The candid, outrageous, drug-fuelled autobiography of the 90s music-biz guru behind the Pet Shop Boys and East 17.
Music mogul, design visionary, businessman, cultural commentator and art collector Tom Watkins was born in post-war Blackheath, South-East London. He started his career working for Terence Conran and Rodney Fitch before taking his passion for design into music. His influence can been seen all over 80s pop-culture, on the album sleeves of Wham, Grace Jones, Art of Noise and Frankie Goes to Hollywood among others. Tom is perhaps best known as the music manager and marketing genius behind the Pet Shop Boys, Bros and East 17. One of the pioneers of the boy band, Tom helped shaped pop music as we know it today. Tom has been working with Matthew Lindsay, a writer who has published articles in The Quietus and Mojo4Music.
A highly enjoyable memoir, the book’s depiction of Eighties excess
is an absolute must…
*Classic Pop*
Outspoken and unapologetic ... gossipy, refreshingly frank and
disarmingly insightful, this entertaining biography is packed with
stories and anecdotes ... Music to our ears
*Attitude*
Unapologetic and outspoken ... [a] hugely entertaining tell-all
biography. Gripping and gossipy, hilarious and forthright, yet
insightful and self-knowing, Let's Make Lots of Money is everything
an 80s music mogul memoir should be, and more.
*Boyz*
Let's Make Lots of Money is as brash as its title ... [it has a]
waspishness that makes it so readable.
*GQ*
A brutally honest memoir
*Sun*
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