Mancunians: Where Do We Start, Where Do I Begin? (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781526161512)

In the late 1990s, Manchester was a city in upheaval. The devastation of the IRA bomb and the closure of the notorious Haçienda nightclub were seismic events that rocked the city's confidence at a time when identikit bands were flooding its clubs and bars, fuelled on anthemic guitar rock and swagger. Stereotypes were everywhere, while the spirit of Manchester was silently suffocating.

Mancunians: Where do we start, where do I begin? is the story of those who didn't fit the typecast: the musicians of colour, the football fans alienated by rampant commercialism, frustrated public figures, optimistic developers and ambitious artists.

Through a mixture of memoir and interviews with well-known Mancunians such as Guy Garvey, Tunde Babalola, Sylvia Tella, Badly Drawn Boy and Stan Chow, David Scott portrays the city at the turn of the century in a way never seen before.

Author: David Scott
ISBN-10: 1526161516
ISBN-13: 9781526161512
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/02/2024
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.56d