{"product_id":"sick-on-you-9780091960445","title":"Sick On You","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e**MOJO MAGAZINE''S BOOK OF THE YEAR**\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Hollywood Brats are the greatest band you've never heard of.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecording one near-perfect punk album in 1974, they were tragically \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eahead of their time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith only a guitar, a tatty copy of the Melody Maker and his template for the perfect band, Andrew Matheson set out, in 1971, to make musical history. His band, The Hollywood Brats, were pre-punk prophets  uncompromising, ultra-thin, wild, untameable and outrageous. But thrown into the crazy world of the 1970s London music scene, the Brats ultimately fell foul of the crooks and heavies that ran it and an industry that just wasn't ready for them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDirectly inspiring the London SS, the Clash, Malcolm McLaren and the Sex Pistols, The Hollywood Brats imploded too soon to share the glory. Punk's answer to\u003ci\u003e Withnail and I\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSick On You\u003c\/i\u003e is a startling, funny and brilliantly entertaining period memoir about never quite achieving \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrue, proper rock 'n' roll. A funny, sad, superbly written saga. This book is great. -- Bob Geldof\u003cbr\u003eThe greatest rock 'n' roll story you've never heard: the Hollywood Brats hit the early 70s like a spaceship landing in Victorian London. Matheson's book is as lurid and compelling as the band themselves. -- John Niven, author of Kill Your Friends\u003cbr\u003eThe Hollywood Brats are a folk legend; they were doing what they were doing before \u003ci\u003eanybody\u003c\/i\u003e. This is one of the great rock 'n' roll hard luck stories, by turns shocking and hilarious, and Andrew Matheson has a terrific eye for comic detail. -- Bob Stanley author of Yeah Yeah Yeah: the Story of Modern Pop\u003cbr\u003eFlagrant, addled, highly competitive, the Hollywood Brats predicted Punk in the moribund early seventies.  Andrew Matheson’s concise, hilarious memoir tells the pleasure and pain of being an unheralded pioneer. -- Jon Savage, author of England’s Dreaming\u003cbr\u003eThe best rock 'n' roll memoir you will read all year. -- Dylan Jones * GQ *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ebury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732204663127,"sku":"9780091960445","price":15.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780091960445.jpg?v=1719995951","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sick-on-you-9780091960445","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}