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To Hell and Back by Brian Wright 192 pages (illustrated). Price UK £12.99 US $18.95 CONDITION: New The story of how a band progressed from obscure Welsh clubs to the world stage. “The Pontarddulais Male Voice Choir sang a haunting, unaccompanied introduction to ‘Mulder and Scully’. There was a slight pause. Aled drummed in, the guitars ripped the evening air apart and Cerys cruised in from backstage. She was like a Spanish galleon in full rigging cutting through the sparkling ocean, bringing home the spoils of battle. She smiled in sheer delight as she neared the front of the stage, to be met by a wall of sound as the crowd sang as one, ‘I’d rather be liberated’. It happened in seconds, but that moment will last my lifetime.”
This is how author Brian Wright describes one of Catatonia’s biggest achievements to date, as they headlined a massive sell-out show at Port Talbot’s Margam Park. Fronted by the brassy, irrepressible Cerys Matthews, Catatonia finally took the British pop scene by storm with hits like ‘Mulder and Scully’ and ‘Road Rage’. The album International Velvet quickly became one of 1998’s biggest long players, and the follow-up Equally Cursed and Blessed established them as a major pop force. Cerys, with her raunchy vocal style, was now the sexy and outspoken figurehead of a classic five-piece pop group. As the band grew in stature, it coincided with the tell-tale signs of stress that would eventually lead to the outwardly unstoppable Cerys suffering a nervous breakdown. Drawing on first-hand experience, new interviews and years of research, To Hell and Back with Catatonia is a fascinating band biography, and the story of how Cerys Matthews at the peak of her fame, sank into a private hell of her own.  THE FLYING PIRANHA Thanks for visiting the Flying Piranha’s eBay shop, selling rock, indie, jazz, experimental & classical music books, music and memorabilia. We are constantly hunting for new and interesting stock, so remember to come back and check for rare and hard-to-find items that we are continually listing. Sign up for our newsletter, or bookmark our shop in your favourites. We aim to post items on the same day as payment clears, although at busy times this may not be possible. If you are not satisfied we accept returns. See terms in each listing.
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