Forewords / Emily McGeoch, Malcolm Garrett, Dave Formula, Paul Morley, Johnny Marr
Introduction / John McGeoch, taken from the fan information sheet, 'Secondhand daylight'
Ian : childhood in Scotland and relocating to England
Friends of mine : moving to Manchester to study fine art, and the first meeting with Howard Devoto
Secondhand insight : the formation, rise and fall of Magazine
Strange days : a brief flirtation with the emerging New Romantic movement courtesy of Visage
Happy house : John leaves Magazine and joins up with Siouxsie and the Banshees
Waiting for the floods : after his dismissal from the Banshees, John travels to Sweden before forming the post-punk 'supergroup', The Armoury Show
Brave new world : John joins John Lyndon in Public Image Ltd
Diamond : John as the family man, and starting up his own group, Pacific
Heavens inside : John's later years and untimely death
The anti-hero : tributes to John McGeoch from friends, family, contemporaries and admirers
Afterword