Kid Congo Powers is a guitarist and singer-songwriter best known for his work with The Gun Club, the Cramps, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. He is currently the frontman for Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds. He lives in Tucson, AZ.
Chris Campion is a British author, journalist, editor,
and music producer. His writing, exploring the extremities of
popular culture, as well as its beating heart, has been published
in The Guardian, LA Times, The Telegraph, Rolling Stone, Bizarre,
and Vice.
"Kid Congo Powers has lived an amazing life and his bands (founding
member of the Gun Club, the Cramps, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and
Pink Monkey Birds among others) need no introduction. He found punk
in the streets of Los Angeles--right place, right time--and it
allowed him his self-expression: sexually, culturally, musically
and, of course, the drugs. The book follows him as he does time in
these bands, each with its own fascinating dynamic, while the
spiral of drug use, interrupted by bouts of being clean, continues
to drag him down. His keen insight makes for vivid descriptions of
scenes, some pretty crazed band dynamics and some wanton
self-destructive behavior. Luckily he pulled through and lived to
write about it."--Thrasher Magazine
**A Los Angeles Times Bestseller** **A California Independent
Booksellers Alliance Bestseller** Vanity Fair, "7 Books We Can't
Stop Talking About"
"Powers imbues his epic coming-of-age story with a narrative
tension that ping pongs between on-and-off drug abuse (eventually
fully off) and a complicated musical partnership with legendary Gun
Club maestro Jeffrey Lee Pierce... at turns dark, comedic, and
dishy, with occasional tugs at the heartstrings." --Vanity Fair
"Moving... a hold-on-tight roller coaster ride... beautifully
produced... There's a reason Some New Kind of Kick is popping up on
a lot of Best of 2022 lists."--Boing Boing
"A thoroughly entertaining, can't-put-it-down saga."
--The Ticket (Seattle Times)
"An entertaining, funny, illuminating, and at times harrowing
story... Powers' book is an illuminating insight on how rock 'n'
roll can save, but also destroy."--HeroMag
"Enthralling.... an incredibly compelling story."--Glide
Magazine
"[Some New Kind of Kick is] an autobiography that has taken years
to write and shows the guts this man has. It's also a frank account
of Kid's time growing up, his denial of grief and his own
sexuality, as well as being a brilliant document of his experiences
with said brilliant bands. It's also utterly amazing to
read."--Felten Ink
"[A] whirlwind of discovery and debauchery that is... loaded with
iconic scenes and scenesters..."--Washington Post
"A dreamlike narrative that maintains a kind of spiritual innocence
even as it wades into a sea of rock & roll action, back alley sex,
and drugged glory."--Aquarium Drunkard
"A juicy and humble account of a joyful yet traumatic life spent in
three of the most beloved alternative bands of the 1980s."--The Fat
Angel Sings
"An informative, fun, and easy to read recounting of life on the
frontlines of underground music at a time when there was equal
amounts of danger and excitement in the air; with no easy paths to
take, and little thought of commercial success."--Midnight to
Six
"Immensely entertaining."--Bay Area Reporter
"An entertaining, funny, illuminating, and at times harrowing story
from a man who was slap bang centre of the 80s alternative scene...
Brian Tristan comes across as a really nice guy. Kid Congo Powers
as one of the coolest."--Louder than War
"... Fans of early punk rock will revel in this pungent evocation
of the scene."--Publishers Weekly
"A beautifully edgy tale of a kid discovering himself through
music."
--Booklist
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