Of course I will!

oh i want.

Looks interesting. My gold standard for band bios are my Split Enz and Crowded House books.

But what I'd really like to see is a DVD documentary - I remember Guy saying in an interview once (around the time of LOTFWI think) that the Soup Collective had been following and filming Elbow from the start and if I remember right, they'd even filmed the first Elbow gig. Maybe there'll be a South Bank Show feature some day.

that would be cool. would not surprise if we got something like that soon, maybe with the new album now when they are all famous.

edit: it would be cool if its well and the band is portrayed right

I wonder how the band feel about this. I would hate for them to be exploited.

I'm always very wary about "The Unofficial" biography... Because surely, all the information in it is in the public domain. TBH, i read Autobiographies for the voice of the author, if i wanted to find out the history of the person, i could look them up on Wiki.
My favorite autobiography is Margrave of the Marsh!
Salmon of Doubt - Not strictly an autobiography, more a collected works, but so steeped in Adams it is a glory to behold!

thank you mrswoman

Torn Apart is a great read especially if you are a Joy Division nut like myself. Hope this book is good but so long to wait!

A bit delayed, but hey: Just had an email from Amazon, saying my pre-ordered copy will arrive by 9th October.

Ordered mine at buecher.de

Haven't actually ordered this. Money's too tight to mention, if I may borrow a song title from Simply Red..I .might be able to convince someone to give it to me for Christmas!

Nor have I - I'm broke at the moment. Good idea about Christmas present though.

Delayed slightly by the PO spitting its dummy at Amazon, but my copy's finally arrived. (Possibly the longest-awaited pressie I've ever had, seeing as it was bought with birthday money back in March )

Only had a couple of minutes scanning through, but it looks OK. Not obviously fawning, a decent range of sources and right up to date, ending with the MIF events and - at least a mention of - the MEN gig. There's a decent selection of mono photos too, with some good, lesser seen pics. A tentative from me.

Yes, mines just arrived too, our postman doesn't deliver till coming up for midday.
Just flicked through to the end to see in how much detail up to date events were covered, and did like the author's quote of himself on his june visit to a certain room in Blueprint, which was hosting an event for the Unconventional music conference.

"Do many gigs take place here (?)" I asked naively,
"No it's Elbow's room," came the reply

Just looked at what photos had been used too, and recognised a fair few of them. Then just happened to glance at the opposite page to the last photo in the Asleep in the back' chapter to see a typo, where it appears that the song 'Stumble' is now called 'Can't Stop'!

What has happened is that section of the chapter has been copied and pasted I think, from an old interview in Crud magazine (link below), originally by James Berry, and cut back in incorrectly.

http://www.2-4-7-music.com/newsitems/jan02/elbow.asp

Anyway, will enjoy having another look at it later.