I picked up "Small Victories, The True Story of Faith No More" by Adrian Harte. I'm enjoying it a lot so far, working through the Introduce Yourself era with the album cranked in the background. It's definitely giving me new angles on this old music.
What other biographies are worth reading?
Only started to read it but recently bought "When the Uncertainty Principle Goes to 11: Or How to Explain Quantum Physics with Heavy Metal" by a physicist called Phil Moriarty...I think he is from Derry originally. He has used Manowar before in YouTube videos explaining physics before so thought it would be a good read
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I picked up "Small Victories, The True Story of Faith No More" by Adrian Harte. I'm enjoying it a lot so far, working through the Introduce Yourself era with the album cranked in the background. It's definitely giving me new angles on this old music.
What other biographies are worth reading?
Really enjoyed this, unsurprisingly. Mike Bordin showed up at the book launch in Dublin!
Didn't know about that at all. Must pick it up.
Bon Scott : the last highway, worth a read on his final days, wide range of people interviewed and appears to be people with actual information.
The Cliff Burton biography To Live is to Die is a great read
Lemmy's White Line Fever is pretty good but he has a tendency to go off on tangents when he's relaying a story
Slash's is decent, just really full of the 80s debauchery you'd expect
Iommi's is pretty in depth for the Ozzy years but kind of skips over all the rest and is very kind to Sharon. Almost seems that he was afraid of her taking him to court if there was anything she didn't like
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The Cliff Burton biography To Live is to Die is a great read
Lemmy's White Line Fever is pretty good but he has a tendency to go off on tangents when he's relaying a story
Slash's is decent, just really full of the 80s debauchery you'd expect
Iommi's is pretty in depth for the Ozzy years but kind of skips over all the rest and is very kind to Sharon. Almost seems that he was afraid of her taking him to court if there was anything she didn't like
Slashes book was a great read in fairness.
As mentioned, the Cliff Burton biography and the Slash autobiography are ace. I thought Ozzy's one was hilarious, and Nikki Sixx has an interesting/ harrowing account of his wild days. A tad off topic, but the biography on Billy Connolly written by his wife is just excellent. A good chuck of it is about his early beginnings as a musician. I recommend!
Also, I've been looking for Gary Numans autobiography and can't find it online for under €60 which is just extortionate.
KK Downings is next on my list. Wasn't aware of the Faith No More one. Will add that to the list.
The events leading up to Mosely's departure had me in stitches. It's a very enjoytable read so far. Must get KK's book too. I'm waist deep in Ian Glasper's UK thrash book but it's a hard slog. It's more of a reference than something you'd read from cover to cover. Too many names to keep track of, it's a head wrecker.
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The events leading up to Mosely's departure had me in stitches. It's a very enjoytable read so far. Must get KK's book too. I'm waist deep in Ian Glasper's UK thrash book but it's a hard slog. It's more of a reference than something you'd read from cover to cover. Too many names to keep track of, it's a head wrecker.
Wait til you get to Patton's antics at some radio station party.. ;D
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What other biographies are worth reading?
Frank Zappa by Barry Miles.
D.X. Ferris book on Slayer is pretty good in so far as he's dug up a bit of dirt (Teresa Lombardo's Statements and court documents make Dave look like a complete knob)
The book was unfortunately littered with type os but the fanzine style presentation overrides that. The book has recently been updated with 6 new chapters so could be worth a punt if you haven't read it already.
Ministry, the lost gospels by Al jourgenson. Really enjoyed this. Also my bloody roots max Cavalera , read it twice.
I may give that Kk Downing one a read in the new year. I forgot Cavalera had one too.
What Does This Button Do? Bruce Dickenson#s Autobiography. Always a very interesting man to listen to and this is great. Well worth it.
Quote from: Goatlord on December 12, 2018, 11:38:19 AM
Bon Scott : the last highway, worth a read on his final days, wide range of people interviewed and appears to be people with actual information.
I picked this up a few weeks ago, just started reading. So far, so good.
I also picked up a Smashing Pumpkins biography which is rather unreadable, the author has a terrible writing style. Shame, Corgan is an interesting fella and I'd like to read a decent book on them.
