It Takes Blood and Guts

Skins is the autobiography of the pioneering Skunk Anansie frontwoman, who offers a different take on the Britpop era. It is a raw and exhilarating book that empowers readers, and has been praised for its candid, first-hand experience. Skin's journey from tough beginnings in Brixton to becoming one of the most influential women in British rock is extraordinary, and she has been smashing stereotypes for over twenty-five years.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 16 September 2021
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd

One of the most significant female figures in British music throughout my lifetime is Skin. Colin Murray A stunning, unvarnished, and exhilarating book that will inspire you. Fearne Cotton The pioneering Skunk Anansie frontwoman's memories provide a very different perspective on the Britpop era... Skins' story is one of a rhomboid peg refusing both the round and square hole, drilling dimensions of her own... We now have a lot of language - intersectionality, microaggressions - to describe many of the events in this memoir. However, nothing can truly equal candid, first-hand experience, recounted matter-of-factly here. It would be enlightening for anyone who believed they knew the story of the 90s to spend 300 pages in Skins, Skin. OBSERVER The epic tale of Glastonbury's Black British headliner... Skin is one of the Britpop decades' forgotten epics... Skins' feet are firmly planted throughout; she's a winningly genial, sweary soul on paper. 4 stars Jude Rogers, MOJO The former Skunk Anansie singer pulls no punches in this heady trawl through her life, from tough beginnings in Brixton to work as an LGBTQ+ activist and beyond. The I Lead singer of multi-million-selling rock band Skunk Anansie, solo artist, LGBTQ+ activist, and all-around trailblazer - Skin is a global icon, and she has been smashing stereotypes for over twenty-five years. Her journey from Brixton to one of the most influential women in British rock is nothing short of extraordinary. Its been a very difficult thing being a lead singer of a rock band looking like me, and it still is. I have to say it's been a fight, and it will always be a fight. That fight drives you and makes you want to work harder... Its not supposed to be easy, particularly if you're a woman, you're black, or you are gay like me. You.

Weight: 254g
Dimension: 129 x 197 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781471194948