From marijuana and jazz, through acid-rock and speed-fuelled punk, from crack-driven rap to Ecstasy and the dance generation, this is the definitive
history of drugs and pop. It also features in-depth
portraits of music's most famous drug addicts: from Charlie Parker to Sid Vicious to
Jim Morrison to Kurt Cobain. Chosen by the BBC as one of the Top Twenty Music Books of All Time. "Wise and witty."-The Guardian
I enjoyed the first edition of this book 10 years ago. Recently, I was pleased to discover that it has been revised and updated, and I bought the new edition immediately.'Waiting For The Man' is the