Have you ever thought to yourself, “Hm… I wonder what it would be like to live in the 1960s, 1970s, or 1980s…”. Well, in the book Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys by Viv Albertine, the guitarist of the all-girl punk band The Slits, you can see what it would have been like!
Albertine tells the story of her life in a raw and honest way. Starting from her childhood, she describes her relationship with her parents and how she discovered her love for music. As her teenage years approach, she talks about the struggles of growing up, her relationships with boys, and her transition into adulthood. Throughout her life, she experiences fame through her band The Slits, the effects that drug use and addiction had on her loved ones and personal hurdles that she must overcome.
Uniqueness pours out of every page of this book. Readers get a first-hand look at the grimy British punk era of the 1970s, all while getting special appearances by Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols, Mick Jones of The Clash and more. Albertine tells her story with a blunt edge. She uses profanity, and detailed imagery to add a powerful tone to her story. She also uses italics to add sidenotes, which adds a personal, more one on one touch.
I highly recommend this book if you like music, the late 1900’s or just an intriguing story about fame, love, loss, and overcoming hardships.
That sounds like a really cool and interesting book! Im definitely going to have to read it!
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