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Want
to read about 10cc? There have only been two books published about
the band and here are their details:
"The
10CC Story" by George Tremlett
1976, Futura Publications Ltd, ISBN 0 8600 7378 5
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Written
by a professional music biographer (the list of Tremlett's other
books includes biographies of David Bowie, David Essex, The
Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Alvin Stardust, John Lennon
and Rod Stewart), this well-researched and complimentary book
about 10cc suffered from the timing of its release. Written
up to the period when the band started recording How Dare You,
there is mention of the gizmo and of Strawberry South, but nothing
about the impending split that must have occurred soon after
the book was published. This single event rendered the book
out of date as soon as it appeared and there is nothing in the
text to suggest that there were any problems in the band. Best
quote in the book, with hindsight, comes from Lol Creme: "I
think the relationships within our group are such that we'll
be able to sort out problems when they crop up…and there's nothing
really that could be so great that we couldn't sort it out…"
Oops!
Having
said that, the history of the four members of 10cc is well researched
and the book is full of praise for the band so this is well
worth reading if you come across it.
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"The
Worst Band in the World: The Definitive Biography of 10cc" by Liam
Newton
2000,
Minerva Press, ISBN 0 75410 311 0
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With
a foreword by Graham Gouldman, an afterword by Eric Stewart,
and the enthusiasm and dedication of author Liam Newton, this
is a labour of love that traces the formative years of the band,
the heights of success and the lows that followed. The passage
of time has allowed thorny issues, such as the departure of
Godley and Creme in 1976 and the post-1983 10cc offerings, to
be analysed by the key players without judgements being clouded
and the author rounds things off by suggesting what might have
happened had the original band stayed together. This is a must-read
for all 10cc fans and I doubt whether any other collection of
10cc facts and trivia exists anywhere else, whether in printed
form or on the internet
"...anyone
with an interest in pop music should be pleased with this hitherto
missing chapter on its history" (Stockport Express, Wednesday
April 5th 2000, page 4)
"…a
certain Manchester foursome were overlook by pop history…until
now. Finally the book gets written on 10cc…" (Manchester Evening
News, Friday April 21st 2000, page 9)
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