num_pages: 288
description: For Alex James music had always been a door to a more exciting lifea way to travel meet new people and hopefully pick up girls. But as bass player of Blurone of the most successful British bands of all timehis journey was more exciting and extreme than he could ever have predicted. Success catapulted him from a slug-infested squat in Camberwell to a world of private jets and world-class restaurants. As the second drunkest member of the worlds drunkest band Alex James's life was always chaotic but he retained a boundless enthusiasm and curiosity at odds with his hedonistic lifestyle. From nights in the Groucho with Damien Hirst to dancing to Sister Sledge with Bjrk to being bitten on the nose by the lead singer of Iron Maiden he offers a fascinating and hilarious insight into the world of celebrity. At its heart however this is the picaresque tale of one mans search to find meaning and happiness in an increasingly surreal world. Pleasingly unrepentant but nonetheless a reformed man Alex James is the perfect chronicler of his generationwitty frank and brimming with joie de vivre. A Bit of a Blur is as charming funny and deliciously disreputable as its author.
language: English
title: Bit of a Blur: The Autobiography
publisher: Little, Brown Book Group