Bleep

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New expanded edition of iconic British musician and punk rebel Jah Wobble's crictically acclaimed autobi- ography featuring a new introduction by Jon Savage. Written in his own unmistakable voice and with a new afterword by the au- thor, this is the frank and fascinating memoir by arguably the greatest bass player of his generation. Beginning with an East End childhood in a London barely recovered from the War, he takes us on a journey through the begin- nings of punk and post-punk as a founding member of Public Image Limited, an illustrious forty-year solo career which has seen collaborations musical greats such as U2, Brian Eno and CAN and a Mercury Music Prize nomina- tion through to the present day still playing to sell out audiences. Along the way we hear how Wobble navigated chronic alcoholism and marital break- down and has emerged as a national treasure. If you ever wondered how got his name, the answer is here: his teenage pal Sid Vicious gave it to him when he drunkenly slurred Wobble's real name, John Wardle.

Author Biography: Born in Stepney, London in 1958, Jah Wobble is the Eng- lish bass guitarist, singer, composer, poet and author who has influenced an entire generation of players. His recording career began as a founding member of the hugely influential post punk group Public Image Limited (PiL). After two LP's, Wobble parted with John Lydon and PiL in 1980 to pursue a successful and prolific forty-year solo career, and has since collaborated with a wide variety of musicians and recording projects over the years. Still touring and record- ing... Dark Luminosity Memoirs of a Geezer, the expanded edition Jah Wobble New expanded edition of iconic British musician and punk rebel Jah Wobble's crictically acclaimed autobi- ography featuring a new introduction by Jon Savage. Written in his own unmistakable voice and with a new afterword by the au- thor, this is the frank and fascinating memoir by arguably the greatest bass player of his generation. Beginning with an East End childhood in a London barely recovered from the War, he takes us on a journey through the begin- nings of punk and post-punk as a founding member of Public Image Limited, an illustrious forty-year solo career which has seen collaborations musical greats such as U2, Brian Eno and CAN and a Mercury Music Prize nomina- tion through to the present day still playing to sell out audiences. Along the way we hear how Wobble navigated chronic alcoholism and marital break- down and has emerged as a national treasure. If you ever wondered how got his name, the answer is here: his teenage pal Sid Vicious gave it to him when he drunkenly slurred Wobble's real name, John Wardle.