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Before We Was We

The Making of Madness by Madness

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Before We Was We

By: Madness
Narrated by: Mike Barson, Mark Bedford, Chris Foreman, Graham McPherson, Lee Thompson, Dan Woodgate, Cathal Smyth
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Shortlisted for the Best Ensemble Narration Award at the New York Festival Radio Awards 2020.

This is Madness' story in their own words - with each band member featuring as a narrator. This audiobook features snippets of 13 rehearsal recordings including some of the band’s best loved songs as well as featuring a new bonus track, ‘Before We Was We’.

In their own words they each look back on their shared adventures. Playing music together, riding freight trains, spraying graffiti and stealing records. Walking in one another's footsteps by day and rising up through the city's exploding pub music scene by night. Before We Was We is irreverent, funny and full of character. Just like them.

Audio updated as of 18 October 2019.

©2019 Mike Barson, Mark Bedford, Chris Foreman, Graham McPherson, Cathal Smyth, Lee Thompson, Dan Woodgate (P)2019 Penguin Audio Entertainment & Celebrities Celebrity Funny Witty
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This is the most enjoyable and satisfying rock autobiography you'll ever listen to. Whoever edited it deserves a medal, too.

Pure, unadulterated joy

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Madness is brilliant in this recount of their origins in a story that feels like it was created by Charles Dickens.

Madness is Brilliant

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As a long time fan of the band Madness I really enjoyed this story of not just how the band came to be but of their lives prior to being in the band.

I have recommended this book to fellow madness fans and others.
Each member speaking in their own voice about their own experience made the book even more enjoyable.

Hoping there will be a follow on titled When We Were We, with each band member describing their experience of being Madness, hearing each members experience as you can with this book and seeing this unique experience from each their’s point of view.

The madness of the members of Madness youth

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