This book focuses on John Barrett whose band, Killing Stars, toured the world and enjoyed numerous Top Ten hits while holding on to an integrity they forged through the revolution of punk and new wave. Inevitably, the hits dried up, his time ran out and he's now a washed up alcoholic who considers his current album rubbish and says so on national television. This is an intelligent, literate read covering the legacy of punk, girls loved and lost, friendship, suicide, mortality, where it all went wrong. And right.