Books by Chris

Chris has written and published two books:

Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible and Fried: My Life As a Revolting Cock

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When hardcore industrial rocker and Ministry supremo Al Jourgensen recruited Chris Connelly as a singer for the Revolting Cocks, the young Scottish lad could hardly have imagined the mayhem that was about to ensue.

As an integral part of Jourgensen’s Mad Max-like mutant family of musicians, Connelly joined a drug-crazed travelling circus. Live shows were transformed into an ear-splitting redneck disco from hell, under the influence of a mind-boggling cocktail of every conceivable narcotic, with sleazy strippers and even reports of live cattle on stage.

As well as Jourgensen and all the Wax Trax! crew, the book features cameo appearances by Ogre of Skinny Puppy, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, Killing Joke, Jah Wobble, and Cabaret Voltaire.

Despite the unrelenting chaos, both Ministry and the Revolting Cocks have been immensely successful; Connelly appeared on two US gold albums (The Land of Rape and Honey and The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste) and worked as songwriter on the million-plus selling platinum album Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs.

Connelly’s superbly written, funny, irreverent, and sometimes downright scary memoir is one of the finest portrayals of a man trapped in the eye of a post-punk industrial storm this side of Armageddon.

Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible and Fried: My Life As a Revolting CockAvailable December 2007 (UK), February 2008 (US) from SAF Publishing
256 pages in paperback
ISBN-10: 0946719950 or ISBN-13: 978-0946719952

Confessions of the Highest Bidder: Poems and Songwords, 1982-1996

Poetry can be saved by rock music, says Chris Connelly, and any fan of his music would agree. Chris is a true songwriter, crafting beautiful music to accompany lyrical images. His first book, Confessions of the Highest Bidder, allows his songwords to stand alone and shine for themselves. To prove that Chris is not only a great musician but also a true poet, additional unreleased songwords and poems are included in this book.

The idea for publishing Chris’s song lyrics and poetry surfaced in 1996, during an online chat. Multiple fans urged Chris to make his work available in print, and shortly after, Chris began compiling. The final result was released in 1999.

Take a peek at two of Chris’s submissions for the book: Stone Cut Scissors (1992) and Wake #1, #2, #3 (1990).

Confessions of the Highest Bidder: Poems and Songwords, 1982-1996
Available June 1999 from KB Publishing
112 pages in hardcover
ISBN 0966406508
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