Death of an Unsigned Band
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Being an unsigned band isn t a situation it s a mental illness. Few people realise they re suffering from this affliction. But Russell Groom knows, and he wants to change things fast. Efficient and diligent, Russell doesn t fit the traditional rock-star mould, and his deeply unsigned and woefully unexceptional band are headed nowhere. To make matters worse, Russell is alcohol intolerant he prefers a good strong double espresso says no to drugs and is starting to have murderous thoughts towards Jake, his clanging, vacuous and perpetually at-odds-with-reality front man. Enter Josh the enigmatic and blithely arrogant son of a successful record producer with an offer it s impossible to refuse Tim Thornton s new novel is a hilarious fly-on-the-wall trip into the life of an unsigned band- cramped and sweaty rehearsal rooms, crap day jobs, empty gigs and interminable trips down the A303 to dodgy festival slots in Wiltshire. It is a story of friendships unstitched and distorting ambitions, and with a lesson- unsigned bands never become signed bands. They have to die first.
Author: Tim Thornton
Format: Paperback, 400 pages, 135mm x 216mm, 428 g
Published: 2010, Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Description
Being an unsigned band isn t a situation it s a mental illness. Few people realise they re suffering from this affliction. But Russell Groom knows, and he wants to change things fast. Efficient and diligent, Russell doesn t fit the traditional rock-star mould, and his deeply unsigned and woefully unexceptional band are headed nowhere. To make matters worse, Russell is alcohol intolerant he prefers a good strong double espresso says no to drugs and is starting to have murderous thoughts towards Jake, his clanging, vacuous and perpetually at-odds-with-reality front man. Enter Josh the enigmatic and blithely arrogant son of a successful record producer with an offer it s impossible to refuse Tim Thornton s new novel is a hilarious fly-on-the-wall trip into the life of an unsigned band- cramped and sweaty rehearsal rooms, crap day jobs, empty gigs and interminable trips down the A303 to dodgy festival slots in Wiltshire. It is a story of friendships unstitched and distorting ambitions, and with a lesson- unsigned bands never become signed bands. They have to die first.
Death of an Unsigned Band