Based in Manchester and inspired by Factory Records and the acid house revolution, Backstage Books was founded in 2023 by fashion tycoon Anthony Donnelly of GioGoi and veteran music biographer Simon Spence, with a focus on making books about music, fashion, and art. Backstage Books are an invitation to cultural history and the insider experiences of icons shaping the biggest movements and still influencing streetwear, club culture and music today.
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QUEUE UP AND DANCE DAVE EVANS
REMEMBERING QUADRANT PARK 1990-1991
"Queue Up And Dance" is a collection of interviews and memories about the famous Quadrant Park nightclub in Bootle, Liverpool, compiled and edited by artist Dave Evans. Released October 7 2025, it features the perspectives of club-goers and DJs to capture the club's cultural significance, with an introduction by Emma Warren
Quadrant Park was the UK’s first legal rave all-nighter, growing popular in early 1990 and closing at the end of 1991. It played a pivotal role in the evolution of club culture in the North West and beyond
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A CELEBRATION OF THE OASIS REUNION AND THE MANCHESTER MUSIC SCENE, FEATURING NOEL GALLAGHER, IAN BROWN, GIOGOI, NEW ORDER, THE STONE ROSES, HAPPY MONDAYS, PULP, PRIMAL SCREAM, THE FARM, AND MANY MORE – PLUS AN EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT FROM AN UNPUBLISHED BIOGRAPHY OF LIAM GALLAGHER, STELLIFIED IN THE WHITE-HOT HEAT OF KNEBWORTH 1996.
Oasis - Supersonic (Official HD Remastered Video)
BANKSY
WHAT? NO BALL GAMES. PRICK. SLAVE LABOUR. ART BUFF. SPY BOOTH. GIRL WITH THE BALLOON. SHOP TIL YOU DROP. KARMA POLICE & MORE
ROBIN ‘BANKROBBER’ BARTON
THE WORLD'S MOST INFAMOUS ART DEALER
ON THE CONTROVERSIAL MULTI-MILLIONS HE MADE AND LOST FROM BANKSY’S STREET ART
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“ROBIN BANKSY : A TALE OF TWO ROBINS”
DEPECHE MODE - VINCE
“Loving dissection of the band's early years... smart and thorough” VICTORIA SEGAL, MOJO
“Sex and spirituality” PETER ROSS
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“Impressive" THE QUIETUS
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“A special kind of pop biography” DER SPIEGEL
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‘Completely convincing… despite the numbing repetition that underscores the story, every page is interesting. [The author’s] conviction about Nancy Spungen’s murder is just the sort of straight talk that everyone else tried to avoid.’ GREIL MARCUS, Mystery Train
Feedback for Excess All Areas 'An amazing musical narrative compellingly told' Mojo
