Joe Shooman

About the only thing to give me pleasure with this 'unofficial & unauthorised' biography of the band, Kasabian is that I did not contribute to the author's coffers, but helped to soften the blow to a previous owner.

The blurb refers to exclusive interviews with 'key players': this may be true but it does rather read as the stitching together of a few dubious magazine articles. On arriving at the final page, I did not feel that I had received any enlightenment upon the band's raison d'etre. It may seem like nit-picking, but my concerns were aroused early in the tome when Mr Shooman referred, several times, to the Demontford Hall: I wonder if this is anywhere near the De Montfort Halls? A little thing, but an indication that little checking of facts had occurred.

Kasabian are a great band from the hallowed turf of Leicester - undoubtedly the cultural capital of the universe (I wonder if you can guess my home city?) and they deserve better than this.… (meer)