Robert Elms is a writer and broadcaster, based in central London. He started out as a journalist, writing for The Face and NME. He is best known for his eponymous radio show on BBC Radio London which covers everything you need to know about the capital, from architecture and clothes, to accents and great music. Robert is the author of three previous works of non-fiction, Spain: A Portrait After the General, The Way We Wore: A Life in Threads, and London Made Us, and a novel, In Search of the Crack. @RobertElms
'From queuing all night outside the Kilburn State in order to score a Faces ticket aged fifteen, to certified ''Triple A'' eminence, Robert's gimlet eye has observed the live music scene from a unique perspective over five crucial decades' Nick Lowe 'The sound of life-changing musical events pour out of this visceral memoir of live music. Maybe you were there too' Gary Kemp