A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen
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Köp båda 2 för 392 krMore than an insiders story about VH; Monk also shares fascinating firsthand information about how the music industry operated at that timeAn absolute must-read for VH fans and fans of rock music memoirs. Library Journal Too bad the title The Dirt was already taken. Noel Monk who went from being Van Halens road manager to their business manager during their Diamond Dave prime holds nothing backMonk paints a convincing picture of a brilliant, substance-addled young band that wasnt built to last. Rolling Stone The Van Halen book youve been waiting forbrutally honest and at times shockingVan Halen fans will be discussing and debating it with the same attention to detail as Eddies finger-tapping work on Eruption. Houston Press Theres plenty of sex and drugs here, along with the absurdities of the hard-rock life. New York Times Book Review
Noel Monk helped stage-manage Woodstock, served as Bill Grahams right-hand man at the legendary Fillmore East, and worked with rock musicians including Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, the Rolling Stones, and the Sex Pistols. He is also the author of 12 Days on the Road: The Sex Pistols and America, and he lives in Colorado. An award-winning journalist and bestselling author, Joe Layden has written more than thirty books, including The Last Great Fight, which was named one of the best sports books of 2007 by Sports Illustrated and the American Library Association. He is also the co-author of the New York Times bestsellers There and Back Again and The Rock Says. . . . He lives in upstate New York.