Having started off yesterday with recommending a book that explicitly deals with the theory and history of the music industry I figured I'd have to make a quick turn and include a work coming from a band's perspective. One of the better books to come out in recent years is this one:
Alex James, the once-womanizing, skinny bass player from one of Britains most important bands, Blur, gives his documentation of a true phenomenon. I highly recommend this one partly because it proves how incredibly clever a writer Alex James is and party because the story is amazing.
"Bit of a Blur" is filled with funny notions, out-of-this-world debauchary and also a lot of sadness and reflection. When Mr. James states that "he was the second drunkest member of the drunkest band in the world" you know where it's going and where it's going to end of course. Somehow it deals very little with the career of Blur which is a refreshing take on an autobiography from a band member. And it actually works perfectly fine this way and adds to the personal reflections of Alex James.
It deals with 4 peoples journey that quickly began spinning out of control resulting in broken friendships, alcoholism, addiction in general and depression. Luckily, in aftermath, we all know how it ended though....
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