Quercus Publishing That Close

The singer recounts his life and career, sharing what it's like to go globetrotting with your best friends, unknowingly sign away song rights, and cause an earthquake. The amazing life of Madness frontman and national treasure, Suggs Suggs is one of pop music's most enduring and likeable figures. Written with the assured style and wit of a natural raconteur, this hugely entertaining and insightful autobiography takes you from his colourful early life on a North London council estate, through the heady early days of Punk and 2-Tone, to the eighties, where Madness became the biggest selling singles band of the decade. Along the way he tells you what it's like to grow up in sixties Soho, go globetrotting with your best mates, to make a dead pigeon fly and cause an earthquake in Finsbury Park. Suggs is one of pop music’s most enduring and likeable figures. Written with the assured style and wit of a natural raconteur, this hugely entertaining and insightful autobiography takes you from his colorful early life on a North London council estate, through the heady early days of Punk and 2-Tone, to the 1980s, where Madness became the biggest-selling singles band of the decade. Along the way he tells you what it’s like to grown up in 1960s Soho, go globetrotting with your best mates, to make a dead pigeon fly, and cause an earthquake in Finsbury Park. Autorid: Suggs