{"product_id":"9781399621588","title":"The Absence : Memoirs of a Banshee Drummer","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Budgie | Punk, New Wave \u0026amp; Indie \u003cbr\u003ePublished 16\/07\/2026 by Orion Publishing Co (White Rabbit) in the United Kingdom \u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 197 x 25mm | 278g\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA TIMES AND ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR'Beautifully written and brutally honest' LYDIA LUNCH'A compassionate, relatable love story' MIKI BERENYI'Lyrical, affectionate and often painfully raw' RUPERT THOMSONAs a member of Big in Japan, The Slits and, most famously, Siouxsie and The Banshees and The Creatures, 'Budgie' became one of the era-defining drummers in the much-mythologised post-punk scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe beating heart of this painfully honest account of a life often sabotaged by substance abuse and alcoholism is his long-term position as drummer and co-writer with Siouxsie and The Banshees, alongside ex-wife, Siouxsie Sioux. But as their personal relationship fractured, the consequences for the band were inevitable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Absence is both fabulously glamorous and a tawdry cautionary tale. For the first time the story of the most exalted and mysterious of bands has been told by one who survived inside the belly of the beast.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57294635499895,"sku":"9781399621588","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/files\/9781399621588.jpg?v=1783677274","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781399621588","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}