How Does It Feel?: A Life of Musical Misadventures

Mark Kermode's memoir is a riotous account of his attempts to conquer the world armed with a homemade electric guitar and a simple philosophy: how hard can it be? It captures the passion, commitment, searing self-knowledge, and dizzy happiness that comes with loving music.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 30 May 2019
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Following a formative encounter with the British pop movie Slade in Flame in 1975, Mark Kermode decided that musical superstardom was totally attainable. And so, armed with a homemade electric guitar and very little talent, he embarked on an alternative career - a chaotic journey which would take him from the halls and youth clubs of North London to the stages of Glastonbury, the London Palladium and The Royal Albert Hall.

Hilarious and blissfully nostalgic, this is a riotous account of a bedroom dreamer's attempts to conquer the world armed with nothing more than a chancer's enthusiasm and a simple philosophy: how hard can it be?

At the heart of this entertaining memoir is a little boy in his back garden in Finchley, banging out a rhythm on saucepans with a couple of wooden spoons.

Daily Mail

A rocking whirlwind of a tale

DANNY BAKER

Wonderful . . . will increase your zest for life

RICHARD AYOADE

Entertaining . . . what comes through every anecdote is the author's genuine enthusiasm for music

Spectator

Weight: 272g
Dimension: 173 x 128 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474608992