Up Above the City, Down Beneath the Stars

In Up Above the City, Down Beneath the Stars, the enigmatic Barry Adamson shines a probing light into his own heart of darkness. Born in the black and white world of post-industrial Manchester, Adamson saw music as a chance to turn his world technicolour. Propelled into punk via Magazine, he was the founding bass player in Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, before stumbling too far down a dark, drug-induced path. Adamson steers the reader through a mix of harrowing, tragic, funny and often life-affirming straights. Throughout it all, music be it bass lines, melodies or film soundtracks is the glue that binds a myriad of memories. Written in Adamson s distinctive and cinematic noir style, and including personal photographs throughout, Up Above the City, Down Beneath the Stars is an original and powerful memoir, full of suspense, humour and candour.