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Keith Richards Unauthorised

Paperback

Main Details

Title Keith Richards Unauthorised
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Victor Bockris
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:484
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreRock and Pop
Bands, groups and musicians
ISBN/Barcode 9781780381589
ClassificationsDewey:782.42166092
Audience
General
Edition 4th
Illustrations b/w photos

Publishing Details

Publisher Omnibus Press
Imprint Omnibus Press
Publication Date 15 January 2013
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Victor Bockris's much admired biography of Keith Richards has been constantly revised since its original publication, now with an additional 12,000 words for a new edition of the Omnibus Press paperback that brings the story up to the present day. First published in eight countries in 1992, at that time Keith Richrds had stood in the shadow of Mick Jagger for thirty years. Then, as a result of Victor Bockris biography, Richards was put in the spotlight and emerged as the power behind the throne, the creator, the backbone, and the soul of the Rolling Stones.Here are the true facts behind Richards' battles with his demons: the women, the drugs and the love-hate-relationship with Jagger. His struggle with heroin and his status as the rock star most likely to die in the 1970s. His scarcely believable rebirth as a family man in the 1980s. Illuminated with revealing quotes and thoughtful insights into the man behind the band that goes on forever.

Author Biography

Victor Bockris has written about popular culture since the 1960s, including books on the Andy Warhol, Velvet Underground, Blondie and Patti Smith.

Reviews

'Richards and Bockris are definitely as good as it gets' Julie Burchill in The Spectator Richards emerges as more a tortured artist than a junkie, more a generous party-lover than a materialistic star in this well-organized, complimentary biography. Publishers Weekly