I
am the God of Hellfire, and I bring you…..
“I don't remember the Floyd as vividly as I remember Arthur Brown, 'cos
I mean Arthur Brown, at that time, used to just stand there and insult
the members of the audience in much the same way as people like Johnny
Rotten.” John Peel
“We saw Arthur Brown and his Crazy World and the whole thing was just
an eye-opener to me. He used to sing ‘I am the God of hellfire’ and
then he’d set fire to his fuckin’ head. That told me a lot. I knew
where I was heading from then on.” George Clinton
In 1968, wearing a flaming helmet and sacrilegious robes, Arthur Brown
hit the number-one slot worldwide with his hit single “Fire.” The
English singer has rained a volcano of influence on pop culture ever
since. The original shocker has influenced everyone from Jimi Hendrix to
Marilyn Manson, stopping off at Prodigy, Peter Gabriel and Alice Cooper
en route.
Polly Marshall has produced an in-depth biography that probes every
facet of Arthur Brown’s complex personality. What emerges is not only
a portrait of a counter culture icon and sixties pop star, but also
spiritualist, free thinker, painter and decorator, as well as notorious
outlaw arrested for firearms offences and public nakedness.
Arthur Brown is one of England’s true eccentrics.
ISBN:
0-946719-77-2
Publication date: June 2005
A Hardback original
50 B&W illustrations and photographs
156 x 234mm, 256 pp
UK £18.99 US
$30.00 |
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THE GOD
OF HELLFIRE
The
Crazy Life And Times of Arthur Brown
Polly
Marshall
· Arthur will be performing a 2-hour spectacular in his many guises at
London’s Astoria on March 12th in a show compered by Howard Marks.
· Polly Marshall and Arthur Brown will be undertaking a major publicity
tour to coincide with the book’s publication including national TV,
press and radio.
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