Discover the music and mayhem behind the seminal sounds of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Models, Hunters & Collectors, The Saints, The Go-Betweens, Cold Chisel, The Cruel Sea and so many more, in Half Dealf, Completely Mad, by Tony Cohen and John Olson.

‘The most obsessive, single-minded character I've ever seen, outside of the mirror’ —Nick Cave

Maverick music producer-engineer Tony Cohen defined Australia’s punk and rock sounds in the late ’70s, ’80s and ’90s. His long and celebrated career took him from the studios of Melbourne and Sydney to West Berlin and London’s Abbey Road, working with innumerable bands up until his death in 2017.

Half Deaf, Completely Mad is a hilarious, tragic and triumphant memoir that reveals a chaotic genius who lived hard and LOUD. Available via Black Inc Books.

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Half Deaf, Completely Mad by Tony Cohen and John Olson