"It's a thing that's worth having"
Another brilliant music autobiography from Omnibus, this time focusing on the once bassist, then guitarist and now vocalist of the one-and-only Buzzcocks. Steve Diggle, for it is he, is the only member of the Mancunian punk pioneers who appears on all of the band's EPs and LPs - he's the centre of this iconic band and his story is well worth telling.
Autonomy is Diggle's definitive inside account of his and Pete Shelley's shared musical legacy and complex friendship, through the band's rise, fall, and rise again. Detailing their punk origins supporting Sex Pistols with original singer Howard Devoto to Top of the Pops, the excess of success, break-up, reformation and life beyond bereavement. Top Funny, honest and touchingly philosophical, it is interwoven with Diggle's personal story of working class escape, dreams, redemption and loss -a survivor's tale of irrepressible rock'n'roll spirit.
Size: 169 x 242mm (hardback with dust jacket)
Pages: 336
Publisher: Omnibus
