A PRETTY SMART WAY TO CATCH A LOBSTER (THE ALICE IN WONDERLAND YEARS)

Books: A PRETTY SMART WAY TO CATCH A LOBSTER (THE ALICE IN WONDERLAND YEARS)

Blurb

In 1983, 24-year old Christian Paris, bored and with nothing to do and nowhere to go, came up with the idea to start the Alice In Wonderland nightclub in London's Soho. Loosely based on 1960's psychedelia the club was a phenomenal success that lasted virtually a whole decade and led on to the legendary Magical Mystery Trips, records, a film, film festivals, the bizarre Planet Alice shops in London and Los Angeles, their very own Number One pop group and a disastrous partnership with a Beatles daughter. Doctor And The Medics, The Damned, The Cult, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Zodiac Mindwarp, Daisy Chainsaw, The Mission, Alice Cooper, Kylie Minogue, Lemmy, Nico, Prince, Chrissie Hynde, Scr...In 1983, 24-year old Christian Paris, bored and with nothing to do and nowhere to go, came up with the idea to start the Alice In Wonderland nightclub in London's Soho. Loosely based on 1960's psychedelia the club was a phenomenal success that lasted virtually a whole decade and led on to the legendary Magical Mystery Trips, records, a film, film festivals, the bizarre Planet Alice shops in London and Los Angeles, their very own Number One pop group and a disastrous partnership with a Beatles daughter. Doctor And The Medics, The Damned, The Cult, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Zodiac Mindwarp, Daisy Chainsaw, The Mission, Alice Cooper, Kylie Minogue, Lemmy, Nico, Prince, Chrissie Hynde, Screaming Lord Sutch, Vic Reeves, Siouxie Sioux, Johnny Thunders, Primal Scream, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Nigella Lawson, The Troggs, Bob Geldof, Wayne Sleep and Ringo Starr are just some of the well known people who feature as well a bunch of lesser known weird and wonderful characters. So who were the Sex Bitch Goddesses, the Alien Green Jelly Girl, the Exploding Vicar, the Flower Children, the Hoover Davidson, the Nappy Twins, the Angriest Plumber In The World, Lady Posh Knickers, the Smeg Monster and the Weirdo Terrapin Girl? Welcome to the weird, wild, wonderful world of Alice In Wonderland. (more)