If you were a post-punk kid growing up in the suburban Midwest in the ‘80s, London was your Mecca. He slyly evokes this in a coming-of-college-age story of throwing off the influence (and snares) of normal Middle American life by instead immersing himself into the thick of the NME/Melody Maker/Sounds-fed maelstrom in England itself.
Vendetta brings back an ’80s era when a stunning, now-legendary post-punk/indie rock scene was blazing in Britain, yet this time, unlike with punk rock, a smaller slice of Americans followed its brilliance. Where an equivalent novel such as Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity becomes ever more unrealistic to get to its happy ending, Wivenhoe Park retains a believable optimism through sheer faith in rock & roll.
It’s an addictive read, an affirmative and faithful story of sex, drugs and rock & roll. It’s just a shame it seems such a difficult thing to do. Cathi Unsworth, author of Weirdo, Bad Penny Blues, The Singerįorget the Great American Novel: what people really want is great rock & roll fiction. (323) 666-7667 blast from the post-punk past that brings back mid-Eighties Britain in one wired, synaptic rush, a coming-of-age story that is as poignant, political, hormonal and hilarious as the sounds it celebrates. Thursday, February 26th from 7pm – La Luz de Jesus/Soap Plant/Wacko Grab your favorite 80s band t-shirt and dust of those mixed tapes. Elephant Stone Records founder and novelist Ben Vendetta signs and tells stories about the indie music scene of 1985-86 and the legacy of college rock as depicted in his acclaimed novel, “Wivenhoe Park” (published by Cooperative Trade)Ī world that included The Jesus and Mary Chain, Easterhouse, Primal Scream, The Cult, The Sisters of Mercy, Meat Whiplash, and all things Creation Records is the backdrop to this coming of age novel set in both the US and the UK.ĭJ set courtesy of Lee Joseph.
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