The NME mattered to all those generations who grew up with music at the centre of their universe. The NME never had a truer chronicler than Pat Long. Tony Parsons Since it was founded in 1952; the New Musical Express has played a central part in the British love affair with pop music. Snotty; confrontational; enthusiastic; sarcastic: the NME landing on the doormat every Wednesday was the high point of any music fans week; whether they were listening to The Beatles; Bowie or Blur. The Sex Pistols sang about it; Nick Hornby claims he regrets not working for it and a whole host of household names Tony Parsons and Julie Burchill; Nick Kent and Mick Farren; Steve Lamacq and Stuart Maconie started their career writing for it. This authoritative history; written by former assistant editor; Pat Long; is an insiders account of the high times and low lives of the worlds most famous; and most influential; music magazine. The fights; the bands; the brawls; the haircuts; the egos and much more. This is the definitive and first book about the infamous NME. Word count: 85;000
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