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  Cathi Unsworth

DEFYING GRAVITY
CATHI with JORDAN

 A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR
AN UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR
A DAILY TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR
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"IF YOU'VE NEVER READ A BOOK ABOUT PUNK, THIS IS THE ONLY ONE YOU'LL EVER NEED"
– Julie Burchill, The New Statesman

"I WAS ENTIRELY ABSORBED. POP-CULTURAL HISTORIANS HAVE BEEN COMBING THE DEBRIS OF PUNK FOR DECADES, BUT JORDAN AND HER RESOURCEFUL AMANEUSIS CATHI UNSWORTH HAVE BROUGHT ALL KINDS OF UNEXPECTED GEMS TO LIGHT."
– DJ Taylor, author of Orwell: The Life

"JORDAN'S EXTRAORDINARY GOSPEL IS HERE TO SET YOU STRAIGHT"
 – Ian Fortnum, Classic Rock 9/10

"THE LAST GREAT PUNK STORY BEAUTIFULLY TOLD"
– John Robb, Louder Than War

"THE MOST INSIGHTFUL PUNK BOOK SINCE ENGLAND'S DREAMING. IMPECCABLE STYLE BUT SUBSTANCE TOO"
– Jim Wirth, Uncut 8/10

“Jordan created punk rock. She was selling it on the front line” – Adam Ant

“Jordan was the original Sex Pistol” – Derek Jarman
With her white beehive and Mondrian make up, Jordan’s look helped shape a revolution and has continued to be an iconic part of pop culture ever since. In Defying Gravity, published by Omnibus Press, the authors talk to key faces of the punk scene including Vivienne Westwood, Paul Cook, Marco Pirroni, Holly Johnson and Michael Collins – Jordan’s partner behind the SEX counter – to reveal the true story of a life at the eye of punk’s storm. How did a ballet mad girl from sleepy Sussex make her way – via the gay clubs of Brighton and London – to 430 King’s Road and the eye of punk’s storm? Jordan finally reveals her outrageous life story as she shares her adventures with McLaren and Westwood, The Sex Pistols, Adam and The Ants, Derek Jarman and Andy Warhol. Complete with specially commissioned cover art by Graham Humphreys, Defying Gravity also features a wealth of previously unseen images from Simon Barker, Sheila Rock and Harri Peccinotti .
 
Jordan explains. “I had been asked a few times if I would embark on writing my memoir but either felt it self indulgent or simply not the right time, and it took a series of events, unexpected meetings and inspired people to make me want to do it. I needed encouragement to put my thoughts into writing and thank goodness I was introduced to Cathi. We both wanted this book to be a social comment on the times with serious historical content, and we made the many marvellous contributors feel at ease to speak freely and candidly”.

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Cathi and Jordan pic by Robert Shiret
Book cover by Graham Humphreys

READ JORDAN IN YOU MAGAZINE HERE

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Jordan pictured with original artwork by Billy Chainsaw
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Cathi and Jordan in the studios of  London Live

HEAR JORDAN AND CATHI INTERVIEWED BY JOHN ROBB HERE

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Cathi, Jordan and John Robb after the 100 Club launch of Defying Gravity, May 2019
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Jordan and Robert Elms at BBC Radio London

READ JULIE BURCHILL'S REVIEW IN THE NEW STATESMAN HERE

HEAR CATHI ON THE ROCK'SBACKPAGES PODCAST

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Cathi joins BARNEY HOSKYNS and MARK PRINGLE to talk about DEFYING GRAVITY, Goth, Dick Dale, the Black Heart of the Black Country and Dr Dee of Mortlake HERE

READ JORDAN IN
THE GUARDIAN

Jordan talks about the evolution of her look, the path that lead her to King's Road, the birth of The Pistols and the making of DEFYING GRAVITY with Paul Tierney HERE

HEAR JORDAN ON
THE GRIPES OF ROSS

Jordan talks to ANDY ROSS on BOOGALOO RADIO about the making of DEFYING GRAVITY and much more HERE

READ JORDAN IN i-D

Jordan talks about the making of DEFYING GRAVITY and looks back at the birth of punk from her roots in Seaford to her journey up The King's Road. With James Anderson HERE
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