Powder - A Rock n Roll Novel - Softcover

Sampson, Kevin

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9781841953717: Powder - A Rock n Roll Novel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841953717 ISBN 13: 9781841953717

Publisher: Canongate Pub., 2002

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On the brink of giving up on his band's dreams of stardom, Keva McCluskey is renewed when they are picked up by a hot young producer and get a taste of early fame, but a grueling tour in the United States introduces them to the less glamorous side of the industry. Original. 20,000 first printing.

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An everyday story of Rock 'N' Roll folk

Keva McLuskey craves success. Other bands are making it big. His worst enemy is on MTV.

And time is not on his side. Yet he's certain it's his destiny to be recognised among the great songwriters of our time. Without that approval, Keva can never confront his horrific past. That's why he formed The Grams.

Jamie Love wants to revel in his sexual dark side. He wants all the blowjobs, cocaine and groupies that Fame can bring. That's why he joined The Grams.

Their hapless manager, Wheezer, confesses that keeping the boys together is "like trying to cup water in your hands".

At 23, Guy deBurret is already a rehab survivor, a casualty of the soulless hedonism of the music business. The youngest son in a banking dynasty, he became the most successful talent scout in the music business before he was 20.

Rapidly disenchanted with the immorality of the business, he descended into a slough of low-rent whoring and drug-bingeing around King's Cross. But now he's been there, done that and all he wants is to find Ella, his favourite hooker, and take the pair of them away from all this ... the ethical way.

When he sees The Grams he feels fated to nurture them and protect them from the injustices of the international music business. That's why he formed a record label which prizes morality as highly as platinum discs. But, when he puts his principles into action and signs The Grams, it can only end in tears...

Powder is the most authentic novel about Rock and Roll ever. Outrageously funny, seething with coke-addled sex and paranoia, and yet capturing all the energy and excitement of a band breaking through.

Powder is also a frighteningly accurate low-down on the machinations of the music business, written by a man who - as manager of The Farm - has experienced them from the inside.

About the Author:

Kevin Sampson knows the music business from the inside as the manager of the pop group, The Farm. His acclaimed first novel, Awaydays, is also available in Vintage.

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