(Faber & Faber, 2014)A no-nonsense sojourn through Albertine’s life as guitarist in the Slits and, later, as a film-maker, mother and divorcee, and during which she blithely chats about mast*****ion, catching crabs and giving Johnny Rotten a bl****b.
It’s a terrific read and provides a corrective to the reigning punk narrative where men are the creative geniuses and women the bit-part players.(Sphere, 2011)Teenage homelessness, drug and alcohol addiction, oral pleasure in the toilets at Studio 54, cancer, plus a fistful of hits with Madonna, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, David Bowie and his own band, Chic.
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