Before We Was We

The Making of Madness by Madness

Mike Barson, Mark Bedford, Chris Foreman , Graham McPherson

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Virgin Books
09 April 2020

Rock & Pop music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Autobiography: arts & entertainment

The highly acclaimed origin story of one of Britain's best loved and most successful bands, with a new Foreword for this paperback edition by Irvine Welsh.

New Foreword by Irvine Welsh.

In Before We Was We Madness tell us how they became them. A story of seven originals, whose collective graft, energy and talent took them from the sweaty depths of the Hope and Anchor's basement to the Top of the Pops studio.

In their own words they each look back on shared adventures. Playing music together, riding freight trains, spraying graffiti and stealing records. Walking in one another's footsteps by day and rising up through the city's exploding pub music scene by night. Before We Was We is irreverent, funny and full of character. Just like them.

By: Mike Barson, Mark Bedford, Chris Foreman, Graham McPherson, Cathal Smyth
Imprint: Virgin Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 126mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 241g
ISBN: 9780753553954
ISBN 10: 0753553953
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 09 April 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mike Barson (Author) - Mark Bedford (Author) - Chris Foreman (Author) - Graham McPherson (Author) - Cathal Smyth (Author) - Lee Thompson (Author) - Dan Woodgate (Author) -

Reviews for Before We Was We: The Making of Madness by Madness

A rollicking oral history of Madness's early years ... a goldmine of quirky anecdotes * Q Magazine * [One of] the best books to buy music fans for Christmas * The Telegraph * Brilliantly assembled by journalist Tom Doyle as an oral history featuring the voices of all the members ... tells you more about how a band becomes a band than any number of anecdotes about life in the studio * Financial Times * As much as anything, the book is a social history of growing up on the edges of criminality * Financial Times * An amazing book ... one of the best books about a band I have ever read. I've been raving about it to everyone I meet