Marco Pirroni - Your Money or Your Life (Book) Marco Pirroni

The long-overdue autobiography from renowned and much-loved Adam and the Ants songwriter and guitarist Marco Pirroni.

As the 1980s ushered in a bold new pop era, defiantly casting aside the hostility and austerity of punk, few bands did more to define that flamboyant musical landscape than Adam and the Ants. Their music and image dominated charts, television screens and bedroom walls, leaving an indelible mark on a generation.

At the heart of Ant Music stood Marco Pirroni, providing the driving force behind the band's sound as lead guitarist and co-writer of their most celebrated material, including the number one singles “Prince Charming” and the Ivor Novello Award-winning “Stand and Deliver.”

For the first time, Pirroni tells his side of the story. Tracing his journey from his punk roots through the meteoric rise and eventual collapse of Adam and the Ants in 1982, he offers a candid account of his complicated relationship with Adam Ant, alongside reflections on friends, collaborators and contemporaries from one of the most influential periods in British music.

Long regarded as one of the most authoritative voices on the punk movement, Pirroni combines wit, insight and hard-earned experience in a memoir that is brutally honest, darkly funny and deeply affecting.

Marco Pirroni is an Ivor Novello Award-winning songwriter, guitarist and producer. Working with Adam until the mid-1990s, Marco's subsequent musical career has seen him record, write and play with Sinead O'Connor, The Slits and The Wolfmen.