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Too Weird for Ziggy

Too Weird for Ziggy

by SylvieSimmons (Author)

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    Paperback 2005

    $3.29
Synopsis

Sylvie Simmons' fiction debut, Too Weird for Ziggy is a darkly comic collection of linked stories all set in the world of crass A & R men, fans mired in hero worship, and music stars perpetually on the verge of ego tantrum or outright crackup. From a pop goddess named Pussy who has a nervous breakdown, and is found hoarding her own hair and fingernail clippings to cults utterly devoted to Karen Carpenter that spring up after the singer's image appears on various buildings (including a kebab shop): from a band of crock-rockers whose star-making tour goes horribly wrong when their lead singer starts to grow breasts, to an MTV sponsored seance to raise a dead rock god, Simmons' tales embrace the bizarre world of rock. Too Weird for Ziggy has the devastating humour, punch and hook of a great a pop tune.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 432
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 10 Feb 2005
ISBN 10: 1843544229
ISBN 13: 9781843544227

Media Reviews
A damn good writer. She is honest, truthful and scathing. Read these stories * Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead *
Very subversive and out-there and radical and funny and rather wicked, but very good and very, very well written. * Marianne Faithfull *
Brilliant, just brilliant! * Tori Amos *
This is a hot read. Bravo Sylvie! * Sharon Osbourne *
Author Bio
Sylvie Simmons is a renowned music journalist and award-winning writer. A Londoner, she moved to LA in the late seventies where she began writing about rock music for Sounds, Creem and Kerrang!, then Rolling Stone, the Guardian and MOJO. She currently lives in San Francisco, where she plays ukulele and still writes for MOJO.