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1994. Dookie drops, and suddenly punk was everywhere – on MTV, on the radio, in the charts. What used to get you funny looks in a pub was now playing over the speakers in supermarkets.
It was wild, surreal, and honestly? Kind of thrilling.
While Green Day were going global, Travis Cut were tearing around the UK in a clapped-out van, playing every floor, toilet venue and back room we could find. The stakes weren’t the same – but the energy was. We were all caught up in that moment, when it felt like anything could happen.
Three and a Half Minutes of Fame is my attempt to bottle that era. It’s not about fame in the way you think – it’s about believing in something loud and fast and real, even when the world doesn’t care. It’s about chasing noise, finding your people, and hanging on for dear life while punk flirted with the mainstream.
That moment in time – part chaos, part glory – is in every page.
📘 Out now from Earth Island Books.
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Playing Cycledelic by Johnny Moped today. This album was chaos, charm, and genius all rolled into one. And for me, it’s more than just a punk classic – it’s a reminder of where it all started.
Back in the days of sticky floors, cheap strings, and big dreams, I was in a band called Travis Cut – loud, fast, and barely held together. The kind of band that lived for the next gig and maybe the next pint. That whole era, and the beautiful mess of it all, is what inspired my book Three and a Half Minutes of Fame.
The book isn’t just about music – it’s about the scene, the spirit, and the people who somehow survived it. If you ever pogoed in a basement, argued over setlists in the van, or found meaning in a 7-inch single, this one’s for you.
Punk’s not dead. It just writes books now - thanks to the brilliant team at Earth Island
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📚🔥 Three and a Half Minutes of Fame is out now — and I’m proud as hell for it to be part of the Earth Island Books family.
These aren’t just books.
They’re battle scars.
They’re tour diaries, zines, stage dives, squat gigs and broken drumsticks, all wrapped up in pages.
To be published alongside absolute bangers like:
🖤 The Scene That Would Not Die
🔥 The Fire Still Burns
🇬🇧 A Country Fit For Heroes
🩸 The Dark Chronicles
🎤 This Is My Everything
🧠 Billy Childish: A Short Study on Art, Punk and Dyslexia
🎶 Every Record I’ve Ever Owned
🎨 Arthole by Steve Lake
…is wild. It’s community. It’s legacy. It’s punk as f**.*
Thanks to Earth Island for believing in my story – and in all the stories that usually get overlooked.
If you’ve ever lived for the next gig, the next chord, the next half-drunk idea in a van with no heater – this one’s for you.
@PERFECTLYIMPERFECT
2d ago
📚🎶 Spinning my copy of 924 Forestville St by Bracket. Travis Cut toured with them when this album dropped, and playing this record again brought everything rushing back: sticky floors, broken strings, borrowed amps, and long drives to nowhere in particular.
That’s the world Three and a Half Minutes of Fame comes from – not just the music, but the people, the scenes, the slog. The way we lived back then wasn’t glamorous, but it meant something. It still does.
This book is for anyone who ever slept on a stranger’s floor, chased gigs like they were oxygen, or gave everything to a band that never quite made it – but made something all the same.
Three and a Half Minutes of Fame is out now. Pair it with Bracket, loud.
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🎶 ‘90s Sound. Modern Story. Familiar Voices.
When your audiobook ends up in the ears of your old schoolmate Jamie Oliver, you know it’s doing the rounds in the right kind of kitchens.
“Three and a Half Minutes of Fame” is the story of chasing the dream — even if the dream only lasts the length of the perfect pop song.
It’s for anyone who ever sat on the floor with Definitely Maybe, Leisure, or The Stone Roses, thinking:
“That could be me.”
Now, with Oasis reunion gigs (finally) happening, it felt right to put this lineup together — 3 records that defined a generation... including mine.
🎧 Audiobook out now — stick it on between spins.
4d ago
📚🎶 Spinning my copy of 924 Forestville St by Bracket. Travis Cut toured with them when this album dropped, and playing this record again brought everything rushing back: sticky floors, broken strings, borrowed amps, and long drives to nowhere in particular.
That’s the world Three and a Half Minutes of Fame comes from – not just the music, but the people, the scenes, the slog. The way we lived back then wasn’t glamorous, but it meant something. It still does.
This book is for anyone who ever slept on a stranger’s floor, chased gigs like they were oxygen, or gave everything to a band that never quite made it – but made something all the same.
Three and a Half Minutes of Fame is out now. Pair it with Bracket, loud.
16h ago