Something Quite Peculiar (ePub)

Step inside the world of the enigmatic Steve Kilbey - frontman of The Church, one of Australia's best-loved and most successful bands, and 40-year veteran of the music industry, in his memoir, Something Quite Peculiar.Singer, songwriter and bassist. Ethereal, psychedelic and indefinable.Journey through his migrant ten-pound pom childhood and garage-band adolescence during the hey-day of the Beatles, Dylan and the Stones. Laugh at his failed attempts at the 9-to-5 life. Jump aboard his wild adventures with The Church as they conquer Australia, and then the world.The tours. The records. The women.And the heroin addiction that enslaved him for a decade.From snowy Sweden to a cell in NYC, from Ipanema Beach to Bondi, stumble through Kilbey's surreal life - his foolish ways will make you want to smile ... then give him a big kick up the arse.Like its titular galaxy, 'Under the Milky Way' is a song that feels as though it has always existed.*The Guardian, AustraliaThe Church are, at heart and their best, psychedelic electricians and their full-volume shows ... have been ringing endorsements for their stubborn longevity.Rolling Stone, USAThe peaks and troughs of this fragile/indestructible institution have been exhilarating and dire. As ringleader, bass player and random image generator between the astrally-colliding guitars of Peter Koppes and Marty Willson-Piper, Steve Kilbey knows it. Rolling Stone, Australia