Book #234 of 2018: From Cradle to Stage: Stories from the Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars by Virginia Hanlon Grohl Author Virginia Hanlon Grohl is the mother of Dave Grohl from the bands Nirvana and Foo Fighters, and although she seems to have enjoyed getting to know and interview other musician moms for …
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Book Review: A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of the Smiths by Tony Fletcher
Book #103 of 2018: A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of the Smiths by Tony Fletcher I am probably not the ideal reader or reviewer for a book about The Smiths, a band with which I have little familiarity and no emotional attachment. (As a partial defense, they had already split up …
Book Review: The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of “Hallelujah” by Alan Light
Book #252 of 2017: The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of “Hallelujah” by Alan Light An interesting slice of music history, detailing how an obscure track from an obscure songwriter grew over time to become one of rock music’s most-covered songs. Author Alan Light recounts the sequence of …
Book Review: Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
Book #155 of 2017: Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography is as well-written as you would expect from a world-famous singer-songwriter, but his choice of topic doesn’t always live up to his considerable talents. The book alternates between a straightforward presentation of facts and a more soul-searching memoir style, and for a …
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Book Review: The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx with Ian Gittins
Book #71 of 2017: The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx with Ian Gittins A series of diary entries from Mötley Crüe musician Nikki Sixx, annotated 20 years later by Sixx, his bandmates, and other colleagues. The diary was written during a time of intense drug …
Book Review: Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson by Randall Sullivan
Book #41 of 2015: Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson by Randall Sullivan I don’t know how I feel about this one. I did learn a lot, and Michael Jackson had a very interesting life, but this narrative is a really disjointed telling of it. It keeps hopping around in time …
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