Bit Of A Blur by Alex James - ISBN: 9780349119939
Paperback
From punk dreams to rock stardom, one bassist blurs reality.

Bit Of A Blur

The Autobiography

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    1 September 2008

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Summary

I was the Fool-king of Soho and the number-one slag in the Groucho Club, the second drunkest member of the world’s drunkest band. This was no disaster, though. It was a dream coming true.

For Alex James, music had always been a door to a more eventful life. But as bass player of Blur - one of the most successful British bands of all time - his journey was more exciting and extreme than he could ever have predicted. In Bit of a Blur he chronicles his journey from a slug-infested flat i…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349119939
ISBN-10:0349119937
Author:Alex James
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Abacus
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:1 September 2008
Weight:216g
Dimensions:196mm x 131mm x 21mm
Series:Abacus
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Critics Review

*‘The definitive guide to Britpop … this effervescent memoir emerges as the most fascinating, as well as hilarious, document to date of those times

‘Alex James is a witty, engaging guide to the mad goings-on behind the scenes of Britpop. Blur’s bassist famously estimates that he blew around 1m on champagne and cocaine during the Nineties. Here’s how.’ INDEPENDENT ‘Bright, passionate … James writes with wit and flair’ TIME OUT * The definitive guide to Britpop … this effervescent memoir emerges as the most fascinating, as well as hilarious, document to date of those times OBSERVER Guaranteed to bring a tear to your eye - in a good way ‘ ELLE A mischievous romp through Nineties excess from the eye of that peaceful decade s most inventive pop band’ EVENING STANDARD For anyone seeking confirmation that being a pop star is the best job going, dive in Q ‘A dreamy, witty spin on his life as a supremely debauched rock star … James’s inquisitive nature makes him eminently and continuously likeable’ GUARDIAN James is more than happy to reveal the nitty-gritty in a surprisingly honest and almost humble way … you get a really good sense of what it was like being him, of finally being in the right place at the right time and hell-bent on having a blast DAILY MIRROR

Alex James is a witty, engaging guide to the mad goings-on behind the scenes of Britpop. Blur’s bassist famously estimates that he blew around ?1m on champagne and cocaine during the Nineties. Here’s how. - INDEPENDENT

Bright, passionate … James writes with wit and flair - TIME OUT

*‘The definitive guide to Britpop … this effervescent memoir emerges as the most fascinating, as well as hilarious, document to date of those times - OBSERVER

Guaranteed to bring a tear to your eye - in a good way - ELLE

About The Author

Alex James

Alex James is the bass player with Blur. He is also a Visiting Scientist at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Europe’s largest space research facility. He lives with his wife and children in the Cotswolds.

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