“ Wearing the right clothes, liking the right bands – this book summons up what it meant to be a teenager in the 70s. ”
Guardian
“ Brought back happy memories when bands and their fans were as one. ”
Damian O'Neill, The Undertones
“ Brought back happy memories when bands and their fans were as one. ”
Damian O'Neill, The Undertones
“ [A] compelling and evocative memoir …full of great memories of bands, gigs, clothes, girls and parties. It celebrates the vitality of youth and the spirt of the times. ”
Sabotage Times
“ Even if you weren’t there when all this happened, the fast paced narrative will make you feel as if you were … An excellent read and I really would urge anyone with even a passing interest in punk, The Jam, The Who or what it was like being a music mad teenager in London in the late seventies to check it out. ”
Faith Magazine
“ [An] excellent memoir of adolescent angst and musical obsession … it is surprisingly candid, wryly funny, occasionally harrowing, yet always honest in its descriptions … brilliantly written. ”
All Mod Icon
“ Even if you weren’t there when all this happened, the fast paced narrative will make you feel as if you were … An excellent read and I really would urge anyone with even a passing interest in punk, The Jam, The Who or what it was like being a music mad teenager in London in the late seventies to check it out. ”
Faith Magazine
“ A must for anyone with an interest in the 1970s and 80s music scene … Featuring a vibrant cast of supporting characters … Boy About Town in an evocative and wholly original account of growing up and coming of age in the glory days of the 1970s. ”
City Life
“ Funny, fascinating, and at times quite moving ”
The Bookbag
“ A must for anyone with an interest in the 1970s and 80s music scene … Featuring a vibrant cast of supporting characters … Boy About Town in an evocative and wholly original account of growing up and coming of age in the glory days of the 1970s. ”
City Life
“ Funny, fascinating, and at times quite moving ”
The Bookbag
“ Fletcher paints a vivid picture of the time – both through the eyes of a boy dealing with growing up and into the underground music scene of bands, fanzines, small record labels, and a staunchly independent spirit …It’s a great read and one which potentially invites the difficult second album syndrome. ”
Monkey Picks
Paperback
9780099558552
August 15, 2014
Windmill Books
368 pages
Trade Paperback
9780434021673
July 15, 2013
William Heinemann
368 pages
EBook
9781446492789
July 4, 2013
Cornerstone Digital
368 pages
