Book description
Scott Walker has travelled from teen idol to the outer limits of music.
From 'The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Any More' reaching no. 1 through to
recordings of meat being punched on his last album,
The Drift
, he somehow seems to have reached a passionate and committed fan base.
Throughout his career, his impeccable critical reputation as a serious
and uncompromising musician has never been questioned. The recent film,
30th Century Man
, had a litany of stars queuing up to praise Walker: the likes of David
Bowie, Damon Albarn, Jarvis Cocker, Radiohead, Johnny Marr and Sting.
But despite this, in forty years of music, there has yet to be a serious
book on Scott Walker. This collection put together by Rob Young of
The Wire
magazine features a handful of previously published articles and newly
commissioned pieces, largely drawn from the orbit of The Wire
's writers including Ian Penman, Chris Bohn and Rob Young. Rob Young
is a former editor of The Wire
magazine, and is author of a forthcoming book about Englishness and
folk music, to be published by Faber this year.
