Memoirs of a Geezer: Music, Mayhem, Life

Memoirs of a Geezer: Music, Mayhem, Life by Jah Wobble. Paperback edition. ISBN: 9781846687129.

Mercury-shortlisted musician, punk rebel and genuine geezer, Wobble spills all in his autobiography. Written in his own unmistakable voice, this is a frank and fascinating account of a geezers life in the music business. Jah Wobble begins by offering the most authentic insiders account of the beginning of punk rock yet written, but theres much more to him than that. His is an eventful life, as the celebrated ups - PiLs The Metal Box, 90s hit "Visions Of You" with Sinead OConnor - are balanced by major downs - chronic alcoholism and marital breakdown. It begins with an East End childhood in a London barely recovered from the War and ends with Wobble finally turning his back on London. Through the book Wobble tell it like he sees it: his opinions of the great and good from Malcolm Mcclaren to Peter Gabriel to Brian Eno to Iain Sinclair are refreshingly disrespectful. Oh and 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 Wobbles real name, John Wardle.