![]() ![]() The author recalls rebelling from conformity and patriarchal society ever since her days as an adolescent girl in the same London suburb of Muswell Hill where the Kinks formed. Albertine’s narrative is nothing less than a fierce correspondence from a life on the fringes of culture. Her story is so much more than a music memoir. Boys, Boys, Boys., Albertine delivers a unique and unfiltered look at a traditionally male-dominated scene. ![]() ![]() She tempted Johnny Thunders…toured America with the Clash…dated Mick Jones…and inspired the classic Clash anthem “Train in Vain.” But Albertine was no mere muse. She formed a band with Sid Vicious and was there the night he met Nancy Spungeon. As lead guitarist and songwriter for the seminal band The Slits, she influenced a future generation of artists including Kurt Cobain and Carrie Brownstein. Selected by the New York Times as one of the 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years A feminist musician icon, Viv Albertine reveals the rocking, uncompromising story of her life on the front lines at the birth of the British punk movement and beyond in this exciting, humorous, and inspiring memoir. ![]()
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