Something Quite Peculiar
The Church. The Music. The Mayhem.
Biography & Memoir, Composers & Musicians
| Author: | Kilbey, Steve | ISBN: | 9781743582923 |
| Publisher: | Hardie Grant Books | Publication: | November 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kilbey, Steve |
| ISBN: | 9781743582923 |
| Publisher: | Hardie Grant Books |
| Publication: | November 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Step inside the world of the enigmatic Steve Kilbey frontman of The Church, one of Australia’s best-loved and most successful bands, and 40-year veteran of the music industry, in his memoir, Something Quite Peculiar.
Singer, songwriter and bassist. Ethereal, psychedelic and indefinable.
Journey through his migrant ten-pound pom childhood and garage-band adolescence during the hey-day of the Beatles, Dylan and the Stones. Laugh at his failed attempts at the 9-to-5 life. Jump aboard his wild adventures with The Church as they conquer Australia, and then the world.
The tours. The records. The women.
And the heroin addiction that enslaved him for a decade.
From snowy Sweden to a cell in NYC, from Ipanema Beach to Bondi, stumble through Kilbey’s surreal life his foolish ways will make you want to smile ... then give him a big kick up the arse.
Like its titular galaxy, ‘Under the Milky Way’ is a song that feels as though it has always existed. The Guardian, Australia
The Church are, at heart and their best, psychedelic electricians and their full-volume shows ... have been ringing endorsements for their stubborn longevity.Rolling Stone, USA
The peaks and troughs of this fragile/indestructible institution have been exhilarating and dire. As ringleader, bass player and random image generator between the astrally-colliding guitars of Peter Koppes and Marty Willson-Piper, Steve Kilbey knows it. Rolling Stone, Australia
Step inside the world of the enigmatic Steve Kilbey frontman of The Church, one of Australia’s best-loved and most successful bands, and 40-year veteran of the music industry, in his memoir, Something Quite Peculiar.
Singer, songwriter and bassist. Ethereal, psychedelic and indefinable.
Journey through his migrant ten-pound pom childhood and garage-band adolescence during the hey-day of the Beatles, Dylan and the Stones. Laugh at his failed attempts at the 9-to-5 life. Jump aboard his wild adventures with The Church as they conquer Australia, and then the world.
The tours. The records. The women.
And the heroin addiction that enslaved him for a decade.
From snowy Sweden to a cell in NYC, from Ipanema Beach to Bondi, stumble through Kilbey’s surreal life his foolish ways will make you want to smile ... then give him a big kick up the arse.
Like its titular galaxy, ‘Under the Milky Way’ is a song that feels as though it has always existed. The Guardian, Australia
The Church are, at heart and their best, psychedelic electricians and their full-volume shows ... have been ringing endorsements for their stubborn longevity.Rolling Stone, USA
The peaks and troughs of this fragile/indestructible institution have been exhilarating and dire. As ringleader, bass player and random image generator between the astrally-colliding guitars of Peter Koppes and Marty Willson-Piper, Steve Kilbey knows it. Rolling Stone, Australia
