Matt Goss has been a staple part of British tabloid life for years—yet, the general public has had no idea of the astounding life that he has led behind the headlines and sound bites. Here, for the first time, he takes them into his confidence and reveals the true extent of his own astounding tale. Matt was brought up in a financially frustrated south London family, but fo
Matt Goss has been a staple part of British tabloid life for years—yet, the general public has had no idea of the astounding life that he has led behind the headlines and sound bites. Here, for the first time, he takes them into his confidence and reveals the true extent of his own astounding tale. Matt was brought up in a financially frustrated south London family, but fortunes changed rapidly he helped create Bros—a band that sold sixteen million records in an intensely chaotic and record-breaking reign over the world's pop charts. Yet after those bizarre and insane times, Matt's life became even more tempestuous, crammed with inner fear, personal revelation and unforeseen challenges. This is the account of a man who can truly say that he has experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.
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Paperback
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320 pages
Published
October 1st 2005
by HarperCollins UK
(first published March 14th 2005)
I approached this book unaware to some extent of what occurred during the Bros days, and afterwards. Reading this now I have absolutely no idea how Matt and Luke survived the hysteria! Then the aftermath, that was something I knew nothing about. At the time of it all happening, tabloids were the last thing I would have read! I'm also not a fan of tabloids anyway, I've always found them guilty of making things up and reading what Matt has written I was not far away in t
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I approached this book unaware to some extent of what occurred during the Bros days, and afterwards. Reading this now I have absolutely no idea how Matt and Luke survived the hysteria! Then the aftermath, that was something I knew nothing about. At the time of it all happening, tabloids were the last thing I would have read! I'm also not a fan of tabloids anyway, I've always found them guilty of making things up and reading what Matt has written I was not far away in that assumption was I?
The book is well written and honest in a way I've never encountered before, I have laughed, I've been shocked and I was to tears. Matt is a few months my elder so much of what he said I found interested and he shares the same musical influences as myself. His love for Duran Duran, that has won me over, but other name checked bands, that resonated with me. Also his dislike of physics, mirrors mine, although I am not sure what grade he received, maybe even worse than mine!!
There are so many events I'd like to comment about but there are too many. The death of his sister by a drunken driver. The press treatment they received was a disgrace, I do not think I would have coped with what the family went through.
The fans, well I admit I'm a hard-core fan of Duran Duran and that band has its nut cases as have some other bands I've been around in my life but the fan who gave him the frozen turkey?? That just defies belief. How on earth the family coped with all those fans on his front all the time and all the fans following him 24/7, to give Matt his credit here he does not complain one bit about this but you have to wonder how he coped.
The accounts of the press reports are what got me, some of the unforgivable things they did, I would have gone mental, not very nice for family to read about when they know it's all made up. The thing is I truly believe that if Matt and Luke had not left the UK when they both did they would have been victims of the phone hacking scandals that have rocked the British Press recently.
I was in tears reading about his initial start in America and what happened to him. A less stronger person would have not dealt with it and I believe Matt probably had severe depression at one stage with what he described and to pull yourself out of that black hole is admirable. I'm pleased that he never gave up, never stopped giving up because nothing would have given the press in this country more pleasure than to see him give up. It takes a very strong person to do that. That is the one negative point of the press in this country, they build you up and then they take the greatest pride in knocking you down, which is awful, despicable in a way.
I have so much respect for this man, as I said I never liked Bros, but nobody needs treating like this. He is strong and the guy is so talented, believe me, if you don't have some talent you don't have a best-selling show in Caesars Palace do you?
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My sister was a HUGE Bros fan back in the day so I was mildly interested in what had really transpired behind the scenes. I had no idea how much Matt Goss, the lead singer and frontman, had suffered after the band broke up. Shocking stuff.
Ultimately, this is a tale of redemption from an artist who refuses to let the music world ignore him, and it seems to be paying off! I'll be checking out Goss' recent work after reading this wonderfully honest book.