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Before We Was We

Before We Was We

Madness by Madness

Summary


New Foreword by Irvine Welsh.

In Before We Was We Madness tell us how they became them. A story of seven originals, whose collective graft, energy and talent took them from the sweaty depths of the Hope and Anchor's basement to the Top of the Pops studio.

In their own words they each look back on shared adventures. Playing music together, riding freight trains, spraying graffiti and stealing records. Walking in one another's footsteps by day and rising up through the city's exploding pub music scene by night. Before We Was We is irreverent, funny and full of character. Just like them.

Reviews

  • A rollicking oral history of Madness’s early years ... a goldmine of quirky anecdotes
    Q Magazine

About the authors

Mike Barson

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Mark Bedford

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Chris Foreman

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Graham McPherson

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Cathal Smyth

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Lee Thompson

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Dan Woodgate

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