Steve Kilbey, singer-songwriter of The Church, on his new book Something Quite Peculiar

Steve Kilbey formed The Church in the late '70s, finding international acclaim with songs like Unguarded Moment, Under the Milky Way and Almost With You. He chats to Andrew Cattanach about his new memoir Something Quite Peculiar.
For more details about Something Quite Peculiar go to - www.booktopia.com.au/something...

[@AudiophileTubes]

Steve Kilbey is a consummate artist! His talent and uniqueness is unmatched! LOVE him!

[@ACERAMGAD]

yes indeed ..he is great! A very thoughtful person and magnificent artist!

[@xyzdna5288]

I would love to share my ideas with him someday., I love the sound and the ecliptic sound and ways that the music movies into his dream state.

[@xyzdna5288]

I bet after 10 yrs i might be able to make a song..

[@TZGreg]

I'm halfway through Steve's book at the moment. A highly entertaining read.

[@Machinegunmomma]

You gotta dig his open honest style that's what does it for me with Kilbey, just lays it on the line deal with it! I love it!

[@petersemmens7398]

Thank you Mr. Kilbey...............THANKYOU....EARTH.

[@davidsaunders2414]

It is a fantastic book! One of the best memoirs of any genre, let alone rock musician. He's brutally honest about himself - and lots of other people. The only criticism, which is one I've seen written elsewhere, is that the end appears a bit rushed and the last 10 years of Kilbey's life are glossed over as almost irrelevant. But the stuff on his early life is very very funny, the observations he makes about blowing it for the band every time they were about to hit the big time and his heroin addiction are sobering. Great read

[@mebeasensei]

Agreed. Started to think it would finish at 'Milky Way'. Wanted to know about the Sometime Anywhere and the mid-90s album and especially how he and the band interpreted the change to computer driven music from acid-house, drum 'n bass and how they kept on plodding away with old rock beats etc. No mention.

[@mcdonaldgeraldmark]

Mr. Kilbey is great musician and fantastically talented songwriter. I sure hope Something Quite Peculiar makes its way up to northern Canada.

[@glabpat]

a great interview. thank you. He was charming.

[@comedybeersexappeal]

He really does write some amazing songs. Talented man.

[@desertrance]

Love this man! Cant wait to read this!!

[@modsleix6]

There's an empty slot on my bookshelf reserved for this book, right next to my copies of Deborah Curtis' _'Touching From A Distance'_ and Mark Burgess' _'View From A Hill'_...

[@comedybeersexappeal]

Steve's one of a kind. Those classic albums stand the test of time! I saw both Marty and Steve live (separately) in a room of less than 50 people. It was simply amazing experience. It felt like family.

[@KaleidoscopeMagic]

Great writers make great speakers.... love him and his analyticalness...

[@Mandrake591]

Steve is a smart and honest man. Perseverance really is the key, sustained resilience manifests itself in a creative way that is inspiring..........

[@rexmundi2237]

Great book, great band, great songwriter. Usually not interested at at-all in 'The Early Years' but Kilbey writes extremely well about his childhood; especially about what a precocious little monster he was as a five year old. Hilarious and heartwarming.

[@sirenbrian]

Thanks for posting this interview, very interesting!

[@katrinatotten4847]

Iwas unaware Steven had a book out!!..I am going to get it!! He is such a genuis!! Very eclectic..artiste....

[@peregrinemccauley7819]

Thanks .

[@joceliarthurbauermann4147]

Good.

[@trixyb6869]

Kilbey the consummate consummator!

[@davidleegoth]

the nerve to persevere !

[@charlotia]

I cannot find it. Any ideas?

[@TSPH1992]

He looks like a nice guy

[@ACERAMGAD]

lolol...hehehehehehe...he prolly is!

[@Machinegunmomma]

Don't listen to Greg Dulli- the personal childhood stories are all wonderful, I love them! :D

[@BasswipeNC]

No matter what rock star you talk to they will mention The Beatles or Jimmy Page. Even younger artists.

[@framodcole]

Love Kilbey. Love The Church. BUT....also a dose of reality. He's nobody's friend. Not sure people call him first when they are in trouble. Great artist. Brilliant. Talented. But also shite like so many other artists. Won't stop me from loving his work but I also won't take a memoir as gospel. And to Kilbey's point, gospel's shouldn't be memoirs and vice versa.

[@dirkhartog7438]

Very early in the book Kilbey is quite frank about going through a "sulky stage", "arrogant and blase stage" and an "ugly junkie phase". None of those traits, particularly the last, makes you think he would make a reliable or good friend but whether he is/was or not is largely irrelevant to whether you enjoy the book.

[@ACERAMGAD]

lol..@3:01...Write about it anyway!!! and truly I can't recall any song you've written that is rubbish...and I have heard many great musicians say along the way, say they weren't good...ik what you mean.

[@peterfallows6802]

If only he could become a christian

[@DavidAndrewsPEC]

It's all about the audacity of creating stuff!

[@Rikitocker]

Touring is fucking awful ... done it ... hated it ... that's when bands go south ... boredom ... monotony ... away from home, loved ones and comforts ... being at war is right ... just total disconnection in the end ... so drugs and booze come in to mitigate the situation, usually with bad results.

[@Gav671]

Prose poetry mate...stick to what you're good at.