Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me from Success (eBook)

Rough Trade Book of the Year

Miki Berenyi (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
Nine Eight Books (Verlag)
978-1-78870-556-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Rough Trade Book of the YearResident Book of the Year A Rolling Stone Book of the Year A Mojo Book of the Year A Sunday Times Book of the Year Formed in 1988, Lush were part of the London gig scene during one of the most vibrant and creative periods in UK music. Now, Miki Berenyi tells all.From the bohemian ways of her father's social circle to the privileged glamour of her mother's acting career, Miki's young life was a blur of travel, celebrities and peripatetic schooling. But frequent relocation, parental neglect and the dark presence of her abusive grandmother resulted in crippling shyness, mental-health issues and a vulnerability to exploitation.The route out of this hole was music - a passion shared by schoolmate Emma Anderson. The teenagers began attending gigs together and would ultimately go on to form Lush. Talented and exuberant, the band became hot property, swiftly transitioning from shoegaze icons to Britpop darlings.Re-living the tours, recording sessions and music-industry madness they experienced along the way, this uncompromising memoir documents Lush's thrilling rise and untimely fall. Yet at the heart of the book are Miki's own battles: the conflict between her mouthy public persona and her thin-skinned private identity; the trials of being a woman in an infuriatingly male world; the struggle to find a middle ground between 'safe' indie obscurity and 'sell-out' international success. Miki also explores her complicated relationship with Emma - one that has fluctuated between camaraderie and rivalry over the years - and addresses the devastating tragedy that led to the band's split.Told through frank confession, wry humour and searing emotional honesty, this is the incredible tale of a trailblazing woman and a seminal band.

Autor

Miki Eleonora Berenyi is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist best known as a member of the alternative-rock band Lush. She is currently a member of Piroshka, who released their second album in July 2021.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.9.2022
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
• Schlagworte: 4AD • Adam Buxton • Adam Buxton Podcast • Alternative • Alternative Rock NME Melody Maker Syndrome Lollapalooza Perry Farrell Anthony Kiedis • Anthony Kiedis • Billy Childish • blind spot • blur • Bobby Gillespie • breeders • Britpop • Caitlin Moran • camden • Camden Top of the Pops Ciao Blind Spot Reunion Pixies Breeders Kim Deal Patti Smith Viv Albertine • Cary Grant • Cary Grant Marilyn Manson Martin Landau Clint Mansell Caitlin Moran Patrick Macnee • Chris Acland • ciao • Clint Mansell • cocteau twins • Damon Albarn • Dreampop • Elastica • Elastica Sleeper Blur Primal Scream Bobby Gillespie Pearl Jam Jarvis Cocker Pulp Spooky Scars • Emma Anderson • Emma Anderson Lush Justin Welch Phil King Chris Acland Piroshka Ladykillers Split Single Girl • Flaming Lips • Guitars • Helmut Newton • Helmut Newton John Peel Omar Sharif Ride Mark E. Smith Thompson Twins Verve Robert Wagner • Hungary • Ice Cube • Ivo Watts-Russell • James Bond • Japan • Jarvis Cocker • Jesus and Mary Chain • John Peel • Justin Welch • Kim Deal • Kim Gordon • Ladykillers • Leonard Cohen • lollapalooza • lush • Marilyn Manson • Mark E. Smith • Martin Landau • Melody Maker • Miki Berenyi • music • Music Business • Music History & Criticism • music recording & sound • My Bloody Valentine • Natalie Wood • Natalie Wood Tracey Thorn Kim Gordon Mary Chain My Bloody Valentine Weezer Indie • NME • Omar Sharif • Patrick Macnee • Patti Smith • Pearl Jam • Perry Farrell • phil king • Piroshka • Pixies • popular music • Primal Scream • Pulp • Red Hot Chili Peppers • Red Hot Chili Peppers Ice Cube Damon Albarn Hungary Japan James Bond Cocteau Twins Jesus • Reunion • Ride • Robert Wagner • Rock • Rock & Pop Musician Biographies • rock music • Scars • Sean Connery • Shangri-las • Shangri-las Billy Childish Leonard Cohen Sean Connery Tracey Emin Perry Farrell Flaming Lips • Shoegaze • Shoegaze The Scene That Celebrates Itself Britpop Dreampop 4AD Ivo Watts-Russell Vaughan Oliver • Single Girl • Sleeper • Songwriting • Split • spooky • syndrome • The Scene That Celebrates Itself • Thompson Twins • Top of the Pops • Tracey Emin • Tracey Thorn • Vaughan Oliver, Indie • Verve • Viv Albertine • Weezer • Women in History • Women's Biographies
• ISBN-10: 1-78870-556-4 / 1788705564
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78870-556-1 / 9781788705561