In fairness to "Nigel" he was already preaching to the choir,not only was I a former teenage Duran Duran fan but John was probably my favourite of the fab five,I only have to see his brief yet hysterical cameo in the Arcadia video for "The Flame" to begin laughing out loud!!
I'll always take first hand accounts over someone else writing about a band or artist I like hence why "Notorious"The Biography by Steve Malins is way down my list of "must read" books and why Andy Taylor's "Wild Boy"My Life In Duran Duran is closer to the top.
I enjoyed John's light hearted writing style covering his childhood in the Midlands to the forming of Duran Duran along w/ best friend Nick Rhodes and the meteoric rise to the top that Duran Duran enjoyed between 1981 and 1985 and also the downside of their rise to the top.
His open honesty about female groupies on the road to handling his addictions came across as matter of fact not bragging and his decision to leave the band after "The Wedding Album" in 1993 only to bump into former band mate Simon Le Bon by chance in LA restaurant and get the original line up back together{albeit briefly for Andy Taylor} for "Astronaut" in 2004 is all here.
His "I'm in the band" encounter w/ a non plussed immigration officer at JFK airport in 1981 on the bands first American tour is a personal highlight for me in a book that was hard to put down once I picked it up.
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