Jon Holmes is tiny. I know, I've met him. A couple of times at Radio
4's The Now Show. Once by chance on the London Underground. He's like a hobbit with nicer jeans and presumably
less hairy feet.
What isn't tiny is Holmes' appreciation for all things ROCK! Rock is a genius genre
of music, in that it spawns masses of myths and rumours, the best of which are encapsulated in this book. It's also so broad
a term, Holmes is free to place Girls Aloud alongside Motorhead, thus creating the definitive
Bible of celebrity excess.
The thing that really makes this book stand out from other popular culture writing
is the good-natured humour and wit present within Holmes' writing. Combining simplistic-written stories with cheeky anecdotes
about his own life in the footnotes, the whole book sounds like one long conversation down the pub following a good, old-fashioned
quiz. Which, oddly enough, is how the book came into existance.
Jon Holmes is famous for getting the largest ever broadcasting fine for breaching
taste and decency rules, so you can expect the no-holds-barred attitude he takes to his book. As long as none of it's subjects
sue him, he's set to earn a pretty penny from this work of indulgent genius.
