This fully authorised history charts the career of The Charlatans from their earliest days right through to the release of Us and Us Only at the turn of the millenium. The band, and those closest to them, talk exclusively and candidly about their initial white-knuckle success, their disastrous fall from grace, and a gradual re-ascent that was hampered by breakdowns, financial catastrophe, and the incarceration and death of their keyboardist, Rob Collins.Packed with insights into the band's often skewed motives and reasonings (lyrical, musical and personal), this revised and updated biography is the inside story of a triumph which is improbable, even in the warped and unpredictable environment of rock'n'roll. Very few bands have such a story to tell.
