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Don't Waste Your Time, October 18, 2003
This review is from: Gigs from Hell: True Stories from Rock and Roll's Frontline (Paperback)
Having been in the music industry since I was 17 years old, with the credentials to prove it, I've seen the dark side of rock's underbelly in many ways, shapes, and forms.
I wasn't expecting "Hammer of the Gods" here...but could they have at least come up to par with "The Dirt"?
Never in my life have I read a book that insulted, not only my intelligence, but the very nature of rock'n'roll.
The book starts out with a bunch of whiny divas and "divos" (is that a word? Male divas?) complaining about bartenders who didn't kiss every heat-sensitive body part from the minute they walked into the room until the minute they walked out of it. Not exactly an auspicious way to start the book. That doesn't make you a rock'n'roller with a 'rock' attitude -- that makes you a whiny, attention starved little brat who needs to GO AWAY.
And if you add that to the fact that these people write like five year olds, for the most part...
Even the stories in here that showed more in the way of sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll were pretty trite. I love independent bands, but not a single story in there piqued my interest about these bands (and I actually know a few of them -- COME ON, GUYS! YOU CALL THAT ROCK'N'ROLL?). You're better off reading "The Dirt" (and this from a girl who admits to HATING Motley Crue), "Strange Days: My Life With and Without Jim Morrison", and of course, "Hammer of the Gods", if you want stories about rock'n'roll excess.
Unless, of course, you're one of the whiny brats who contributed to this book...in which case, I say, co-miserate with your fellow brats, and continue to play the dirtiest, ugliest dive bars in the nation...and keep complaining about how you "achieved so much" yet no one of any real importance cares about you...
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The Sleazegrinder rules!!!, April 13, 2004
This review is from: Gigs from Hell: True Stories from Rock and Roll's Frontline (Paperback)
This is a fun book to show all the pitfalls of being in a band. Makes me feel like I'm not alone! http://www.DanLorenzo.net
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This Book ROCKS!, October 23, 2003
This review is from: Gigs from Hell: True Stories from Rock and Roll's Frontline (Paperback)
If you've had it with the corporate rock scene... this is the book is for you. This is the real deal- no "rock n'roll primadonnas" here. These bands tell it like it is/was and spare no details... And if you're looking for new music to check out, all the bands urls are listed in the back of the book.
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