The Rock 'n' Roll Diaries
| Author | Jamie Scallion |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Young adult |
| Publisher | Amazon (Worldwide) |
| Published | November 2013 |
| Media type | Paperback Audiobook E-book |
| No. of books | 4 |
The Rock 'n’ Roll Diaries is a series of novels by Jamie Scallion. It follows the rise to fame of four teenage boys from South London.
Irish band The Script, Jamie Scallion and Jimbo Barry wrote and produced the soundtrack to the book. Bringing The RockAteers to life through music and video The RockAteers EP was released exclusively on Spotify on 1 January 2014 and has received over one million streams so far.
Book one of The Rock ‘n’ Roll Diaries “Making It” has received over one hundred and fifty FIVE STAR reviews on Amazon and a host of favourable reviews from book bloggers. The RockAteers EP gained over twenty thousand plays in the first four days of its release.
Book two of The Rock 'n' Roll Diaries "Having It" and EP2 was released in January 2016 and went straight to number one on Amazon.
Burt has fancied Bex since Year Seven. His quest to score a date with the hottest girl in the school has been a catalogue of failure, and Bex isn't impressed by Burt’s wealth and good looks. Suddenly there is a glimmer of hope when she lets it be known she likes boys in rock bands. Burt sets himself the challenge of forming a band – and he needs help. His mates won’t make the grade so he enlists the help of ginger, musical uber-geek Egg and they hold auditions after school. Burt’s gang try out with risible auditions, but then soccer ace Clipper shows what he can do on drums and estate bad-boy Tea surprises them with his skill on the bass guitar. An unlikely quartet is formed and rehearsal sees Burt’s first crack as lead singer, Egg’s amazing talent on guitar …and interest from Bex. Burt thinks he’s on to a winner – and Egg can’t believe the girl he watches wistfully from across the canteen is actually in the school hall, watching him play.
It’s not only Burt who needs the band. Clipper is on a fast track to football academy, but that’s his dad’s dream, not his. Tea needs to get off his rough estate and Egg needs to escape the monotony of music lessons, an overbearing mum and a friendless existence. The band rehearse cover songs with Bex a regular at the weekly rehearsals. The RockAteers are born. Privately, the boys are loving the new call on their time. But Bex’s presence barely outweighs Burt’s frustrations with his band-mates, especially when Egg surprises them with a self-penned original song. They are all blown away, especially Bex and when Egg reveals he has more, the band take on a new lease of life. Burt announces their first gig in the garage of his mansion, where he lives with his little sister despite his parents being away much of the time. Egg thinks it’s too soon for a show, but Burt’s already invited everyone and the local press. The RockAteers have the crowd eating out of their hands and everything is brilliant until the after-party sees Egg’s ritual humiliation at the hands of Burt’s bullying best mate George. Forced to smoke weed until he passes out, Egg escapes the house in the early hours and returns home to find his parents waiting for him and the horrifying sight of his eye-browless face in the bathroom mirror.
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