Robert Forster's new book 'Grant and I'

[Mr_Bojangles]

Read this while on holidays. Really is a fantastic read if you love the Go-Betweens. It's primarily Forster's autobiography but a lot of surrounds his friendship with McLennan right up until the very sad end. I never knew McLennan was in such a bad way up until this death never getting over Amanda Brown walking out on him. Isn't the usual form a band, become massive, get on drugs, get over it story too. It's more about just getting continually dumped by record labels and never quite getting the recognition they deserved.

 

[Blue1980]

Well they should of been bigger but s**t happens. Their hardly the only great 80s indie/alternative band that didn't suffer that fate.

The Chameleons were a band who should of got a lot more recognition. Thing is members of these bands can still make a living performing so it can't have been that bad.

Not everyone can become U2.

16 lovers lane is a superb album though. I sort of liken them to an Australian Smiths

 

[JimDocker]

Really looking forward to this.

I recently got 4 music bios/autobiographies and they are sitting on the shelf waiting for my Christmas holidays. This was one of them.

 

[Mr_Bojangles]

Well they should of been bigger but s**t happens. Their hardly the only great 80s indie/alternative band that didn't suffer that fate.

The Chameleons were a Kruger who should of got a lot more recognition. Thing is members of these bands can still make a living performing so it can't have been that bad.

Not everyone can become U2.

16 lovers lane is a superb album though. I sort of liken them to an Australian Smiths

Funnily enough Rough Trade dumped their arse to promote The Smiths. Forster was also given a couple of copies of their first singles to bring back to Australia too and was the first person to bring Smiths releases in to the country.