Product Description

Everyone knows who the Spice Girls Are. Posh, Sporty, Baby, Scary and Ginger collectively became the most famous pop trademark of the 1990s. For a while they were the biggest-selling act on planet pop, while each of them - Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell still automatically commans front page/cover feature status in her own right. Yet despite the acres of newsprint devoted to their comings and goings, the innumerable perky soundbites and endless in your face photospreads, remarkably little effort has been put into analysing and explaining the Spice Girls phenomenon and even less credit given for the spectacular and unprecedented scale of their achievements. This will be the first book to examine the life and times of the Spice Girls in a way that puts the group and their music into a broader social and historical context. Combining meticulously researched biographical narrative with an insider's account of pop in the 1990s and 2000s it will open a window onto the backstage lot of Spiceworld and much more besides.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #722190 in Books
• Published on: 2004-12-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 324 pages

About the Author
David Sinclair has been an admirer of the Spice Girls from the beginning and a close observer of the Spice Girls phenomenon throughout. In the course of reporting on their adventures for The Times in London, he has interviewed from both collectively and individually over the years and seen them strutting their stuff in such far flung locations as Spain, South Africa, Scotland and Ireland. His insights, experiences and authority as a writer combined with the exotic appeal of the Spice Girls will make this a text that anyone with an interest in pop and popular culture in the 21st Century will want to read.

Customer Reviews

A very good insight into modern pop culture
The rollercoaster ride of the Spice Girls reflects pretty well the state of today's pop culture and the media fascination in general: "love them, buy them, hate them".
The story of 5 normal girls who broke every record and became the biggest British group since the Beatles.

Not only a book for Spice Girls fans, but also a must for anyone who has interest in entertainment. 10/10

Larger Than Life
Even if you have never bought a record in your life, everyone knows of the Spice Girls.

This book is an attempt to place the Spice Girls into a slot in the history of pop music.

Even though the Spice Girls are no longer producing music together they are still in the newspapers for various reasons, perhaps more than they would like to be and certainly more than they should be.

This book covers pretty much everything about them, from the original advertisement asking for "street-wise, outgoing ambitious and dedicated" 18-32 year olds to apply.

The book covers the high and lows of the group, the happy times and the tantrums.

If you are interested in the Spice Girls this is the book for you.

Excels
This book is fantastic.

A detailed look into the whole of the Spice Girl phanomenom.

Rgith from the house in Maidenhead all the way to the Forever sessions and far beyond.

Worth it for any Spice Fan!

MUST-HAVE