Small Victories: The True Story of Faith No More has featured in a number of early best-of lists for 2018.
The Herald – the longest running national newspaper in the world and the most-read national newspaper in Scotland – included Small Victories in its list of the best music books of 2018.
Teddy Jamieson wrote:
Adrian Harte’s account of the alt-rock stroke rap band Faith No More, Small Victories, is clearly a labour of love. His account of the band’s story is exhaustive, informed and studded with first-person testimonies.
The Herald
Music blog Midlife Mixtape also include Small Victories in their best music books round-up, saying:
This definitive bio by Adrian Harte fills in all the gaps about this post punk rock band that is the only musical search result when you search the term “midlife crisis.” My favorite is the blurb on the back from band member Bill Gould: “It provided me with more than a few revelations…and I’m in the band.”
Midlife Mixtape
France’s leading rock and metal magazine Rock Hard ranked Small Victories as one of its top 10 gifts for metal fans. They said:
It avoids a major stumbling block by not deifying a group whose human relationships were as complex as its music. His gaze is that of a rational fan and it will not fail to seduce fans of the San Francisco combo.
Rock Hard France
Was hoping to see it on Pitchfork’s best music books of the year, but nope not there:(
I was hoping to see it but didn’t on Pitchfork 🙁 And they seem to like FNM
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-best-music-books-of-2018/
Awesome work once again, it was certainly my favorite book of the year. I still haven’t posted a review anywhere since I bought from an independent book store…I guess let me know if you would like me to write an Amazon review anyway.
Looking forward to the podcast…for someone like me who has never even listened to any podcast that wasn’t posted on your website, hopefully you could include some instructions of how to listen! Sorry if this is a stupid request.
I hope the band has a future for several reasons, but a big one for me now that I’ve read the book is that I think it would sell more books and more people would know the band better.