New Mick biog

[Low Down Low]

Mick O'Shea certainly has an interesting back catalogue: Sex Pistols, Amy Winehouse, Guns n Roses, One Direction, Katy Perry, 5 Seconds to Summer (Aussie teenage heartthrob band, had to check). Gives new meaning to the term eclectic.

The cover and book title are terrible for starters. Will definitely give it a chance, though.

[Marky Dread]

Title is a bit ironic considering the Clash often found it hard to stay in tune.

Mick has always been in tune musically to what's going on. Ahead of the game most of the time.

For sure.

I'm not expecting much from it, but at 12 nicker it's worth a punt.

Was gonna come up to Sunderland and nick yours but the train fare costs more than the book so Mick wins.

[Marky Dread]

About time.

Ordered.

Yeah me too. I'm looking forward to the free CD of London SS outtakes.

No chance.... It is actually on 8 track.

No there's more than 8 tracks.

[Marky Dread]

Mick O'Shea certainly has an interesting back catalogue: Sex Pistols, Amy Winehouse, Guns n Roses, One Direction, Katy Perry, 5 Seconds to Summer (Aussie teenage heartthrob band, had to check). Gives new meaning to the term eclectic.

The cover and book title are terrible for starters. Will definitely give it a chance, though.

I agree about the title but I like the cover.

[Heston]

I think the cover is cool.

[laxman]

About time.

Ordered.

Yeah me too. I'm looking forward to the free CD of London SS outtakes.

No chance.... It is actually on 8 track.

No there's more than 8 tracks.

Ok, you win!

But the accompanying Betamax video should be good too.

[Low Down Low]

Mick O'Shea certainly has an interesting back catalogue: Sex Pistols, Amy Winehouse, Guns n Roses, One Direction, Katy Perry, 5 Seconds to Summer (Aussie teenage heartthrob band, had to check). Gives new meaning to the term eclectic.

The cover and book title are terrible for starters. Will definitely give it a chance, though.

I agree about the title but I like the cover.

I only just realised that is actually 3 photos of Mick on the cover. I'd been kinda thinkin why on earth should Joe and Paul be on the cover of a book about Mick. Shoulda gone to specsavers

[Marky Dread]

Mick O'Shea certainly has an interesting back catalogue: Sex Pistols, Amy Winehouse, Guns n Roses, One Direction, Katy Perry, 5 Seconds to Summer (Aussie teenage heartthrob band, had to check). Gives new meaning to the term eclectic.

The cover and book title are terrible for starters. Will definitely give it a chance, though.

I agree about the title but I like the cover.

I only just realised that is actually 3 photos of Mick on the cover. I'd been kinda thinkin why on earth should Joe and Paul be on the cover of a book about Mick. Shoulda gone to specsavers

[Marky Dread]

About time.

Ordered.

Yeah me too. I'm looking forward to the free CD of London SS outtakes.

No chance.... It is actually on 8 track.

No there's more than 8 tracks.

Ok, you win!

But the accompanying Betamax video should be good too.

No you win, as obviously you have the only surviving Betamax video player.

[Silent Majority]

It's a bit run-of-the-mill rock bio I'm afraid. Facts (mostly right, not all) and dates and old quotes. Certainly on the other end of the spectrum from Salewicz's florid psychoanalysis of Joe. Very far from what an autobiography would offer (not that one is in store for us).

You'd think Keith Richards doing his book might have softened Mick on the subject.

[Marky Dread]

It's a bit run-of-the-mill rock bio I'm afraid. Facts (mostly right, not all) and dates and old quotes. Certainly on the other end of the spectrum from Salewicz's florid psychoanalysis of Joe. Very far from what an autobiography would offer (not that one is in store for us).

You'd think Keith Richards doing his book might have softened Mick on the subject.

Mick was always a big fan of Ian Hunter's "Diary of a Rock 'n' Roll Star" so come on Mick you're this generations Ian Hunter.

[TeddyB Not Logged In]

Mick asked Nic Cohn to write a book on the Clash but Nic said he was from the previous generation.

[white man]

Mick O'Shea certainly has an interesting back catalogue: Sex Pistols, Amy Winehouse, Guns n Roses, One Direction, Katy Perry, 5 Seconds to Summer (Aussie teenage heartthrob band, had to check). Gives new meaning to the term eclectic.

The cover and book title are terrible for starters. Will definitely give it a chance, though.

I agree about the title but I like the cover.

I only just realised that is actually 3 photos of Mick on the cover. I'd been kinda thinkin why on earth should Joe and Paul be on the cover of a book about Mick. Shoulda gone to specsavers

I only realised after reading this.

[Marky Dread]

Mick asked Nic Cohn to write a book on the Clash but Nic said he was from the previous generation.

Shame.

[Rat Patrol]

It's a start, since it's criminal we've had to wait this long to get the first biog treatment of any kind centered around Mick alone. Hopefully this is the icebreaker that gets a couple other writers churning up more fertile ground, since the Joe biog material is pretty played out of new revelations at this point and there's definitely a lot of untold/under-told stories to mine out of Mick's varied life and career that would lend themselves to good reading. I certainly think there are *less* interesting Class of '77 figures who've gotten higher-fanfare treatment by the biographers, so while it's definitely a niche reading audience the available material about the man (even if he's too guarded to provide it himself) is certainly up-to-task for supporting a few interesting books or engrossing longform pieces.