The History of the NME: High Times and Low Lives at the World's Most Famous Music Magazine

Poised for publication in time for }NME{'s 60th birthday, this is an insider's study of the magazine that the Sex Pistols sang about and that Nick Hornby claims he regrets not working for, of which former staff have become household names and whose snotty, confrontational, enthusiastic and sarcastic writing has become a Wednesday staple for so many music fans over the years. This is the definitive book about the }New Musical Express{, from 1952 to last week, covering the office brawls, the bands (from The Beatles and Blur to The Smiths and The Fall), the haircuts, the egos and much more