Fried & justified : hits, myths, break-ups and breakdowns in the record business 1978-98
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299).

"The list of bands Mick Houghton worked with in an illustrious career in the music business reads like a Who's Who of some of the greatest, most influential and downright dyfunctional cult groups of the post-punk era and beyond--Ramones, Talking Heads, The Undertones, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Felt, Sonic Youth, The Wedding Present, Spiritualized and Elastica among them. Often sidestepping the major trends in music, his reputation for attracting outsiders led him to working with artists as disparate as Sun Ra, Andrew Oldham, Ken Kesey, Bert Jansch, Stereolab, Mercury Rev and Gorki's Zygotic Mynci. But the three acts Mick is most closely identified with are Echo & the Bunnymen, Julian Cope (and the Teardrop Explodes) and Justified Ancients of Mu Mu/the KLF, in all their guises. Between them, these three played a significant role in shaping the musical landscape of the eighties and nineties, and--confident and co-conspirator--Mick was with their chorus along the way, carefully navigating the minefield of rivalries and contrasting fortunes. It is Mick's indefatigable belief that it was always the music that came first, and it was his knack of attracting so-called difficult and troubled artists that makes Fried & Justified such a candid, amusing and insightful tale"--Cover page [4].