Joey McQueen was a failed pop star who, once his one hit wonder and 15 minutes of fame were over, decided to make a living as a David Bowie impersonator. He lived to be Bowie and was Ziggy Stardust, on stage and off. True, he was just a one hit wonder, who didn't progress musically like Bowie, but he didnt give up or walk away and was much more than a tribute act. Then one day Joey won GBP123 million pounds on the lottery. Suddenly he has the chance to make all his dreams come true. He decided to transform himself into the world`s number one David Bowie impersonator.
Pop historians are somewhat cruel in their assessment of Joey, and their treatment of his contribution to the story book of rock is a scandal, but then Joey never was meant to appeal to them. His audience was Bowie fans, they were his public.
Joey says: "Until there was David Bowie, I only had real life. Now my real life is being David Bowie"
In his trademark journalistic way of writing, Garry Johnson takes us in to the life and times of a Bowie Impersonator, the ups and downs of being someone else and the merciless, overbearing treatment with which the main character was subjected to. Can you be someone else without losing yourself? Read on and find out...
Author Biography
GARRY JOHNSON is one of Punk Rock`s most enduring and colorful characters. He first appeared as a Poet in the 1980s and has since been a singer, a Rock & Roll Manager, a showbiz tabloid journalist and a professional scammer. More recently he has found a new level of fame and admiration as songwriter for Swedish rocker Soren Sulo Karlsson and for surviving 5 heart attacks and life-saving Triple heart bypass operation. His has been a life lived on the edge. A real-life x-rated soap opera lived in the glare of publicity. Punk Rock Stories And Tabloid Tales traces his JOURNEY from the BACK STREETS OF East London to West End night clubs and The Houses Of Parliament. This is the fascinating and true story of a genuine Cockney Rebel who infiltrated Fleet Street and the world of Showbiz. A man described by music writer Dominic Warwick as "Charles Dickens for the Punk Generation". Gal`s words painted vivid pictures of rebel youth growing up in a world portrayed by low-life politicians. His poems and song lyrics were a window to a teenage underworld of unemployment, violence and fast drugs. But he balanced that nihilism with a passion for life and a raging social conscience. Garry hated bigotry as much as he despised what passed for authority. He was the real voice of the street and his book of poems `Boys Of The Empire` is considered a classic piece of writing.
Garry has written a long list of titles, most recently Punk Rock Stories and Tabloid Tales, and Serial Killer to mention two.
