RGG April 2015 - p.5
In his first book, “The Wonder Stuff Diaries ‘86-‘89”,
Miles Hunt delves into his personal journals to give a
vivid account of how a young British kid worked his
way up to achieving the success most can only dream
of, as an international touring rock star.
The Wonder Stuff recorded four Top 20 albums and
seventeen Top 20 singles, selling over three million
albums worldwide. “The Wonder Stuff Diaries ‘86-‘89”
recounts the joys and frustrations of the music
business, with an unabated narrative of the impact on
Hunt’s personal life. The book is peppered with both
personal and professional photography, press cuttings
and the unmistakable artwork that represented the
band during these early days.
In the mid-1990s, Hunt hosted MTV Europe’s
‘120 Minutes’ alternative music show and
became one of the first DJs on the fledgling
XFM. His decade-spanning career even
includes a Number 1 with ‘Dizzy’ featuring
Vic Reeves. The Wonder Stuff are still
actively touring, regularly selling out the
Shepherds Bush O2 Empire and
Birmingham O2 Academy as well as
many other venues up and down the
UK. Some highlights of their career
include: Being the first indie band
to headline a stadium show
(Bescot, June 1991), four
consecutive sold out Brixton
Academy and Town & Country
shows (1991) and the biggest
bar spend at both The Brixton
Academy (1991) and The
Forum (2001).
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You can catch Miles performing his show @ The Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton on 5th April.
The show consists of 2 halves. In the first half Miles reads from the book and plays a handful of
songs from around the time (1986 – 1989). In the second half he reads a bit more and will be
holding a Q&A session with the audience.
“
There was a time when everyone wrote, read or responded to an advert for a band into Joy
Division and Echo and The Bunnymen. This is the story of what happened when one of them made it”
James Brown (journalist)
Celebrating Years
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