The perfect book to take with you next time you visit the local barber. Possibly the best account written about the petty tyrannies of tonsorial fashion
- Simon Matthews, author of Before It Went Rotten,
Alan Clayson remains Britain's foremost rock 'n' roll chronicler - and this time round, the focus is on the looks which went with the sounds
- Dick Taylor (The Rolling Stones / The Pretty Things),
Alan has proven himself to be an enlightening and entertaining guide to the byways of popular culture. Who better to write this Hairstory?
- Tom McGuinness (Manfred Mann),
This fascinatingly readable book will grow on readers, whether they are bald or bouffanted
- Graham Sharpe, author of Vinyl Countdown,
To Alan Clayson's many talents - writer, musician, performance artist, pop trivia meister - we must now add top-notch (or, rather, topknot) historian. His chronicle of enforced barbering is hair-lirious
- Philip Norman, pop biographer and novelist,