Sugar, Gravy, Pleasure

An Indie Odyssey in Peterborough

Pete Elderkin

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Troubador Publishing
28 July 2024

"Growing up in Peterborough, voted the ‘worst place to live in England & the UK’, certainly had its challenges. But a love for Nick Cave’s band and a passion for indie music launched the author, Pete Elderkin, on a series of extraordinary events while following a dream to reach that holy grail for rock groups, a BBC Radio One John Peel session. Sugar, Gravy, Pleasure details the ups and downs of being in the wrong place and time while trying to DJ and run an exciting alternative music club in what seemed a hostile, provincial environment.

This is a wry, self-deprecating memoir set over eleven years and telling the true story of The Sugar Club and how it, improbably, became one of the longest running nightclubs in the UK. It captures, with first-hand contributors, the fun experiences and social history of the unique 1990s and 2000s, when the Grunge and Britpop scenes came from out of nowhere to the forefront of the UK music scene.

""I loved it. A beautiful, big-hearted book. Sugar, Gravy, Pleasure is a love letter to a lost time when music was at the centre of the universe."" Tony Parsons, journalist, broadcaster and author."

By: Pete Elderkin
Imprint: Troubador Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
ISBN: 9781805144281
ISBN 10: 1805144286
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 28 July 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Pete Elderkin was born and grew up in Woodston, Peterborough. In 2002 he moved to New Zealand, where he works in the profit for purpose sector, and lives in Auckland with his wife Jane and their boys Nate and Alfred.

Reviews for Sugar, Gravy, Pleasure: An Indie Odyssey in Peterborough

"""I loved it. A beautiful, big-hearted book. Sugar, Gravy, Pleasure is a love letter to a lost time when music was at the centre of the universe."" -- Tony Parsons"