Justin Currie - Del Amitri - The Strange Brew

As Del Amitri’s frontman, Justin Currie steered a band that slipped between categories: too sharp to be lumped in with soft rock, too direct to be claimed by the indie underground. From the social commentary of Nothing Ever Happens to the breezy pop of Roll to Me, their songs are lodged in the public imagination. With the release of his memoir The Tremolo Diaries, Justin offers a portrait of life on the road, of ageing within an industry that rarely looks back, and of coming to terms with Parkinson’s disease – a condition he writes about with humour and occasional exasperation. Far from the mythology of rock’n’roll excess, the book and this discussion capture the monotony and absurdity of touring life.