Something Quite Peculiar

The Church. The Music. The Mayhem.

Biography & Memoir, Composers & Musicians
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Author: Kilbey, Steve ISBN: 9781743582923
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books Publication: November 1, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Kilbey, Steve
ISBN: 9781743582923
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Publication: November 1, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English

Step inside the world of the enigmatic Steve Kilbey frontman of The Church, one of Australia’s best-loved and most successful bands, and 40-year veteran of the music industry, in his memoir, Something Quite Peculiar.

Singer, songwriter and bassist. Ethereal, psychedelic and indefinable.

Journey through his migrant ten-pound pom childhood and garage-band adolescence during the hey-day of the Beatles, Dylan and the Stones. Laugh at his failed attempts at the 9-to-5 life. Jump aboard his wild adventures with The Church as they conquer Australia, and then the world.

The tours. The records. The women.

And the heroin addiction that enslaved him for a decade.

From snowy Sweden to a cell in NYC, from Ipanema Beach to Bondi, stumble through Kilbey’s surreal life his foolish ways will make you want to smile ... then give him a big kick up the arse.

Like its titular galaxy, ‘Under the Milky Way’ is a song that feels as though it has always existed.
The Guardian, Australia

The Church are, at heart and their best, psychedelic electricians and their full-volume shows ... have been ringing endorsements for their stubborn longevity.Rolling Stone, USA

The peaks and troughs of this fragile/indestructible institution have been exhilarating and dire. As ringleader, bass player and random image generator between the astrally-colliding guitars of Peter Koppes and Marty Willson-Piper, Steve Kilbey knows it. Rolling Stone, Australia

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Step inside the world of the enigmatic Steve Kilbey frontman of The Church, one of Australia’s best-loved and most successful bands, and 40-year veteran of the music industry, in his memoir, Something Quite Peculiar.

Singer, songwriter and bassist. Ethereal, psychedelic and indefinable.

Journey through his migrant ten-pound pom childhood and garage-band adolescence during the hey-day of the Beatles, Dylan and the Stones. Laugh at his failed attempts at the 9-to-5 life. Jump aboard his wild adventures with The Church as they conquer Australia, and then the world.

The tours. The records. The women.

And the heroin addiction that enslaved him for a decade.

From snowy Sweden to a cell in NYC, from Ipanema Beach to Bondi, stumble through Kilbey’s surreal life his foolish ways will make you want to smile ... then give him a big kick up the arse.

Like its titular galaxy, ‘Under the Milky Way’ is a song that feels as though it has always existed.
The Guardian, Australia

The Church are, at heart and their best, psychedelic electricians and their full-volume shows ... have been ringing endorsements for their stubborn longevity.Rolling Stone, USA

The peaks and troughs of this fragile/indestructible institution have been exhilarating and dire. As ringleader, bass player and random image generator between the astrally-colliding guitars of Peter Koppes and Marty Willson-Piper, Steve Kilbey knows it. Rolling Stone, Australia

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