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Musicians who also write fiction/prose

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My sister is putting together an event and i was trying to think of artists to suggest

e.g

Jah Wobble
Luke Sutherland (Mogwai)

― Googley Asearch (Toaster), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 12:25 (twenty years ago)

Nick Cave

― Baaderonixx and the hedonistic gluttons (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 12:29 (twenty years ago)

Stuart David (Looper, formerly Belle & Sebastian)

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 12:29 (twenty years ago)

Doesn't Stuart Murdoch write fiction too?

She had Jonathon Coe, David Mitchell and I can't remember her name but the lady singer from Sleeper lined up but they have all pulled out.

― Googley Asearch (Toaster), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 12:30 (twenty years ago)

Joe Pernice

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 12:35 (twenty years ago)

John Fahey

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 12:36 (twenty years ago)

Graham Parker


Larry Kirwan (Black 47)

― Rick Massimo (Rick Massimo), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 13:11 (twenty years ago)

Mike Doughty

― bingo (Chris V), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 13:15 (twenty years ago)

Lucy Sweet from Lucky Luke!

We're counting published people with books out and stuff, right?

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 13:16 (twenty years ago)

Billy Childish

― Ian John50n (orion), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 13:19 (twenty years ago)

Lucy Sweet from Lucky Luke!

We're counting published people with books out and stuff, right?

-- sean gramophone (sea...), October 12th, 2005.

Doesn't have to be with books published really. If the musician is well known but currently trying to branch out or something.

― Googley Asearch (Toaster), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 13:27 (twenty years ago)

Richard Hell

― mcd (mcd), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 13:30 (twenty years ago)

Daniel Handler

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 13:39 (twenty years ago)

Bloke from Embrace has had a couple of novels published, correct?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 13:42 (twenty years ago)

Nah, but he's mentioned that he's writing one. I think it's shelved indefinitely.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 13:43 (twenty years ago)

I heard somewhere that John Lennon wrote some short stories.

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 13:44 (twenty years ago)

Bill Direen

― etc, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 14:05 (twenty years ago)

Bob Dylan
Neil Michael Haggerty

― Mark (MarkR), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 14:08 (twenty years ago)

Steve Earle

― What?, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 14:10 (twenty years ago)

Unfortunatly Richard Hell is n/a because he's a poet. Poems don't count apparently.

― Googley Asearch (Toaster), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 14:19 (twenty years ago)

Mick Farren
John Shirley (probably perceived as a fiction writer who made/makes music)
Rat Scabies

― autovac (autovac), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 14:21 (twenty years ago)

Michael Gira, Lee Ranaldo (ha ha), Jesse Sublett.

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 14:27 (twenty years ago)

Bill Drummond.

Both 45 and Bad Wisdom are fucking wicked.

― oats (oats), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 15:19 (twenty years ago)

Madonna, hahahahaha.

― Roz (Roz), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 15:36 (twenty years ago)

ugh, Henry Rollins

― mike powell (mike powell), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 16:01 (twenty years ago)

Leonard Cohen
i think Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden wrote a book....

― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 16:01 (twenty years ago)

David Berman

― ken taylrr never her (ken taylrr), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 16:45 (twenty years ago)

The late Kevin Coyne wrote some (Kafkaesque, somewhat) prose.

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 17:04 (twenty years ago)

Kinky Friedman, obvs

― monkeybutler, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 17:07 (twenty years ago)

I'm pretty sure I have a book somewhere which has a story by Jim O'Rourke.

― nathalie, a bum like you (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 17:08 (twenty years ago)

Francoise Cactus. (Also, ha: Rick Moody and Michel Houellebecq!)

― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 17:10 (twenty years ago)

http://www.rockbottomremainders.com/images/lg_stephen_duo.jpg

― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 17:25 (twenty years ago)

Gainsbourg.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 17:31 (twenty years ago)

think woody guthrie wrote a book
think it was fiction

― jared, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 17:40 (twenty years ago)

Neil Peart

― Matt Olken, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 18:21 (twenty years ago)

Jimmy Buffett

― baht habit, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 21:24 (twenty years ago)

the Walkmen

― sovietpanda (sovietpanda), Thursday, 13 October 2005 01:33 (twenty years ago)

Bill Morrissey

― M. V. (M.V.), Thursday, 13 October 2005 04:02 (twenty years ago)

j0hn D!

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 13 October 2005 04:04 (twenty years ago)

the mekons

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 13 October 2005 04:20 (twenty years ago)

Rennie Sparks of the Handsome Family

― gear (gear), Thursday, 13 October 2005 04:32 (twenty years ago)

Dee Dee Ramone

― B Nasty (B Nasty), Friday, 14 October 2005 03:51 (twenty years ago)

I bought a novel by Chico Buarque the other day. So far it's pretty good.

― k/l (Ken L), Friday, 14 October 2005 03:53 (twenty years ago)

stephen king

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Friday, 14 October 2005 04:46 (twenty years ago)


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