{"id":2310496,"date":"2026-03-03T16:10:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2310496"},"modified":"2026-03-03T16:10:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:10:28","slug":"sheffields-musical-history-captured-in-groovy-laidback-and-nasty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sheffields-musical-history-captured-in-groovy-laidback-and-nasty\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield\u2019s musical history captured in \u2018Groovy, Laidback and Nasty&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p-11pt\">A new book chronicling <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skiddle.com\/whats-on\/Sheffield\/\" class=\"bordered bold\">Sheffield\u2019s<\/a> rich musical history is available to pre-order now. <em>Groovy, Laidback and Nasty<\/em>, penned by local music journalist Daniel Dylan Wray, charts Sheffield\u2019s extensive contribution to British music over the past seven decades and includes over 150 interviews from some of the city\u2019s most famous exports.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVUHHm3iClS\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p-11pt\">Described by publisher <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/store.whiterabbitbooks.co.uk\/\" class=\"bordered bold\">White Rabbit Books<\/a> as, \u201cthe first ever truly definitive history of Sheffield music and the city\u2019s incredible array of artists, scenes, movements and moments\u201d, and from a writer whose bylines can be found in the\u00a0pages of The Guardian, DJ Mag and The Quietus, <em>Groovy, Laidback and Nasty<\/em> includes interviews with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skiddle.com\/artists\/richard-hawley-123463355\/\" class=\"bordered bold\">Richard Hawley<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skiddle.com\/artists\/arctic-monkeys-943852\/\" class=\"bordered bold\">Arctic Monkeys<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skiddle.com\/artists\/self-esteem-123569983\/\" class=\"bordered bold\">Self Esteem<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skiddle.com\/artists\/pulp-123511274\/\" class=\"bordered bold\">Pulp<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skiddle.com\/artists\/def-leppard-123511766\/\" class=\"bordered bold\">Def Leppard<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skiddle.com\/artists\/the-human-league-123461725\/\" class=\"bordered bold\">The Human League<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skiddle.com\/artists\/heaven-17-123501076\/\" class=\"bordered bold\">Heaven 17<\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-11pt\"><em>Groovy, Laidback and Nasty<\/em> is set for release in May, and you can pre-order the book now via White Rabbit Books. The publisher also recently announced <em>Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984\u20131994<\/em>, the latest book from legendary music writer Simon Reynolds, and a UK-wide book launch tour from writer and former record shop owner David Keenan in support of his latest novel <em>Boyhood<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-11pt\"><em><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skiddle.com\/whats-on\/Birmingham\/Hare-And-Hounds-Kings-Heath\/Author-Event-Daniel-Dylan-Wray---Groovy-Laidback-and-Nasty\/41971113\/\" class=\"bordered bold\">Buy tickets to Daniel Dylan Wray in conversation with\u00a0Lias Saoudi about his new book in Birmingham here.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p-11pt\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p class=\"p-11pt\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-11pt\"><em><strong>Follow us on\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skiddleuk\/\" class=\"bordered bold\">Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skiddleuk?lang=en\" class=\"bordered bold\">TikTok<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@skiddleuk\" class=\"bordered bold\">Threads<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skiddleuk\/?locale=en_GB\" class=\"bordered bold\">Facebook<\/a>, and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skiddle\" class=\"bordered bold\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0for the latest music and events content.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-11pt\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-11pt\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: inherit; font-family: BuenosAires, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #131313;\" align=\"left\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skiddle.com\/members\/editprivacy\/\" class=\"bordered bold\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p-11pt\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: inherit; font-family: BuenosAires, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #131313;\" align=\"left\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnc.lt\/m\/DcKUEFj1ww?_p=f2533a44f12bc2636b9d0b7f23\" class=\"bordered bold\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.postimg.cc\/fyx06tLt\/Artboard-11-4x-100.jpg\" alt=\"Artboard-11-4x-100\" width=\"327\" height=\"99\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p-11pt\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: inherit; font-family: BuenosAires, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #131313;\" align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js\" nonce=\"00ba83747f66df7241e355e1b41060a7\"><\/script><script nonce=\"00ba83747f66df7241e355e1b41060a7\">\n            !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n                    n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n                n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n        document,'script','\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('set', 'autoConfig',false, '1575009819399399');\n        fbq('set', 'autoConfig',false, '1125788887935179');\n         fbq('init', '1575009819399399');\n            fbq('init', '1125788887935179');\n        fbq('track', \"PageView\");\n        <\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.skiddle.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new book chronicling Sheffield\u2019s rich musical history is available to pre-order now. 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