username Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 (edited) I'm currently reading Keith Richards' "Life". Before that I've read - Chronicles (Bob Dylan)- Slash (Slash) - Inside Out (Nick Mason from Pink Floyd)I really enjoyed all of them, particularly Bob's and so far Keith's. Anybody got any tips of other artists' biographies that are worth reading? Preferably written by them and not about them. Edited December 6, 2010 by username Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pico Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 things the grandchildren should know by mark oliver everett (of eels fame) is a nice read, really heartbreaking in some places Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Crazy from the Heat by David Lee Roth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITW 2012 Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 The Anthony Kiedis book is my favorite. The Jim Morrison book that Stephen Davis wrote is also highly entertaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 No One Here Gets Out AliveHammer of the Gods- Stephen Davis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Brando was pretty good. Can't remember who wrote it though. No one gets out of here alive was my favorite for a while. Walk this Way was pretty good if you like Aerosmith. I read richard Cole's Zepp book, that might not be very good lol but there was booze stories, and lots of black magic references. Manics biography called Everything was good read by Simon Price I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Crazy from the Heat by David Lee Roth.Henry Rollins helped him pare the book down from almost 2000 pages. I read Valerie Bertinelli's book because you'll never get Ed to talk about his life, and kind of get his side on Dave leaving VH, and how bad it got with Hagar and Ed a few years ago. But then she talks about dating Paul Schaffer and Steven Spielberg before Ed and was far from a saint in the marriage. Maybe Mike will write his book, but VH was a bigger part of her life than I thought. The stuff about her second husband and losing weight was prob. the only part that I didn't care for. For some reason the rock star wife bios are interesting... I liked Patti Boyd's about her years with Clapton and George Harrison, and the one Deborah Curtis wrote about Ian Curtis. Cynthia Lennon's book, too. I think any woman who thinks dating a rock star (or athlete, they are no better or worse) should read them. Dave Mustaine's book is pretty good, very open and candid, some GNR mentions, but you get why Metallica and Mustaine took forever to reconnect, and it was mostly Lars' doing over the years. Dave screwed up, but they really threw him under the bus when they kicked him out. Belinda Carlisle had some great stories in hers. Mustaine said that Belinda and him were going to go on a date, but when she walked in, he was doing some blow. But if you read her book, she was prob. trying to stay off of drugs at that time, otherwise they would've been coke buddies pretty fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 I read a Morrison book by a chick I think it was that witch one in the movie. Curtis' wife seemed to be really down on him, like pull your socks up boy stop being such an epiletic pussy. Dave's take on VH seemed to be that he was the most awesome person of alltime in any diemension that kind of carried through out the book. But it was the funniest bio I've read by far. his turn of phrase made mundane events seem like dazzling supernovas. I think I read Dave's bio or something about his drug use like going to various hospitals on a bike drunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketQueen1985 Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 The Dirt - Mötley Crüe biographyHeroin Diaries - Nikki SixxThe Real Story - Courtney LoveNirvana - Come as you areFall To Pieces - Mary Weiland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAC185 Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 That I have read in the last month or so....Touching From A Distance - Deborah CurtisRiders On The Storm - John DensmoreEverything (A Book About Manic Street Preachers) - Simon Price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Everything was pretty comprehensive and up to date at the time. I'm biased but I thought it was a good book. Heavier than heaven was a good insight into Cobain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mastodonny Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 White Line Fever by Lemmy is classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Satanisk_Slakt Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 (edited) Not a musician, but;Ron Jeremy: The Hardest (Working) Man in ShowbizFor thos that are interested, they contain several pages about GN'R related stuff. Edited December 6, 2010 by Satanisk_Slakt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 White Line Fever by Lemmy is classic.It was like the heavy metal Zelig...was there when The Beatles started out to Hendrix, to being (in)famous in his own right, but did like that book a lot, You also get why he (and some of the Stones) got into collecting Nazi memorabilia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Not a musician, but;Ron Jeremy: The Hardest (Working) Man in ShowbizFor thos that are interested, they contain several pages about GN'R related stuff.Porn star Christy Canyon was on Adam Carolla's show (they also went to high school together), and she had said Ron Jeremy had hooked her up with Slash... I don't remember if that was mentioned in Ron's book, and it was a funny book. GNR were also friends with a lot of standup comics in the late 80s/early 90s... when rockers don't hang at the rock clubs, they were out and about at the comedy clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Satanisk_Slakt Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Ron said that it was he who brought Perla and Slash together if I recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collision-tammi Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 White line fever by Lemmy, Heroin Diarries by Nikki Six, The Dirt by Mötley Crüe, Slash by Slash, My Appetite For Destruction by Steven Adler, I Am Ozzy by Ozzy Osbourne, Mustaine by Dave Mustaine... I enjoyed reading them all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 The Heroin Diaries is pretty embellished, but still a good read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story by Cynthia True.Jay and Silent Bob Get Old (audio)http://smodcast.com/getold/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Sephiroth- Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Slash's bookMotley Crue - DirtAdlers bookOzzy's book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohmygod Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 White Line Fever by Lemmy is classic.ThiS. Amazing book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 I Am Ozzy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Eyes Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 the stone roses and the ressurection of british pop - john robblife - keith richards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 As most everyone else has said, The Dirt and The Heroin Diaries are great reads. Another one of my favorites is Alice Cooper, Golf Monster. Also eagerly awaiting Scott Weiland's autobiography, and supposedly Wendy Dio is going to put out what's done of Ronnie James Dio's autobiography. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Moon Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 i liked too young too soon on the new york dolls. scott weilands would be awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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