About the Book
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Leonard Cohen: London, June 1974
Tony Iommi: Iommi Mansions, Warwickshire, July 1974
Van Morrison: Knebworth, July 1974
Ray Davies: London, September 1974
Roxy Music: Cardiff, September 1974
KC and The Sunshine Band: London, October 1974
Lemmy: London, January 1975
John Martyn: Leeds, February 1975
Dave Brock: Devon, February 1975
Joe Strummer: London, February 1975
Wayne Nutt: Aberdeen, March 1975
Mick Ronson: Newcastle, April 1975
Alex Harvey: Glasgow, September 1975
Gordon Lightfoot: London, October 1975
Be-Bop Deluxe: Shrewsbury, January 1976
Patti Smith: London, May 1976
Phil Lynott's Mum: Manchester, August 1976
Bryan Ferry: London, January 1977
The Byrds: London, April 1977
Angie Bowie: Somerset, April 1977
Lou Reed: London | Stockholm, April 1977
Olivia Newton-John: Lake Tahoe, Nevada, April 1977
The Sex Pistols: London, May 1977
Elvis Costello: London, June 1977
The Sex Pistols: London, June 1977
Stiff Records: London, July 1977
The Mont De Marsan Punk Festival: Southern France, August 1977
David Bowie: London, September 1977
Dr Feelgood: Leicester, September 1977
Nick Lowe: Glasgow, October 1977
Gregg Allman and Cher: London, November 1977
Nick Lowe: Finland, February 1978
Tony Iommi: Glasgow, March 1978
Elvis Costello: Belfast, March 1978
Lou Reed: Philadelphia | New York, May 1978
Kenny Everett: London, July 1978
John Peel: London, August 1978
The Legendary Ariola Juncket: New York |Los Angeles | Portland, August 1978
Al Stewart: Los Angeles, September 1978
The Clash: London, November 1978
XTC: New York, December 1978
The Boomtown Rats: Los Angeles | Atlanta | Dallas, January 1979
The Clash: Cleveland | Washington DC, January 1979
Mike Oldfield: Berlin, April 1979
Lou Reed and David Bowie: London, April 1979
Robert Fripp: Bournemouth, April 1979
The Pretenders: Chester | Blackburn, July 1979
The Searchers: Rhydyfelen, South Wales, November 1979
Jerry Dammers: Hemel Hempstead, December 1979
London Calling: Melody Maker HQ, December 1979
Squeeze: Australia, February 1980
Def Leppard: Glasgow, February 1980
The Police: Bombay, March 1980
The Police: Cairo, March 1980
The Police: Milan, April 1980
Elvis Costello | The Specials | Rockpile: Montreux, July 1980
Monsters of Rock Festival: Castle Donnington, August 1980
Ozzy Osbourne: Texas, March 1982
Morrissey: Reading, February 1984
Johnny Marr: Reading, February 1984
R.E.M.: Athens, GA, June 1985
Van Morrison: London, June 1986
Eddie Grant: Barbados, October 1986
Townes Van Zandt: London, October 1987
Lou Reed: London, February 1989
Neil Young: London, October 1989
R.E.M.: Athens, Georgia, December 1991
Warren Zevon: London, September 1992
Bob Dylan: New York, October 1992
Neil Young: London, October 1992
Pearl Jam: New York, April 1994
The Afterglow
About the Author :
Allan Jones is an award-winning British music journalist and editor. In 1974, he applied for a job on the UK's best-selling music paper as a junior reporter, signing off his application with “Melody Maker needs a bullet up the arse. I'm the gun, pull the trigger”. He was editor of Melody Maker from 1984 to 1997 and until 2014 editor of music and film monthly Uncut.
Review :
This is a paean to a lost age of wild rock'n'roll and decadent rock'n'roll journalism
Allan Jones's wildly entertaining account of observing the excesses and eccentricities of rock stars at close quarters throughout the boom years of the 1970s and 80s, and barely hanging on to his health and sanity in the process.
Allan Jones' collection of stories lovingly evoke the hell and hedonism of music journalism at the peak of rock'n'roll's excess
These inglorious glory days are long gone, but with this book, Jones throws them one hell of a wake.
Mercifully he had a sense of humour, and lived to tell the tale, one of outrageous egos, unbound hedonism and an era lost to history.
Melody Maker editor Allan Jones has a wealth of often hilarious anecdotes to tell of his backstage encounters with many of the top rock stars of the Seventies and Eighties.
The full madness and lunacy from a time that is long gone is laid out here in all its bare-arsed glory. It is a deliciously good read.
It is a seriously entertaining book and one that lovingly evokes a period ... when working for one of the big music papers was a real badge of honour ... it is a tremendous giggle and I urge you to read it.
hilarious. I was laughing out loud as I turned the pages
a music journalist's riotously entertaining tales from the heyday of rock.
His hilarious new book Can't Stand Up For Falling Down recounts his career and life around the music industry, mixing with some of the most famous faces on the planet and launching the careers of some of the most celebrated artists in the music world.
As well as being a celebration of excess, this is also, of course, an exercise in nostalgia
