Sir Elton John and Cillian Murphy have penned forewords for Cocteau Twins star Simon Raymonde's memoir. The 62-year-old musician - who is the son of late arranger and composer Ivor Raymonde - was the bass guitarist and keyboard player in the Scottish band from 1983 to 1997, and he has announced his upcoming tell-all tome, 'In One Ear – Cocteau Twins, Ivor and Me', which is due to be released on September 12. He shared on Instagram: “So I wrote a book.
You know, like a big grown up kinda thing to do. “It covers all the good and bad bits, falling over, getting up, shorts, big boy pants, [his father] Ivor, and a big ole love letter to Cocteau Twins too. But I can’t tell you everything here that would be silly.
You’ll have to read it yourself...
” Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion. 'Oppenheimer' and 'Peaky Blinders' star Cillian, 48, wrote: "A beautiful insightful and honest look into the life of legend and musical polymath Simon Raymonde.” And music legend Elton, 77, penned: “This is a wonderful book of pop music history.
A man obsessed with the beauty of creative artists and wanting to create his own legacy and to enable other musicians to have a voice by releasing their magic. We need more of people like him in a world full of mass-produced mediocrity.” The blurb reads: “The page-turning memoir of Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde, charting his life and legacy in music.
As one-third of seminal band Cocteau Twi.
