- Publisher: Omnibus
- Year: 2021
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 233x157mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.5kg
- ISBN: 9781787601895
- Product code: 537463
Growing Out Of It
Machinations Before Madness
Lee Thompson New Paperback Illustrated
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As the sax player with Madness, Lee ‘KIX’ Thomson brought energy to the stage and helped propel the band to stardom. With contributions from his family, friends and bandmembers, this memoir ranges from his formative years in north London, through the adolescent interest in music that diverted him from following his father to prison, to the creation of the band and its early success.
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Foreword by Martin Freeman
Whether flying across a screen or lighting up the stage, Madness' wild, energetic sax player has always been hard to miss. For Lee 'Kix' Thompson, life is for having as much fun as possible.
Growing Out of It is the tale of one 'nutty boy' not really growing out of it at all. From getting up to no good as a teenager to his many musical (mis)adventures in the 1970s, Lee's memoir of his formative years captures his enduring love for his north London stomping ground, where he first met the other members of Madness.
This is a story of growing up in a certain time and place when anything felt possible, even a bunch of north London lads forming a ska revival band - and becoming one of Britain's best-loved groups.
Whether flying across a screen or lighting up the stage, Madness' wild, energetic sax player has always been hard to miss. For Lee 'Kix' Thompson, life is for having as much fun as possible.
Growing Out of It is the tale of one 'nutty boy' not really growing out of it at all. From getting up to no good as a teenager to his many musical (mis)adventures in the 1970s, Lee's memoir of his formative years captures his enduring love for his north London stomping ground, where he first met the other members of Madness.
This is a story of growing up in a certain time and place when anything felt possible, even a bunch of north London lads forming a ska revival band - and becoming one of Britain's best-loved groups.
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