Pistol reveals the major problem with rock biopics
In Danny Boyle’s adaptation of the Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones’s memoir, the cast cannot make convincing rock stars.
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In Danny Boyle’s adaptation of the Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones’s memoir, the cast cannot make convincing rock stars.
By David HepworthThe interesting thing about the 1969 record is that it is bigger now than it was then.
By David HepworthOver four weeks in 1969 a succession of cultural shocks – the moon landings, Manson murders, Woodstock and the…
By David HepworthFrom the Long Players series: writers on their most cherished albums.
By David HepworthRoots, Radicals and Rockers is full of great characters and vignettes of bracingly different times.
By David HepworthWhy does he only open at weekends? He looks both ways in the manner of Arthur Daley. “Trading Standards…
By David HepworthBrian Wilson and Mike Love of the Beach Boys have both published new memoirs. The problem? They take themselves preposterously…
By David HepworthSpringsteen’s memoir, Born to Run, is the most accomplished of the recent cavalcade of rock autobiographies.
By David HepworthFred Goodman's new biography shows the man who made the Rolling Stones and wrenched open the door for today's…
By David Hepworth