All or Nothing: The Authorised Story of Steve Marriott

Steve Marriott, the lead singer of the Small Faces and Humble Pie, possessed a voice coveted by luminaries such as Bob Dylan, Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey, and David Bowie, among many others. All or Nothing, Simon Spence's oral history biography, draws from over 125 interviews with those who knew Marriott intimately: his wives, children, bandmates, closest friends, managers, record producers, record label bosses, and fellow musicians. Crucially, it includes the stories of numerous individuals who have never spoken publicly before.

From his beginnings as a child star to his struggles with drug addiction and untimely death in a house fire, All or Nothing offers a visceral and unflinching account of Steve Marriott's extraordinary and often troubling life. Blues in Britain observed that "There have been several books written about him over the years but not one has got anywhere near the real truth, until this one." HiFi World lauded it as "a completely and wholly fascinating story... A superb book, featuring excellent glossy photographs... a must buy," while Record Collector noted its ability to "unflinchingly chronicl[e] the sadness of Marriott's twilight without ever losing sight of the joyous music that made him so special in the first place."