Audiobook published by Talking Music
THIS book about the Clash, which became a cult classic 15 years ago, has been given a new lease of life, writes Claire Stevens. A Riot of Our Own, Night and Day with The Clash by Johnny Green and Garry Barker has just come out as an audiobook, read by Quardrophenia and EastEnders star Phil Daniels. The book, which tells the rock ‘n’ roll rollercoaster story of the punk rock group in the 1970s, was first published in 1997. Johnny Green was road manager and one of the band’s inner circle from the first single White Riot, through to the classic album London Calling, and tells of the band’s ups and downs, lows and highs, including epic tours of America. The pair met at school but 10 years apart, met at cricket, and the idea of the book was born. The audiobook, published by Talking Music, is described as ‘a rip-roaring account from inside the Clash camp as they turned passion and guitars into songs that electrified a generation. An intimate and very funny listen’. It is available, priced Review by £12, from talkingmusic.com