The Manchester Chronicles - SIGNED COPY

Signed Hardback | The Manchester Chronicles by Clint Boon

Secure your signed copy of The Manchester Chronicles, the exhilarating and deeply personal account of music, culture and chaos in one of the UK’s most iconic music cities.

Written by Clint Boon of Inspiral Carpets, this book captures the rise of the Manchester music scene from punk and post-punk through to Madchester, Britpop and beyond, told by someone who lived it firsthand.

Publishing 3 September 2026, this is set to be an essential read for music fans and a standout title for anyone interested in British music history.

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This work is an exhilarating and highly personal folk-telling of the Manchester music scene, as seen through the eyes and ears (and hair) of one of the city's favourite sons, Clint Boon from the iconic Inspiral Carpets. From early days of punk in the mid-1970s through the crucible of the 1980s indie and psychedelic scenes, the explosion of Madchester, Rave and then Brit Pop in the 1990s, this is an intimately told adventure of an extraordinary musical renaissance. A born storyteller, Clint Boon pieces together a collage of often hilarious stories to give us a unique take on the city's coming of age alongside his own. At art school, rehearsal studios and sweaty gigs, we meet the movers and shakers of Manchester, often well before they were famous, as they came together to forge their identities and put the city on the map.