I was the Fool-king of Soho and the number-one slag in the Groucho Club the second drunkest member of the worlds drunkest band. This was no disaster though. It was a dream coming true. For Alex James music had always been a door to a more eventful life. But as bass player of Blur - one of the most successful British bands of all time - his journey was more exciting and extreme than he could ever have predicted. In Bit of a Blur he chronicles his journey from a slug-infested flat in Camberwell to a world of screaming fans and private jets - and his eventual search to find meaning and happiness (and perhaps most importantly the perfect cheese) in an increasingly surreal world.