Description
| Product ID: | 9798212910514 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Ballad Of Speedball Baby |
| Subtitle: | (A Memoir) |
| Authors: | Author: Ali Smith |
| Page Count: | 289 |
| Subjects: | Memoirs, Memoirs |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating As an only child reeling from the demolition of her parents'' toxic marriage, the New York City underground music scene offers a young Ali a different family of misfits and talented outsiders to belong to. She becomes the bass player for edgy band Speedball Baby, a decision that will take her around the world - from onstage at the legendary CBGBs to the red-light district of Amsterdam. She''s often the only girl in a broken-down tour van, being strip-searched at the Croatian border, chased by lunatics, and navigating the seedy underbelly of a male-dominated music scene full of addiction, violence, and misogyny - all while keeping her sharp wit and dark humour intact. Rimmed with heavy black eyeliner and smelling faintly of cheap booze, The Ballad Of Speedball Baby is a pulse-quickening, unpredictable ride through the ''90s music scene - alternately terrifying, hilarious, and painfully evocative - as well as a love letter to the power of female solidarity. |
| Imprint Name: | Blackstone Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Blackstone Audiobooks,U.S. |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-01-16 |