How Does It Feel? by Mark Kermode - ISBN: 9781474608992
Paperback
Bedroom dreamer chases rock stardom, hilarious chaos ensues. How hard can it be?

How Does It Feel?

A Life of Musical Misadventures

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  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    30 May 2019

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Summary

Following a formative encounter with the British pop movie Slade in Flame in 1975, Mark Kermode decided that musical superstardom was totally attainable. And so, armed with a homemade electric guitar and very little talent, he embarked on an alternative career - a chaotic journey which would take him from the halls and youth clubs of North London to the stages of Glastonbury, the London Palladium and The Royal Albert Hall.

Hilarious, self-deprecating and blissfully nostalgic,…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781474608992
ISBN-10:147460899X
Author:Mark Kermode
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:30 May 2019
Weight:260g
Dimensions:196mm x 130mm x 28mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Oh boy! A rocking whirlwind of a tale. People get into bands originally for the sheer love of the life and the music. Few manage to retain that dizzying adolescent crush like Mark Kermode

Wonderful - such a terrific read. HOW DOES IT FEEL? hit me right between the eyes. It brilliantly captures the passion, commitment, searing self-knowledge and dizzy happiness that comes with loving music. An enchanting book

Wonderful and wry … it increase your zest for life

A delight. If Nick Hornby’s HIGH FIDELITY and the Kinks’ greatest hits had a baby, and that baby could play skiffle, it would be this book

About The Author

Mark Kermode

Mark Kermode is Chief Film Critic for the Observer and co-host of Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review on BBC Radio 5 Live. He is the author of IT’S ONLY A MOVIE; THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE MULTIPLEX; THE MOVIE DOCTORS (with Simon Mayo) and HATCHET JOB, hailed by Stephen Fry as ‘the finest film critic in Britain at the absolute top of his form.’ He plays double bass and harmonica in The Dodge Brothers, the award-winning skiffle-and-blues band, who also accompany silent movies. He has written and presented film and music shows on Channel 4 and across BBC radio and television. He holds two Sony Awards for his radio programmes, and The Dodge Brothers album The Sun Set was voted Blues Album of the Year 2013 by the roots music magazine Spiral Earth.

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