A TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
A Best Pop Music Book of 2026 - The Herald
'Perceptive analysis (and) also a fundamentally human story... this superb book rues Adamson's absence while celebrating his music's still audibly beating heart.'5/5 MOJO
The official biography of former Big Country frontman chronicling his career highs and tragic death.
This is the story of Stuart Adamson, co-founder of not one but two seminal Scottish post-punk groups, The Skids and Big Country. But this is a book that is about much more than music.
Stay Alive is about alcoholism, abuse, family, fame, addiction, depression and working-class pride. And along the way there are stories of drug busts, debauchery, flag burning, fist-fights, prison escapes and riots, with a revolving cast of characters from The Clash to the Rolling Stones.
For the first time, both of Stuart Adamson's wives, children and bandmates tell their side of the story: unflinching, funny and brutally honest.
| ISBN: | 9781917923538 |
| Publication date: | 26th March 2026 |
| Author: | Scott Rowley |
| Publisher: | New Modern an imprint of Putman Publishing |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 400 pages |
| Genres: |
Popular music Biography: arts and entertainment Health, illness and addiction: social aspects |
A TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
A Best Pop Music Book of 2026 - The Herald
'Perceptive analysis (and) also a fundamentally human story... this superb book rues Adamson's absence while celebrating his music's still audibly beating heart.'5/5 MOJO
The official biography of former Big Country frontman chronicling his career highs and tragic death.
This is the story of Stuart Adamson, co-founder of not one but two seminal Scottish post-punk groups, The Skids and Big Country. But this is a book that is about much more than music.
Stay Alive is about alcoholism, abuse, family, fame, addiction, depression and working-class pride. And along the way there are stories of drug busts, debauchery, flag burning, fist-fights, prison escapes and riots, with a revolving cast of characters from The Clash to the Rolling Stones.
For the first time, both of Stuart Adamson's wives, children and bandmates tell their side of the story: unflinching, funny and brutally honest.
Stay Alive features in the following genres: Popular music, Biography: arts and entertainment, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects
Stay Alive is available in Hardback
Stay Alive was written by Scott Rowley and published by New Modern an imprint of Putman Publishing
Stay Alive has 400 pages
£22.50