Product Description

Everyone has heard of Screaming Lord Sutch. In the sixties he was one of the fathers of British rock and roll, with a wild pyrotechnic stage act years ahead of people like Alice Cooper. By the eighties he was regularly upstaging prime ministers at general elections in his Monster Raving Loony Party garb of leopardskin coat and top hat. And always he was the Great British Eccentric available for chat shows and publicity stunts. Most recently, his trademark number, 'Jack the Ripper', has been covered by the hippest band of all, the White Stripes. But in 1999 Sutch died by his own hand, approaching sixty lonely and depressed, still grinding the motorways to crummy gigs, his private life in confusion. Graham Sharpe knew him for nearly thirty years, and this first biography is an affecting, sometimes shocking portrait of an enigmatic Zelig-figure who cropped up in everyone's life and eventually found his own stalled in an endless Groundhog Day of superficiality.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #358331 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04-25
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 280 pages

About the Author
Graham Sharpe is Media Relations Manager for the bookmaking organisation William Hill. His other books include The Magnificent Seven (also published by Aurum) and Free the Manchester Utd One. He lives in Pinner, Middlesex.

Customer Reviews

The tragic story behind a British institution.
At long last a decent book has arrived about the fascinating Screaming Lord Sutch.
Known to many as one of Britain's true eccentrics, the public were largely unaware of the sadness and mental health problems in his life, as were his family and friends it seems.
This account of his life is very well researched and covers every aspect of his life and career and is written in a gripping way which will ensure you will finish the book in a matter of days.
Anyone who has a slight interest in Lord Sutch will find this a riveting, informative, funny and sad read.

A deeply revealing biography of a great British eccentric
I happened across this book while looking for something a bit 'different'.
I'm very glad that I did. It's wonderfully researched and written and is a deeply revealing insight into the life of a man who presaged many modern facets of Britain (pet passports, votes for 18 year olds etc).
A wonderfully and blissfully unaware character, definitely larger than life David (lord) Sutch clearly never had a hateful or hurtful bone in his body.
I recommend this book very highly even if the name Screaming Lord Sutch never meant anything to you before you read about him.