Many of the most important developments in rock music over the past 50 years can be traced back to one band...
Shitehawke were for many, the alpha and the omega. Adored and condemned in equal measure they would come to not only tailor but provide the very fabric that would make up the rock paradigm. From that fabric would be fashioned sequined trousers so tight they could fit only one man, riffs so huge they need surveying and a rock longevity that would have them classed as pre-Cambrian.
It was from humble beginnings to the opulent and decadent middles and finally the sad and surprising ends that Shitehawke’s story is not one that needs to be told as everyone one of us knows it, whether we are aware of it or not. It is as archetypal as truth, time or freedom but what is contained within this book is the grammar of that story, a story that has punctuated every one of our lives. In 1982 before the release of ‘Terracotta Therapy’ the world Panda population was at 403. 2 weeks after its release it was 534. So ladies and gentlemen, ornithologists, boy and girls prepare to fly in the shadow of a Shitehawke…