{"product_id":"before-we-was-we-the-making-of-madness-by-madness-9780753553923","title":"Before We Was We: The Making of Madness by Madness","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore We Was We: The Making of Madness by Madness\u003c\/strong\u003e by Barson, Mike. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780753553923.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bands first official book.\n\nNorth London. The 1970s. Amid a grim landscape of bomb sites, squats, public baths and rough pubs, a loose gang of misfits and outsiders started making music together - riding freight trains, spraying graffiti, stealing records, clothes and musical instruments. Escaping the fringes of criminality, they formed a band...\n\nThese lairy but charismatic chaps became Madness, one of the most successful pop groups ever, in the UK and beyond. In Before We Was We, their first official book, they tell us the story of how they became them. Its a journey full of luck, skill and charm, as they duck and dive by day and make the name in Londons exploding music scene by night, zipping around the capital in their Morris Minor vans.\n\nTheir formative years, 1970-79, provided inspiration for many Madness classics, including Baggy Trousers, The Prince, Our House and My Girl: songs that four decades later still soundtrack weddings and funerals and inspire mass singalongs in concert halls.\n\nThis is the riotous coming-of-age tale of seven unique individuals, whose collective graft, energy and talent took them from the sweaty depths of the Hope and Anchor basement to the Top of the Pops studio.\n\nIn their own words, they each look back on their past and how during those shared adventures, they formed a bond thats lasted forty years.\n\nBefore We Was We is irreverent, funny and full of character. Just like them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Virgin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887380295733,"sku":"ByrdShop_0753553929","price":91.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0753553929_b2c185b2-7c0c-4f12-a3ca-c90b34f5adb2.jpg?v=1784206148","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/before-we-was-we-the-making-of-madness-by-madness-9780753553923","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}