Tim Burgess has been explaining his decision to detail the more extreme rock n roll behaviour his band The Charlatans indulged in back in the day in his new autobiography, revealing he made a conscious decision to be totally honest when sitting down to write the book.
“A friend told me I had to be honest in writing the book, which is why one of the first stories is called My Drug Heaven instead of My Drug Hell,” he told Metro.
“A lot of the time, people are apologetic for enjoying themselves so I wanted to be really graphic and descriptive about that phase. It’s proof of honesty. If the book were a film, I wanted the crazy stuff to be as graphic as Pulp Fiction and the sweet bits to be reminiscent of Stand By Me.”
Burgess also outlined his mind-set when he gave up drink and drugs: “I was really out of shape, so there was a vanity aspect and I also couldn’t sing in rehearsals,” he continued. “I couldn’t get it together.”
“I’d be really jet-lagged from travelling from Los Angeles to Manchester then would drink at any time of the day – vodka for breakfast and fall asleep with a bottle of wine next to me on the floor.”
Telling Stories is due for release on April 26th.