Book Extract – Did Simple Minds, Adam Ant or the threat of nuclear war drive me to drink?

After quarter of a century of time wasted, getting wasted, music writer and cofounder of Thequietus.comJohn Doran cleaned up his act. Inevitably he wondered if something had happened while he was 13 that had made him into such a bad piss artist. He had several suspects but who was to blame? Simple Minds, Adam Ant or the threat of nuclear holocaust? Following his guest column on is book Jolly Lad, listen to an extract from the audio version.

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