Resist Phony Encores!

Gruff Rhys

Hat & Beard, LLC, 2020 - Art - 280 pages

Resist Phony Encores! is a selective memoir in the form of graphics, images, and mass communications by musician Gruff Rhys. Rhys weaves anecdotes from his life in performance through designer and long-term collaborator Mark James' xeroxed graphics and doctored photos, as well as cue cards, which for the past 15 years Rhys has used as a part of his live performances.

About the author

Gruff Rhys has been releasing records, cassettes, and flexidiscs since 1984 and is 20-something albums into a varied music career as a solo artist and as a member of Super Furry Animals and Neon Neon. He also created two immersive musical plays, Praxis Makes Perfect and Candylion, both with National Theatre Wales, and two feature films, American Interior and Separado! with ie ie productions. His first book, American Interior, published by Penguin, was longlisted for The Guardian First Book Award and shortlisted for The Gordon Burn Prize and The Wales Book of the Year Prize, and also featured a groundbreaking app.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Resist Phony Encores!
• Author: Gruff Rhys
• Photographs by: Mark James
• Publisher: Hat & Beard, LLC, 2020
• ISBN: 1732056110, 9781732056114
• Length: 280 pages
• Subjects: Art / General; Music / General