Raving Lunacy: Clubbed to Death - Adventures on the Rave Scene

by Dave Courtney

Dave Courtney, whose autobiography, Stop the Ride, I Want to Get Off , was a huge bestseller, reveals all from another hidden aspect of London's underworld.

Notorious in London's criminal underworld, Dave is also a big name in the club and dance scene. Raving Lunacy is the story of this double life, and how one world spilled over into the other. From parties in prisons, sewers, railway arches and aircraft hangers, to legitimacy (Dave and his partner Terry Turbo won 1999's 'Best Large Promotions of the Year'); Raving Lunacy covers the ground that Stop the Ride left out, as Dave details what went on after the doors were shut tight.

The clientele that came to the parties was, in Dave's words, 'the most colourful characters London has to offer'. Dave was, as ever, in the thick of it and saw and experienced the explosion, the fallout, the casualties and the successes. Told with characteristic humour and brazen honesty, Raving Lunacy reveals the darker side of the era known as the summer of love.

Genres: Autobiography

336 pages, Paperback

First published October 5, 2000

Reviews

[Callum McKenzie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good laugh

[Paulius · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still reading this book, but I considered that this book is not as good as 'Stop the ride I want to get off' (which is brilliant!). Still interesting and humorous as previous one, but author does not say something new about his life. It is funny to read every single page, there are many jokes, but generally... reader is worth a bit more, isn't he?

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Once you get past his gangster stylings, Dave Courtney effectively captures the early rave scene's vibe and energy. This was certainly the closest that any book that I've read so far on the subject came to capturing the spirit of the times that I still remember so vividly twenty-years on.

Highly recommended to any student of the late-80s and early-90s or of dance music in general.