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Two Steps Forward, One Step Back : My Life In The Music Business
Miles Copeland - Book - by Miles Copeland
(2021)
My
real story starts with a disaster, an unmitigated,
pull-the-rug-from-under-you, clean-out-the-bank-account disaster. But
had it not happened, The Police would never have risen to become the
biggest rock band in the world; Jools Holland would not have ended up on
TV; The Bangles, The Go-Go s, R.E.M., and many other music stars might
never have made it either. It s strange how a fluke, a disaster, an
unlikely event can lead to incredible results.
But that is in essence what happened to me . . .
Two
Steps Forward, One Step Back tells the extraordinary story of a
maverick manager, promoter, label owner, and all-round legend of the
music industry. It opens in the Middle East, where Miles grew up with
his father, a CIA agent who was stationed in Syria, Egypt, and Lebanon.
It then shifts to London in the late 60s and the beginnings of a career
managing bands like Wishbone Ash and Curved Air only for Miles s life
and work to be turned upside down by a pioneering yet disastrous
European tour.
From
the ashes of near bankruptcy, Miles enters the world of punk, sharing
office space with Malcolm McLaren and Sniffin Glue, before shifting
gears again as manager of The Police, featuring his brother, Stewart, on
drums. Then, after founding IRS Records, he launches the careers of
some of the most potent musical acts of the new wave scene and beyond,
from Squeeze and The Go-Go s to The Bangles and R.E.M. Finally, the
story comes full circle as Miles finds himself advising the Pentagon on
how to win over hearts and minds in the Middle East and introducing
Arabic music to the United States.
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story, his father would tell him. Sometimes, though, the truth is all you need.
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