Well, it's not just about Culture Club, but about that whole time period of British new wave, but I would recommend Like Punk Never Happened by Dave Rimmer. It does have extensive stuff on Culture Club and covers all four members of the band, not just Boy George. It actually gives a much fairer well rounded picture of Culture Club, than Boy George's autobiography who to me tends to be very self serving on Boy George's part and demeans the other members of the band and their contributions. I would definitely recommend you get Like Punk Never Happened if you have any interest in that whole time period of music.

Annika said:

Thank you, I'll look it up!The reason I'm asking is actually because I just started reading Boy George's autobiography, and I'd be curious to understand what the band dynamics were like from a different perspective. It's funny, because sometimes the tone seems to imply that he understands what an immature, melodramatic twat the stories he's telling make him look like, and is telling them at his own expense in a deadpan, self-depricating sort of way, and there are others where it's really not clear whether he realises in retrospect that he was acting kind of nuts. Also, I'm just curious as to how the dynamic would have worked in general, they all seem so different, especially when the band first formed...

Interesting post. I have to admit that I probably have a minority opinion about George. Most people seem to think that he is this great guy and accept everything he says at face value. It's good that you're willing to question what he says and realize that they might be another side. Many fans after reading his autobiography kind of turned against the other guys in the band especially Jon Moss saying they were bad people and never seeing George's role in things. To me, he doesn't show much self awareness about how much of a jerk he can really be. Most of the time he tends to blame other people and try to make them look bad, instead of looking at himself.

Yes, the other members of Culture Club are very different than George in their personality. That doesn't make them bad people, just different. They are far less confrontational than George so I think they are reluctant to tell their side of their story. They are probably afraid of making him angry. He gets very angry and vindictive if anyone criticizes him. Also, they feel no one would listen to their side of the story since so many people see the band as just George and act like they don't matter. The other members of Culture Club have always been far more generous towards him than he has every been to them in their pubic comments.

Yes, I really enjoyed Worried about the Boy. But in that movie they definitely softened his rough edges and played down the bitchy side of him and made him seem more likeable than he is in reality. But I can understand why they did that. Who wants to watch a movie about a self centered bitchy person? No one. You want to identify with the main character in any film.

Yes, I suppose you have a point. I've stopped reading now, he's too self-righteous and I'm afraid it'll ruin the music for me. I think I'll just picture Douglas Booth while jamming to Clock of the Heart for the 17th time today.