Chris Knox - by Craig Robertson (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The story of the man, the music, the art, the attitude. Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly tells the story of one extraordinarily creative man's journey from the obscurity of punk rock to the heart of New Zealand culture.

Review Quotes

'I felt Chris's presence strongly throughout. I could hear his voice and picture him in a way that felt very real. Past events felt authentic and vivid as though Robertson was there in the background taking notes. Chris comes across as all the things we know he is: likeable, funny, talented, highly intelligent; sometimes caustic, very often opinionated! It's a big book for a big personality.' -- Alec Bathgate, Tall Dwarfs

'It isn't every day you meet someone whose art and whose life are one and the same thing: a person living the art they make. I met one such person when Chris Knox and I ended up in the same van for a week in 1995. Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly tells, in meticulous detail, the story of his life, which is also to say that it reveals, clarifies and magnifies his art. In so doing it tells a hundred other stories and more, all the things that go into making a life in art. An exemplary rock bio and a crucial read.' -- John Darnielle, The Mountain Goats

About the Author

Craig Robertson is a professor of media studies at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, and the author of The Passport in America: The History of a Document (' provocative' - New York Times) and The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information (' captivating' - The Atlantic). Robertson grew up in Dunedin, New Zealand, where as a student he wrote a thesis on the ' Dunedin Sound', as well as articles for Rip It Up and a fanzine on local bands.