The Absence - Memoirs of a Banshee Drummer classic rock teasing all the relevant artistic

teasing all the relevant artistic strands through interviews with all the major protagonists and exhaustive re-evaluations of the important records of the year

includes a comprehensive playlist of all the artists

ISBN: 9780615910727

and offers language to describe one's own unique taste

" and "Mississippi Goddam" have confirmed her as an enduring force in popular music

The Absence - Memoirs of a Banshee Drummer classic rock teasing all the relevant artisticAuthor: Budgie As a member of Big in Japan, The Slits and, most famously, Siouxsie and The Banshees and The Creatures, 'Budgie' became one of the era defining drummers in the much mythologised post punk scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Growing up in working class St Helens in the 1960s, Peter Clarke lost his mum as a young boy and it's her 'absence' that haunts the pages of this book. Disenchanted with art school inLiverpool, Peter became