Tony Fletcher’s Dear Boy, the biography of The Who drummer Keith Moon, is one of the all-time great music biographies. Therefore, it’s exciting to see what he’s been up to, and this latest effort doesn’t disappoint. The book covers that new wave-y time when punk emerged out of the back alleys and dive bars, and shot up the charts thanks to the likes of The Jam, Madness, and Adam Ant. “This is a coming-of-age story, the tale of a naïve young man in a cultural whirlwind who learns some hard lessons about business, journalism, love and sex—all the while trying to get his own band a record deal,” they say. We’re here for it.
(Paperback) $22.95
