of her life during the music scenes of the 1960's and 70's.

I guess he should be congratulated for his candour, unfortunately I found it made me feel grubby after reading a few chapters.
Maybe that says more about me than it does about him.
The way he treated people in his personal life and some of the musicians that supported him is downright shocking and unforgivable.

Wine, and cheese, and rock&roll, a year in the life of an upper-class rockistocrat.

Could well be a Fleetwood Mac memoir as much as Christine McVie's biography, guess she liked her privacy.

Until Kate gets around to writing her own book, this will have to do, as it is, it's pretty interesting.

If you're the sort of person who gets a thrill out of reading quote upon quote from vacuous pop stars, their managers and their conveyor-belt songwriters, this is the book for you.
For the rest of us, cut to the chase and read chapter 15.
Marvel at how Simon Cowell manipulates, exploits, and ultimately destroys the hopes and dreams of thousands of starry-eyed teens, while creating a 21st century knock-off of Opportunity Knocks, and making himself a multi, multi millionaire into the bargain.
Me, I always knew X Factor was a massive scam(chapter 15 confirms what I thought) I never watched it, I didn't have to, it was everywhere,, you can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time, Simon Cowell would beg to differ.
Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?

What it says, a collection of Bowie interviews as spoken to the BBC throughout his career.

Some nice pictures, a few scraps of lyrics, bits of diary entries (why would you do that to your dead daughter?)
A sad, barrel scraping, cash-in. I hope it's the last.

A bitter and twisted tale of ambition and avarice.
Reads more like the death of the 60's hippie dream than the birth of the Eagles 70's nightmare. They made their own luxurious bed and lay in it, must've been a hell of a lot of fun at the time, probably still is, for the ones who survived. They don't have to make any more music, just top-up the bank account with another lucrative nostalgia tour, when they can be bothered.

'Make hay while the sun shines' would be their motto, and who can blame them?

It's beyond me how this book had a five star rating (before I cast my vote)

Rather a dull read considering the antics of some of his colleagues, either they are, or were, complete idiots,they seem to have made some very unwise decisions concerning the people involved in managing the band over the course of its existance.
It reads like Geezer still holds a few grudges and has a few scores to settle with some of his former bandmates.

Excellent selection of music journalism, back to a time when rock'n'roll was fun, a time when musicians were more concerned with creating art, rather than being concerned about their 'carbon footprint' and other eco related nonsense.

Not really a name dropping, gossipy, biography, more about the comings and going in the the running of record companies from the mid 1960's to the end of the 1990's.

It's well researched, lots of information about the band and the recording process, but I'd guess you need to be a real fan to get any pleasure from it, I found I didn't know enough about Rush to make it an enjoyable read.

I read the book and I've read the reviews below, and while I can agree with some of the comments made (knahs, rosalita) I still enjoyed the book very much and found it insightful.
Certainly not one of those gushing 'showbiz' biogs where everything is wonderful and aren't we so lucky to be let in on the stars private lives.
He was a man with flaws, we all do in some way or other, at least he had the balls to admit to some of them.

A lot of famous name-dropping, but not much else to recommend it, IMNSHO

Nearly 100 pages before you get your first bit of sex, drugs, and rock and roll.
I'll get back to you if it improves, then again, I might just fall asleep.
Got to confess, I was never a fan of AcDc, so the omens aren't looking too good.

I've listened to a lot of Mark Radcliffe's radio shows through the years, he can be quite amusing, unfortunately in many of his books his digression into humour for the cheap laugh can become rather irritating on the written page.

Seems Wayne has a high opinion of himself and his musical ability, unfortunately he wasn't making very smart choices with his career.
There was a lot of bitterness and feeling sorry for himself for ending-up in prison due to his drug and theft habits.
Late in the game he saw the light and ended-up with a good woman, lucky him.
Just say NO, kiddies.

Not as interesting as it probably could have been, rather like his one time Rod Stewart band colleague Jim Cregan's effort.
Parts of it are ok, his early life and family of famous actors, but overall it was rather dull and lifeless.

Due to the fact that early on in his life he was abandoned by his mother and, allegedly, abused by his father, he appears to have become something of an albeit rather amusing, attention seeking, exhibitionist.
I used to find Billy Connolly funny, maybe he was, on stage, in print I find him extremely tedious.

Another great drummer biography, who woulda thunk it?
Very interesting story on the formation of New Order and their trials and tribulations throughout the Manchester 80/90's music and club scene.

A lot of drugs, fair amount of sex, not in a sleazy way, just your average 70's/80's 'classic rock' star Shenanigans.
Quite interesting, but not mind blowing.

As great a rock biography as you will ever read (remember kiddies, just say no!)

Probably a Guardian reader's idea of an interesting music biography, I found it as dull as thier end of year album recommenations.

Very good, interesting, informative and told with some humour, even though the story gets a bit dark towards the end.

All in all, rather interesting, until the last few chapters where he prattles on about polo, horses and royalty.

Excellent read.
I guess it depend if you have any interest in the characters or bands he's writing about, or if you remmeber the era, I do, so I found it fascenating.

I couldn't agree more with the previous review by foxgirl.
It seemed the 'meat' of her story was after the half-way stage, that's when i found it interesting.
I started reading it expecting tales of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll at Rolling Stone, but that part of it was rather tedious, I found I much preferred the more personal stuff towards the back of the book.

Not a bad tale, seems a bit repetitive in places, but it was interesting.