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15.1.2010: Rob Chapman's A Very
Irregular Head, a new biography of
Syd, promises to ring the changes in
that it concentrates far more, and
in greater detail, on Syd's
formative influences than other
tomes. The book's 400-plus pages
spend a considerable amount of time
dissecting the artistic (both
literary and visual) inspirations
for Syd's creative world.
We hope to be able to bring you an
extract of the book in due course,
courtesy of publishers Faber and
Faber. In the meantime the book,
available on 6th May 2010, can be
pre-ordered from Amazon and other
online retailers as well as
Waterstone's and other High Street
bookshops.
Rob Chapman is the former singer/lyricist
with Bristol based avant-punksters
Glaxo Babies, and moved through
broadcasting into full-time music
journalism in 1995 when he began
contributing to Mojo, having written
for a few fanzines, most notably
early issues of Syd fanzine
Terrapin. After eight years of
writing for Mojo, including cover
stories on Brian Jones, Keith Moon,
Massive Attack, and Brian Wilson's
Smile album, Rob moved to Uncut in
2003, returning to EMAP publishing
house 2006 in time to write Syd's
Mojo obituary. His other books are
Selling The Sixties, a history of
offshore pirate radio, The Vinyl
Junkyard, an alternative history of
record sleeves, and his debut novel,
Dusk Music, published in 2008.
(www.sydbarrett.com)
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