Chords

by Andrew Stevenson

Kick ass rock and roll literature and then some, every aspiring musician and rock fan should read this book. Who needs vampires when you can have The Haunted, as faithful a depiction of a young band on the 'up' as i can ever imagine there being. I laughed until I choked - Iggy Pop'You only read one book this year, make it Chords. This is one dirty, low down sleazeball of a tale, made me laugh like a drain, made me think of all them years spent on the road in fleapit hotels drinking from the cup of youth and everythin else we could get our hands on. This is the real deal' - Earl Weighs (The Deadweighs)'Any young people thinking of starting a band, you need this book. This is one firecracking foolhardy escapade into the heart of rock n roll darkness. This is life like i know it and life like i love it' - O. Osbourne'Man, this book tells it like it is. Sure, Wales ain't exactly Detroit f-----n city, but what's it matter when righteous truth is righteous truth, and this tome is fulla righteous f------g truth - Earl WeighsChords, a rock and roll rites of passage novel, a literary cross between Spinal Tap and The Wizard of Oz.Introducing The Haunted, Wales' youngest and most ferocious rock and roll band. What these boys don't know about rock you could fit in the smalls of a child. Welcome also to Pump Action, so badass they give Motley Crue a run for their money. And while we're at it, enter stage left one Lars Von Furuholmen, international music mogul with a secret penchent for a certain 80's synth band.Seething with an indelible lust for life, Chords is an affectionate and often very funny study of the hard rock lifestyle - from the weeks and months spent in the back of a van to the highs and lows of the many lives spent beating at the heart of obscurity.

199 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 5, 2013