Music is like no other business. It's about being in the right place at the right time, following your nose and diving in feet first. Ifs about being plugged into mystical electricity and surting on the wild energy. It's about fucking up and surviving and being sustained by the holy grail of the high decibel.
No-one captures this wild, feral spirit better than Alan McGee, the founder of Creation Records, whose helter-skelter career through music has made him a major force. Wilder than his bands, more out of control than his most lunatic singer, more driven than his contemporaries and closer in spirit to the rock'n'roll star he could never be himself, McGee was always in a rush.
His ability to start a raw-power ruckus brought visceral danger back to a moribund mid-eighties music scene. McGee's nose for danger and his ear for classic guitar rock'n'roll brought us The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine, Teenage Fanclub and Ride before topping out in the nineties with the biggest band in the world, Oasis.
By no means a conventional instruction manual or business book, How to Run an indie Label tells you everything you need to know about how to be a creative force.
Size: 168 x 242 (hardback with dust jacket)
Pages: 302
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
