As a hugely successful rock star in his late 30s, Blur bassist Alex James realises he has only one career path. It's time to move to a very big house in the country and set up a farm. Swapping hedonistic nights in the Groucho for early morning starts, this book details James' transformation from rock god to cheesemaker.

I was the Fool-king of Soho and the number-one slag in the Groucho Club, the second drunkest member of the world's drunkest band. This was no disaster, though. It was a dream coming true.'
For Alex James, music had always been a door to a more eventful life. But as bass player of Blur - one of the most successful British bands of all time - his journey was more exciting and extreme than he could ever have predicted. In Bit of a Blur he chronicles his journey from a slug-infested flat in Camberwell to a world of screaming fans and private jets - and his eventual search to find meaning and...