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veerle 's review for:
Suede: Love and Poison: The Authorised Biography
by David Barnett
Being late at the Suede party (I arrived 25 years after everybody else) and suffering from a post tour comedown, this book was the perfect cure. It's a treasure trove full of facts about the rise and fall of one of my favourite bands' first career halve from someone who was (partially) there.
What I loved the most was the brutal honesty. It isn't a glittered-up fairy tale, but a rocky road with highs (in all possible ways) and lows, fantastic gigs, success, bad decisions, fights and shaky relationships. I learnt quite a lot about drugs as well along the way :)
I often laughed out loud, especially with the myriad of footnotes in the lovely revised edition, but also with the way the band looks back at it.
Sometimes it's maybe a bit too Brett-focused for me. I just loved the Simon and Mat comments at the beginning and Richard's dry comments, so I was missing the rest of the band's view at times.
What I loved the most was the brutal honesty. It isn't a glittered-up fairy tale, but a rocky road with highs (in all possible ways) and lows, fantastic gigs, success, bad decisions, fights and shaky relationships. I learnt quite a lot about drugs as well along the way :)
I often laughed out loud, especially with the myriad of footnotes in the lovely revised edition, but also with the way the band looks back at it.
Sometimes it's maybe a bit too Brett-focused for me. I just loved the Simon and Mat comments at the beginning and Richard's dry comments, so I was missing the rest of the band's view at times.