Reviews

The Road Beneath My Feet by Frank Turner

mmajer's review

2.0

Frank Turner is one of my absolute favorite artists. I have seen him live a few times and try to anytime he’s playing in my area. I love his writing... of songs, but not this novel. If you know of Frank’s fun and outspoken character, you will be surprised to find that this book is pretty mundane. It’s a rundown of the events of most of his concerts, broken down venue by venue in chronological order. But it’s basically all the same cycle of... We played here. There were x many people in the crowd. The show went however well. We got plastered. I don’t know how we made it to the next venue. Repeat. And there’s a random interesting story sprinkled in here and there. Frank is just such a fun and interesting guy, I was expecting this book to be more exciting. Still love him as a music artist though!

flis14's review

4.0

Overall this is a pretty good book! I've seen quite a few reviews that say its repetitive, and yes, it kind of is, but what do you expect from a book that's pretty much a tour diary? That's the nature of touring, and plenty of unique stories and events and people pop up along the way, to the extent to which I'd say its actually much less repetitive that I'd expect the average account of touring to be.

I really enjoyed reading about the adventures and mishaps of Frank and his team, and their many many friends. As a fan of Frank for a long time now, I loved this peak into the behind the scenes of his touring life and how hard he worked to get to where he is today.

For any fans of Frank Turner, this is a must read.

dtab62's review

5.0

Very fun and interesting read. It's essentially a musical autobiography of Turner's solo career framed in his progression from playing basements and house parties to playing Wembley arena. Frank is a very honest and open writer, and the reader at time can almost smell the dank bars and tour vans.

justlizcarney's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

becishly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.25

patti_pinguin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

kchiappone's review

4.0

Good, easy read. I'm a big fan of Turner's, so it was cool to read this. Be forewarned, it's more of a travel log summation, and the drama is to a minimum, save for the part where Tarrant gets belligerent. As successful people do, he makes the journey sound easy.

absoluteturkey's review

4.0

I have a lot of time and love for Frank Turner and his music. This is a good, insightful tour diary, which made me appreciate the blood and sweat that he has put it in over hundreds of shows and countless floors slept on to get to where he is. I also really liked this because it was written entirely by Frank (no usual rock 'n roll ghostwriter), and the audiobook was read by him.

His love for music and performance is particularly affirming in his passion to remove the barrier between crowd and performer to achieve, as he puts it, a "togetherness". There are moments throughout the book where you can feel and understand what he is talking about. I've been to so many gigs of other bands where the barrier was there, but this is a great reminder of how it should be.

webslingingadam's review

funny informative inspiring fast-paced

4.5

As a Frank Turner fan this accounting of his life on the road was a fantastic listen. 

majormajka74's review

adventurous reflective relaxing fast-paced

5.0

Frank Turner describes his early days of grinding it out on the road as a starving musician. From hardcore kid to folk rock hero Mr. Turner’s journey is equal parts exciting and beautiful tragedy. A true poet.