'In this tell-all, highly entertaining memoir, we read how Paulie channelled his anger from the murder of his brother, one of the Balibo Five, into the infamous Painters & Dockers band that put the Australian music scene on notice.
'From being formed with the intention of a one-time performance to pay a friend’s parking fine, it became a 40-year-long punk rock band with a cult following.
'Paulie’s activism also formed the Dili Allstars which highlighted the plight of the Timorese and he tirelessly supports Timor-Leste’s Alma Nuns.
'Not only was he a rockstar and an activist, Paulie also worked as a music journalist with the Melbourne Herald Sun for 30 years.
'This is a much-anticipated story that transcends music and activism. The book is full of laugh-out-loud anecdotes of his encounters with major stars, including Billy Idol, Keith Richards, the Wiggles and Nick Cave.' (Publication summary)
'I met Paulie Stewart on the last pages of All the Rage, when he came to work at Jesuit Social Services. There he lit up any room that he entered and helped change the lives of young people with whom he worked. I knew that he was the brother of Tony Stewart, one of the five newspaper reporters killed at Balibo, and that had also been a member of a band of which I had vaguely heard: Painters and Dockers. I found that he was a great story-teller. Two tales stay in my mind.' (Introduction)
'I met Paulie Stewart on the last pages of All the Rage, when he came to work at Jesuit Social Services. There he lit up any room that he entered and helped change the lives of young people with whom he worked. I knew that he was the brother of Tony Stewart, one of the five newspaper reporters killed at Balibo, and that had also been a member of a band of which I had vaguely heard: Painters and Dockers. I found that he was a great story-teller. Two tales stay in my mind.' (Introduction)
