Wivenhoe Park
"Ben Vendetta honestly brings back an era when a stunning, now-legendary post-punk/indie rock scene was blazing in Britain. He slyly evokes this in a coming-of-college-age story of throwing off the influence (and snares) of normal Middle American life by immersing himself right into the thick of theNME/Melody Maker/Sounds-fed maelstrom in England itself."-Jack Rabid,The Big Takeover"... a breezy, fast-paced glimpse inside one of the most exciting times in modern pop music, the mid- to late 1980s, an era only a few decades back but eons away."-Laura DeMarco,The Plain Dealer"If John Hughes were still alive... well... he'd never touch this story. It's too full of the sort of gritty realism that never made it into his well-scrubbed coming-of-age stories."-Robert Cherry, former Editor-in-Chief,Alternative Press"Wivenhoe Parkwrenched me back to a mid-80s Britain where punk was dead and alternative/goth ruled. If birds, booze and Bunnymen are your thing, as they are mine, then dust off your Sisters of Mercy LPs, squeeze into your Meat Is Murder t-shirt and enjoy the ride."-Dave Hawes (Catherine Wheel)