London gives Night Walker a sense of place whilst bands like The Damned, Screaming Trees, and Triumvirat give the novel its soundtrack.
As a child, I loved lying in the dark, listening to prog rock on my Sennheisers. Yes, Rush, Jethro Tull, and Genesis took me to another place in my mind; a place where notes created stories and music videos. I never wrote them down.
Years later, I sat up late in my bed, the laptop screen providing the only light in the darkened room while my husband and two dogs slept quietly next to me. My earphones provided richer tones then when I was a child. Instead of keeping the stories and videos locked up in my mind, my fingers punched the keyboard letters to the sound of the music, releasing the words to Night Walker.
Either directly mentioned in the novel or playing through my earphones, the albums and songs below helped to write Night Walker.
As a child, I loved lying in the dark, listening to prog rock on my Sennheisers. Yes, Rush, Jethro Tull, and Genesis took me to another place in my mind; a place where notes created stories and music videos. I never wrote them down.
Years later, I sat up late in my bed, the laptop screen providing the only light in the darkened room while my husband and two dogs slept quietly next to me. My earphones provided richer tones then when I was a child. Instead of keeping the stories and videos locked up in my mind, my fingers punched the keyboard letters to the sound of the music, releasing the words to Night Walker.
Either directly mentioned in the novel or playing through my earphones, the albums and songs below helped to write Night Walker.
The AlbumsThe Damned: Grave Disorder
The Damned: So Who's Paranoid The Damned: The Black Album The Damned: Strawberries The Damned: Phantasmagoria Screaming Trees: Dust Screaming Trees: Sweet Oblivion Screaming Trees: Last Words: The Final Recordings Roxy Music: For Your Pleasure |
Mark Lanegan: Blues Funeral Mark Lanegan: Phantom Radio The Beta Band: The Best of the Beta Band Elbow: Seldom Seen Kid Triumvirat: Spartacus Triumvirat: Illusions on a Double Dimple Triumvirat: Old Loves Die Hard The The: NakedSelf Skyhill: Run with the Hunted |
The Playlist
"The Sweetest Sound of Liberty" by Triumvirat
"There’ll Come a Day" by The Damned
"Grey Lagoons" by Roxy Music
"Mirrorball" by Elbow
"Just" by Radiohead
"Ballad of Maxwell Demon" by Shudder to Think (Velvet Goldmine soundtrack)
"Maid for Pleasure" by The Damned
"Uncertain Smile" by The The
"Nearly Lost You" by Screaming Trees
"Do the Strand" by Roxy Music
"W" by The Damned
"Starship Trooper" by Yes
"Revelator" by Screaming Trees
"Never Could Believe" by The Damned
"Dry the Rain" by The Beta Band
"ShrunkenMan" by The The
"Dying Days" by Screaming Trees
"Pepper" by Butthole Surfers
"Hold My Hand" by Hootie and the Blowfish
"Down in It" by Nine Inch Nails
"Democracy" by The Damned
"History" by The Verve
"Spartacus" by Triumvirat
"Cross Eyed Mary" by Jethro Tull
"Bleeding Muddy Water" by Mark Lanegan
"Is It a Dream" by The Damned
"I Am the Resurrection" by Stone Roses
"You're So Close" by Peter Murphy
"December Sunlight" by The The
"2HB" performed by The Venus in Furs (Velvet Goldmine soundtrack)
"Maybe I'm Amazed" by Paul McCartney
"The Seventh Day" by Mark Lanegan
"The School of Instant Pain" by Triumvirat
"One Day Like This" by Elbow
Listen to the playlist here
"There’ll Come a Day" by The Damned
"Grey Lagoons" by Roxy Music
"Mirrorball" by Elbow
"Just" by Radiohead
"Ballad of Maxwell Demon" by Shudder to Think (Velvet Goldmine soundtrack)
"Maid for Pleasure" by The Damned
"Uncertain Smile" by The The
"Nearly Lost You" by Screaming Trees
"Do the Strand" by Roxy Music
"W" by The Damned
"Starship Trooper" by Yes
"Revelator" by Screaming Trees
"Never Could Believe" by The Damned
"Dry the Rain" by The Beta Band
"ShrunkenMan" by The The
"Dying Days" by Screaming Trees
"Pepper" by Butthole Surfers
"Hold My Hand" by Hootie and the Blowfish
"Down in It" by Nine Inch Nails
"Democracy" by The Damned
"History" by The Verve
"Spartacus" by Triumvirat
"Cross Eyed Mary" by Jethro Tull
"Bleeding Muddy Water" by Mark Lanegan
"Is It a Dream" by The Damned
"I Am the Resurrection" by Stone Roses
"You're So Close" by Peter Murphy
"December Sunlight" by The The
"2HB" performed by The Venus in Furs (Velvet Goldmine soundtrack)
"Maybe I'm Amazed" by Paul McCartney
"The Seventh Day" by Mark Lanegan
"The School of Instant Pain" by Triumvirat
"One Day Like This" by Elbow
Listen to the playlist here