Mercury-shortlisted musician, punk rebel and genuine geezer, Wobble spills all in his crictically acclaimed autobiography
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.
Rather than another tale of redemption by a spoiled celeb, this
autobiography - articulate, funny and sharply intelligent - reads
like a valuable cultural historiography... Jah Wobble has already
created one of the most remarkable and idiosyncratic discographies
of any musician in Britain during the last 30 years. Memoirs of a
Geezer helps to define the questing, sometimes troubled soul behind
those legendary low frequencies.
*Guardian*
There isn't a dull page in this slyly entertaining memoir. Wobble
is the ultimate punk and post-punk raconteur and for those not
lucky enough to spend time with the great man, this book... is a
terrific substitute... [A]n influential and revered bassist...
Wobble's character assessments are always entertaining...
*Independent on Sunday*
Post-punk bass behemoth and former London Tube driver bares
all...
It's a colourful read, full of the sort of old-school music
business shenanigans you hope don't go on anymore... And Wobble can
write... Very entertaining.
*Q*
Wobble's writing is punchy and often extremely funny... It's the
terse voice of a man staking out his own territory... the greatest
of recent bassists.
*The Wire*
Riveting account of East End bassist's life...
Wobble's autobiography is extraordinary: brutally honest, often
hilarious, resolutely adhering to his down-to-earth geezer
principles but soul-searching and spiritual, with his
beloved-but-embattled East End the recurring backdrop. While wit or
received wisdom drip from every anecdote, he pulls no punches...
Lucid, gripping and incredibly direct, Wobble has produced nothing
less than a Cockney Chronicles.
*Mojo*
Sharp, funny and always searingly honest account of his life to
date
*Irish Times*
He writes as well as he plays... entertaining and uplifting.
*Sunday Tribune*
It's hard not to warm to the candour with which he tracks a life
story which has survived alcoholism and endless back-stabbing, to
emerge with a healthy perspective on the excesses of a misspent
youth... All these years after PiL imploded, anger is still an
energy.
*Metro*
[A] diverting tome...Wobble is far too busy to live in the
past.
*London Lite*
There's plenty to talk about with John Wardle...his honesty and
forthrightness is the book's greatest strength...Wobble is an
engaging narrator.
*Record Collector*
Like you'd expect, gritty and witty recollections from "the nice
one" in PiL
*Blissblog*
A thumpingly good read.
*Hot Press*
[S]prings off the page the same way a good pub raconteur ambushes
you with words...
*The List*
An exhilarating journey...he is an agreeable and thoughtful tour
guide.
*Mojo*
Eminently readable account of the affable East Ender's
journey...perfectly mixes open humility with cavalier swagger.
In this engaging dichotomy, Wobble's personality shines through
every anecdote and insight as he matches Devil-may-care visceral
grit with cerebral self-analysis...
Hilarious, unflinching, self-deprecating... therein lies this
particular geezer's twinkle-eyed, likeably roguish charm.
*Classic Rock*
With candour, wit and elegance, Wobble gives us his history (East
End kid becomes musician via colourful antics) alongside a vivid
account of Britain's turbulent cultural and political recent
past.
*Sunday Telegraph*
A fantastic memoir...he writes as well as he plays.
*Skinny*
His clarity and candour make this a refreshing read... Wobble comes
across as talented, thoughtful, honest and idealistic, as well as
egotistical, obsessive, driven and occasionally violent. The
dichotomy is what makes this such an interesting memoir.
*Independent on Sunday*
He pulls no punches in this memoir and tales of punkish excess are
as fascinating as they are well-written.
Anyone interested in the music scene of the seventies will enjoy
Wobble's account of punk's early days...
*Manchester Evening News*
An entertaining insider's account of punk music from the former
tube driver who became the bassist for PiL.
*Daily Telegraph*
The author's relative obscurity in the United States may limit the
book's initial audience, but it's a winning read that anyone who
appreciates a good memoir will enjoy
*Library Journal, USA*
Sacramento Book ReviewLegendary post-punk bassist and
self-proclaimed "geezer," Jah Wobble writes a hell of an
entertaining memoir
*Sacramento Book Review, USA*
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