HOMEGROUND: THE KATE BUSH MAGAZINE: ANTHOLOGY ONE: 'WUTHERING HEIGHTS'
TO 'THE SENSUAL WORLD'
HomeGround is a magazine devoted to Kate Bush (born in 1958), a British
pop star best-known for hits such as 'Wuthering Heights', 'Wow', 'Hounds
of Love' and 'Running Up That Hill'.
This book is pure heaven for music fans. The HomeGround anthology
includes material inspired by all periods of Kate Bush's musical
progression. It is a book about the reaction to her work and how her
unique music has touched the lives of so many people.
This is a unique book, a labour of love for hundreds of music fans who
have contributed to HomeGround over its thirty-year existence. The book
includes an enormous amount of information about Kate Bush, accounts of
every release, album, single, pop promo and appearance, as well as
memories and accounts of music fandom (such as conventions, meetings,
hikes, stage door encounters and video parties). It also includes
material on many other pop acts and events. It features poetry, stories,
letters, reviews, interviews, memoirs, cartoons, drawings, paintings and
photographs.
This is the first book of a two volume set, totalling over 1200 pages.
The first book covers Kate Bush's career from 'Wuthering Heights' to
'The Sensual World' (from the late 1970s to the late 1980s). The second
book runs from 'The Red Shoes' album to the present day.
The first issue of HomeGround appeared in 1982, four years after Kate
Bush's dramatic debut with 'Wuthering Heights'. Starting with an ancient
manual typewriter, and a pot of glue paste, the editors mounted articles
on recycled backing sheets and added hand-drawn artwork to fill the
gaps. The first issue was photocopied, the pages hand-stapled together
and twenty-five copies were given away to fans they knew. Only later did
they discover the magic of word processing, and desktop publishing.
From those beginnings HomeGround became a cornerstone of the
'Kate-speaking world', the editors going on to organise four official
fan events at which Kate Bush and members of her family and band
appeared, arrange at Bush's request a team of fans to be extras in two
of her videos and organise informal fan gatherings at Glastonbury and
Top Withens, the storm-blown ruin on Haworth Moor. Years before the
internet, HomeGround became a place where fans could discuss Bush's
music, and a place where they could publish creative writing and artwork
that music inspired.
Fully illustrated with hundreds of images, including rare photographs
and original artwork. Includes a timeline of Kate Bush's career, index
and a who's who. ISBN 97818617147945. 648pp.
Volume Two of HomeGround, covering Kate Bush's career from 'The Red
Shoes' to the present day, is also available: ISBN 9781861714817 (Pbk)
and ISBN 9781861714824 (Hbk).
www.crmoon.com (see for offers on buying both books together).
Katebushnews.com - the website of HomeGround, the international Kate
Bush magazine.
