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Gentlemanly Repose: Confessions Of A Debauched Rock 'n' Roller [Mass Market Paperback]

Michael Ruffino (Author)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Citadel (November 2, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0806526262
  • ISBN-13: 978-0806526263
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #922,034 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Brilliant, December 1, 2004
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Anthony Bourdain (New York, New York United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gentlemanly Repose: Confessions Of A Debauched Rock 'n' Roller (Mass Market Paperback)
The rock and roll memoir will never be the same. Michael Ruffino writes like JP Dunleavy on methedrine--or an even more badly behaved Hunter Thompson. In fact neither comparison does him justice. Not just another chronicle of back-stage (and on stage ) debauchery, Gentlemanly Repose contains some of the most well-crafted, incendiary and original prose I've read in a long, long time. Right up there with the very best of Lester Bangs. In fact, better and strangely wiser. A great book.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Touring Drunk with Dio, Dokken, and Def Leopard, November 23, 2004
This review is from: Gentlemanly Repose: Confessions Of A Debauched Rock 'n' Roller (Mass Market Paperback)
Dood, this book is sick. The bass player from the Unband who put out a disc called "Retarder" wrote the story of their tour around the US and Europe in 1999. There is this great scene where Joe Eliot laughs at them while they drunkenly stumble through "mental health" onstage. They hire a beer drinking chimp and get arrested for playing naked. This book is as crazy as "The Dirt" but more funny. I would totally recommend it and I have gone back to read parts of it already. Its like "Fear and Loathing" on drugs.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars How are these guys still alive?, October 31, 2004
This review is from: Gentlemanly Repose: Confessions Of A Debauched Rock 'n' Roller (Mass Market Paperback)
First a quote from the book: "It seems so simple: here's some money, here's a tour bus, go play. It's not. It's not simple at all." Gentlemanly Repose is the story of a band on tour in the US and Europe with the likes of Dio and Def Lepp. It's also a mad collection of booze soaked adventures loosely (and I mean loosely) centered around the rise and fall of the Unband - an AC/DC influenced train wreck whose anthem was "We like to Drink, We like to Rock." The anecdotes from the road read like something out of Mad Magazine, but apparently it's all true. If you have ever been on the road or know someone who has you will immediately recognize the ridiculous situations and tensions leading to the band's demise.
What's cool about it is that it is actually written by a band member and is not some unauthorized bio written second hand by some fanzine reporter. Goes right up there with the great party books like Fear and Loathing and Up and Down with the Rolling Stones.
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