I Just Can't Stop It

My Life in The Beat

Ranking Roger, Daniel Rachel

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Omnibus Press
17 June 2021

Music; Rock & Pop music; Reggae; Autobiography: general; Autobiography: arts & entertainment

I Just Can't Stop It is the honest and compelling autobiography from British Music Legend, Ranking Roger. As the enigmatic frontman of the multicultural band The Beat, Ranking Roger represented the youthful and joyous sound of the post-punk 2 Tone movement.

As well as his illustrious career with The Beat and its subsequent iterations, this absorbing book explores Roger's upbringing as a child of the Windrush generation, touring America and his outstanding collaborations with artists such as The Clash, The Police and The Specials.

By: Ranking Roger, Daniel Rachel
Imprint: Omnibus Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781913172435
ISBN 10: 1913172430
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 17 June 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Musician-turned-award-winning-author, Daniel Rachel wrote his first song when he was sixteen and was the lead-singer in Rachels Basement. Daniel is the author of Isle of Noises: Conversations with Great British Songwriters - a Guardian and NME Book of the Year Walls Come Tumbling Down: the music and politics of Rock Against Racism, 2 Tone and Red Wedge - WINNER OF the Penderyn Music Book prize. Don't Look Back in Anger: The rise and Fall of Cool Britannia - an Evenign Standard and Metro Book of the Year