Album artwork for Up Above the City, Down Beneath the Stars by Barry Adamson

In Up Above the City, Down Beneath the Stars, the enigmatic Barry Adamson shines a probing light into his own heart of darkness.

Born in the black and white world of post-industrial Manchester, Adamson saw music as a chance to turn his world technicolour. Propelled into punk via Magazine, he was the founding bass player in Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, before stumbling too far down a dark, drug-induced path.

Adamson steers the reader through a mix of harrowing, tragic, funny and often life-affirming straights. Throughout it all, music – be it bass lines, melodies or film soundtracks – is the glue that binds a myriad of memories.

Written in Adamson’s distinctive and cinematic noir style, and including personal photographs throughout, Up Above the City, Down Beneath the Stars is an original and powerful memoir, full of suspense, humour and candour.

Barry Adamson

Up Above the City, Down Beneath the Stars

Omnibus
Album artwork for Up Above the City, Down Beneath the Stars by Barry Adamson
Hardback +

£20.00

signed

Signed by Barry Adamson

Signed Copy
Released 05/12/2023Catalogue Number

9781913172619signed

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Barry Adamson

Up Above the City, Down Beneath the Stars

Omnibus
Album artwork for Up Above the City, Down Beneath the Stars by Barry Adamson
Hardback +

£20.00

signed

Signed by Barry Adamson

Signed Copy
Released 05/12/2023Catalogue Number

9781913172619signed

Learn more

In Up Above the City, Down Beneath the Stars, the enigmatic Barry Adamson shines a probing light into his own heart of darkness.

Born in the black and white world of post-industrial Manchester, Adamson saw music as a chance to turn his world technicolour. Propelled into punk via Magazine, he was the founding bass player in Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, before stumbling too far down a dark, drug-induced path.

Adamson steers the reader through a mix of harrowing, tragic, funny and often life-affirming straights. Throughout it all, music – be it bass lines, melodies or film soundtracks – is the glue that binds a myriad of memories.

Written in Adamson’s distinctive and cinematic noir style, and including personal photographs throughout, Up Above the City, Down Beneath the Stars is an original and powerful memoir, full of suspense, humour and candour.