{"product_id":"noise-damage","title":"Noise Damage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeing a winner is easy. It’s being a failure that’s hard\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Harrowing, funny and 100% true’ Ginger Wildheart\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"903a6333-d576-0cb7-06a0-fe985ee82e69\" data-wf-id='[\"903a6333-d576-0cb7-06a0-fe985ee82e69\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"6357c793-932a-810b-2399-769aba0fb0af\" data-wf-id='[\"6357c793-932a-810b-2399-769aba0fb0af\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eThe tale that follows is not another clichéd collection of rock’n’roll  debaucheries (sorry) nor is it another tired fable of triumph over adversity (you’re welcome).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"0a26bcfb-92f7-20fe-063f-23f2c48f5dce\" data-wf-id='[\"0a26bcfb-92f7-20fe-063f-23f2c48f5dce\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eIt’s the story of a half-deaf kid from a tiny, remote village in South Wales who was hailed as a genius by the UK’s biggest radio station and headhunted by major record labels, only for the music industry to collapse. It crashed hard, taking with it an entire generation of talented artists who would never now get their shot. CNN called it ‘music’s lost decade’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"98d1af3a-0920-f06e-2c5c-e90133828324\" data-wf-id='[\"98d1af3a-0920-f06e-2c5c-e90133828324\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eAlong the way, there are goodies, baddies, gun-toting label execs, life-saving surgeons, therapy, true love, loyalty, hope, breakdowns, suicidal managers, betrayal, drummers and way too many hangovers. James Kennedy shows that the best lessons are to be learned from good losers. It really is all about the journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"fdd2a036-2881-1b02-8537-b140930ce821\" data-wf-id='[\"fdd2a036-2881-1b02-8537-b140930ce821\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003ePart memoir, part exposé of the music world’s murky underbelly, \u003cem data-w-id=\"9765fd65-cf74-6fce-d32f-652444e6efd8\" data-wf-id='[\"9765fd65-cf74-6fce-d32f-652444e6efd8\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eNoise Damage\u003c\/em\u003e is emotional, painfully honest, funny, informative and ridiculous. It’s also a celebration of the life-changing magic of music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"fdd2a036-2881-1b02-8537-b140930ce821\" data-wf-id='[\"fdd2a036-2881-1b02-8537-b140930ce821\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Easily one of the greatest books I’ve ever read about music and being in a band’ \u003cstrong\u003eEric Alper, SiriusXM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘History, it’s said, is written by the winners, but this insightful, candid autobiography from Kyshera’s James Kennedy suggests otherwise. A journey through disillusion, the machinations of the music industry and hard-won self-acceptance, it’s required, revelatory reading’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMetal Hammer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The indefatigable Welsh misfit’s entertaining memoir of underachievement. His ebullient writing style and hard-earned hungover wisdom keep you turning the pages’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClassic Rock\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘An eye-opening insight into what keeps the music industry ticking, or rather what James Kennedy thinks keeps it rotting at the core. Funny throughout and thoroughly self-deprecating, Kennedy is both self-aware and confident [and] there’s a definite no-holding-back policy on swearing, drugs and alcohol…’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuzz Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Likeable, refreshing, heart-wrenching...This eye-opening story will appeal to more than just music fans. Before you know it you find yourself at the back cover, wondering if it’s too soon to pick it back up and start again’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRock ’n’ Load\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"fdd2a036-2881-1b02-8537-b140930ce821\" data-wf-id='[\"fdd2a036-2881-1b02-8537-b140930ce821\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePaperback: 288pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePublisher: Eye (October 2020)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eISBN: 9781785632143\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eye Books Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32134091898942,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1271\/4023\/products\/workingcover-04.jpg?v=1592561823","url":"https:\/\/www.eyebooksgroup.com\/products\/noise-damage","provider":"Eye Books Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}