{"product_id":"anoint-my-head-9781917274326","title":"Anoint My Head : How I Failed to Make it as a Britpop Indie-Rockstar","description":"\u003cp\u003e'All the fun youthful dreams and the poignancy of disappointment...magnificent'. Phil Harrison, The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA coming-of-age story about pursuing your dreams and what happens when reality gets in the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 1992 and Andy (aka Horace) dreams of becoming a rockstar with his band, the Pointy Birds. The only problem is that his day job (mis)filing vinyl in a Soho record store is stealing all his time and energy, plus rival bands like Suede, Blur, Pulp and Radiohead are moving on to bigger and better things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut everything changes when someone called Ricky Gervais offers his services as a band manager, and at last the dream can start.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnoint My Head is the tale of a band who didn't become rich or famous, but had a manager who did. It is also the story of a musical era, documenting the rise of some of the biggest Britpop bands of the nineties, plus a comedian who went on to write quite a successful sitcom about a paper merchants in Slough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Andy Macleod\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eLondon, Greater London, Rock \u0026amp; Pop music, Punk, New Wave \u0026amp; Indie, Individual composers \u0026amp; musicians, specific bands \u0026amp; groups, Biography: arts \u0026amp; entertainment\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 16 Jul 2026 by Omnibus Press.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Andy Macleod","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319511032186,"sku":"9781917274326","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781917274326.jpg?v=1790630340","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/anoint-my-head-9781917274326","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}