Before We Was We
Madness by Madness

Impossible to put down Heading the story of the band’s early years from their very own mouths, added an element of realism to the whole fame/success thing that can be missing from a straight bio. I must be getting old, because I found myself incredibly disappointed in the band’s continued light finger......more

I enjoyed this book a lot and including every member of the band's thoughts added a lot to the story. I did feel a bit sad that Cathal's voice felt quite separate from the rest of the band somehow. Like their first album his picture isn't included in the front of the book and sometimes the story doe......more

A very entertaining audiobook, read by the different members of the band, covering childhood up to the release of My Girl, which turned them from a Ska band into a pop group, or even a boyband. It’s very well told by the band, and it’s particularly good when Two Tone becomes a movement and the band......more

Not the best written book you will ever read, it's more like a magazine article than a book, and I'd imagine the Audiobook is even better than the printed word. A fascinating insight into growing up in post war London - I must admit I really didn't like the band as people initially but as they grow......more

Interesting book about madness and their run up to fame. They were very typical of the boys you’d come across in London in 70s; bit loud, bit leery and quite daft. For the madness crew they were lucky, they got out and turned their teenage nonsense into a pretty lucrative and enduring music act. The......more