{"product_id":"i-wanna-be-me","title":"I Wanna Be Me","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor Misfits, Rebels, Malcontents and Punks!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis here musical memoir now forms part 3 of The Unholy Trilogy of books IÕve written so far. In 2016 I felt compelled to write up about my days as The Tambourine Man, in the early character forming years of Primal Scream from 1984-87, before 'Screamadelica' called.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2019 that compulsion hit me right in the cerebellum once more, when I felt inspired by my on-going obsession with The Cramps, to retell the tales of my Cramped adventures over the decades, since when I first caught them at The Glasgow Apollo in 1979. Truly inspired!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eItÕs now taken me to 2024 to find my writing mojo once more and this time to recall my punk rock tales from 1977-79, that defined my latter teenage years. That ultra crucial period of leaving school, hitting 16, getting your first job (and pay packet) and then discovering this whole new sub-culture of music, fashion, friends and gigs- that has left a deep scar on my psyche to this very day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJust like The Teds of the mid 1950s and the Mods from the early 60s, I was young enough in the late 1970s to capture my very own musical zeitgeist: at that most exciting period when youÕre brazenly young, without a damn care in the world, on a voyage of personal discovery into the punk rock vortex and beyondÉ\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eDO ANYTHING YOU WANNA DO!, punk rock, 1970's music, punk music, youthful music, The Sex Pistols, punk bands, Martin St. John| 9781300774334 | 292PAGES\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martin St. John","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46768086876321,"sku":"9781300774334","price":41.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/nvg49pq-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1785205500","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/i-wanna-be-me","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}