Never Enough [Paperback]

Jeff Apter (Author), Jeffjeff Apterapter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2007

The first major, definitive biography of these post-punk survivors. Never Enough traces The Cure’s roots in middle-class Crawley, Sussex, and tracks their gradual rise, revealing how their first major album Pornography, almost ended the band well before their multi-platinum career began.

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About the Author

Jeff Apter is an Australian-based music writer, who has been reporting on popular culture for the past 15 years. He spent five years as the Music Editor at Australian Rolling Stone. This is his third book, the first two being on The Red Hot Chili Peppers (published by Omnibus Press) and Silverchair. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Omnibus Press (November 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0825673402
• ISBN-13: 978-0825673405
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #441,309 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jeff Apter is one of Australia's foremost writers of non-fiction. He has written more than a dozen acclaimed biographies, including studies of Keith Urban, Jeff Buckley, Silverchair, cricketer Michael Slater and the Finn brothers. In 2011 he co-wrote two bestsellers, A Little Bird Told Me (with Kasey Chambers) and Dirty Deeds (with Mark Evans) and also released Chasing the Dragon: The Life and Death of Marc Hunter.
He has contributed to Rolling Stone (where he spent five years as Music Editor), the Sydney Morning Herald, Vogue, GQ, Australian Hi-Fi and the renowned Rock's Back Pages website. Jeff lives on the New South Wales south coast with his wife Diana, his children Elizabeth Asha and Christian Jai, and is represented worldwide by literary agent Curtis Brown.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a band-ography for Cure fans, September 21, 2006

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Mary A. Groves "M" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Never Enough: The Story of the Cure (Hardcover)

It's nice to have a Cure biography and there is a heck of a lot of history to go through. In a way it's nice to have the book to make sense of all the different line-ups, who did what when, and how and why everyone came to be in the band.

Also the story in the beginning about Robert's brother taking him to the Isle of Wight festival is priceless. I won't say anymore here so that you'll go get the book!

It probably could be better but there's still enough good info in there for Cure fans that they won't be dissapointed. Another important thing to mention is that he interviewed Lol Tolhurst, and some other former members, so you get more than one perspective on the old days, which is cool.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For now, the QUINTESSENTIAL biography of the greatest band ever!! The Cure!!, October 16, 2006

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Gregory Orozco "Willy Wonko" (Las Cruces, New Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Never Enough: The Story of the Cure (Hardcover)

A Great!! GREAT! Book. Starting from when Lol Tolhurst, Mike Dempsey, Simon Gallup, and Robert Smith joined and from other band join ins and outs. Talks an awful lot of Robert Smiths life as a child with his childhood friend and former bandmate Lol Tolhurst. Incredible book!! There is alot more tho that I would have wanted to see. THe author cut off at some songs when introducing an album to speed up the book. Alot of songs were left unspoken of which kinda ticked me off but other than that I LOVED it!!

For Cure fans alike this book is a MUST read!!! It's great! Don't hesitate, buy it!! You will love it!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Insightful but lacking in parts, January 23, 2009

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Kath (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Never Enough (Paperback)

This is definitely an interesting read if you want to know the dynamics throughout The Cure's history as a band but I was left a little dissatisfied. The author interviewed several band members so you do gain a good perspective on the band. But there was relatively little in the way of Mary Poole's role, and I find it hard to believe that she played a minor part in Robert Smith's songwriting/motivation. Also, as a previous reviewer mentioned, it did bother me that the author seemed to speed through later albums, when I was especially curious about the making of certain songs. And I did notice that, having read a series of interviews, certain points were skipped over - such as the fact that Fascination Street was written in reference to Bourbon Street (unless that's not true either??). Seemed odd to me that the author would dwell on 3 Imaginary Boys but would glaze over Disintegration.

I do recommend this book, don't get me wrong. Just don't expect it to answer every question in relation to The Cure.