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Born the son of Scotlands last telescopemaker Stuart Braithwaite was perhaps always destined for a life of psychedelic adventuring on the furthest frontiers of noise in MOGWAI one of the best loved and most groundbreaking postrock bands of the past three decades

Modestly delinquent at school Stuart developed an early appetite for alternative music in what might arguably be described as its halcyon days the late 80s Discovering bands like Sonic Youth My Bloody Valentine and Jesus and Mary Chain and attending seminal gigs often incongruously incognito as a young girl with long hair to compensate for his babyface features by The Cure and Nirvana Stuart compensated for his indifference to school work with a dedication to rock and roll and of course the fledgling hedonism that comes with it

Spaceships Over Glasgow is a love song to live rock and roll to the passionate abandon weve all felt in the crowd and some of us if lucky enough from the stage at a truly incendiary gig It is also the story of a life lived on the edge of the hightimes and hazardous pitstops of international touring with a band of misfits and miscreants

This unabridged audio download narrated by the author features an audiobook exclusive interview with author and screenwriter John Niven