The story of a boy's obsessive relationship with pop: from the author's audience with The Beatles (aged 3); his confessions as a pubescent prog rocker; a youthful gymnastic dalliance with northern soul; the radical effects of punk on his politics; school homework and 70s fashion; playing in crap bands and failing to impress girls; writing for the NME by accident; discovering the mundane truth of the average rock lifestyle and knowing when to ditch it all for what really matters. From his four minutes with MC Hammer to four days on tour with Napalm Death, it's a life-affirming journey through the land where ordinary life and pop come together to make music.