For the black metal fans there is a good book I read last year by Cult Never Dies - I only have Volume One and it is a fairly entertaining read:
https://cultneverdies.myshopify.com/collections/all/products/cult-never-dies-ultimate-book-bundles-all-our-books-with-or-without-evolution-all-signed-plus-extras-and-registered-shipping-price-all-inclusive (https://cultneverdies.myshopify.com/collections/all/products/cult-never-dies-ultimate-book-bundles-all-our-books-with-or-without-evolution-all-signed-plus-extras-and-registered-shipping-price-all-inclusive)
Quote from: Necr0rceN on January 08, 2019, 09:14:53 PM
For the black metal fans there is a good book I read last year by Cult Never Dies - I only have Volume One and it is a fairly entertaining read:
https://cultneverdies.myshopify.com/collections/all/products/cult-never-dies-ultimate-book-bundles-all-our-books-with-or-without-evolution-all-signed-plus-extras-and-registered-shipping-price-all-inclusive (https://cultneverdies.myshopify.com/collections/all/products/cult-never-dies-ultimate-book-bundles-all-our-books-with-or-without-evolution-all-signed-plus-extras-and-registered-shipping-price-all-inclusive)
Great book, Dayal is a good write and does very indept interviews. I would highly recommended the rest of his books.
He's built a a reputation for himself among the Black Metal industry and get interviews with band who never do interviews.
I'm also currently reading his latest book on Rotting Christ. A must for all RC fans
https://cultneverdies.myshopify.com/collections/all/products/non-serviam-the-official-story-of-rotting-christ-book
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Quote from: Necr0rceN on January 08, 2019, 09:14:53 PM
For the black metal fans there is a good book I read last year by Cult Never Dies - I only have Volume One and it is a fairly entertaining read:
https://cultneverdies.myshopify.com/collections/all/products/cult-never-dies-ultimate-book-bundles-all-our-books-with-or-without-evolution-all-signed-plus-extras-and-registered-shipping-price-all-inclusive (https://cultneverdies.myshopify.com/collections/all/products/cult-never-dies-ultimate-book-bundles-all-our-books-with-or-without-evolution-all-signed-plus-extras-and-registered-shipping-price-all-inclusive)
Great book, Dayal is a good write and does very indept interviews. I would highly recommended the rest of his books.
He's built a a reputation for himself among the Black Metal industry and get interviews with band who never do interviews.
I'm also currently reading his latest book on Rotting Christ. A must for all RC fans
https://cultneverdies.myshopify.com/collections/all/products/non-serviam-the-official-story-of-rotting-christ-book
+1 I've enjoyed all the Dayal Patterson books so far and im currently reading the RC book. Only as far as Thy Mighty Contract but all good so far. Would definitely recommend.
I really want to check out those Dayal books, still haven't.
Has anyone read Blood Fire Death yet? The new one about Sweden?
Quote from: Pentagrimes on January 09, 2019, 10:46:58 AM
I really want to check out those Dayal books, still haven't.
Has anyone read Blood Fire Death yet? The new one about Sweden?
Got this recently, gonna give it a go when im done with the RC book.
Quote from: Cryptic Stench on December 15, 2018, 03:13:09 AM
D.X. Ferris book on Slayer is pretty good in so far as he's dug up a bit of dirt (Teresa Lombardo's Statements and court documents make Dave look like a complete knob)
The book was unfortunately littered with type os but the fanzine style presentation overrides that. The book has recently been updated with 6 new chapters so could be worth a punt if you haven't read it already.
Is this the Slayer book? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Slayer-66-Biography-Including-Palladium/dp/0615920306/ref=la_B001JS65YC_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1547113656&sr=1-1
I'm just compiling a list of reads for 2019 :)
Cult Never Dies is great I must pick up his other books.
The Death Archives: Mayhem 1984-94 is a great read too , some really cool stories about early Mayhem in it and their trips to the UK.
Currently Reading the updated Lemmy White line fever, enjoying it so far and Lemmys Humour and honesty
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I really want to check out those Dayal books, still haven't.
Has anyone read Blood Fire Death yet? The new one about Sweden?
Got this recently, gonna give it a go when im done with the RC book.
Im the exact same! Blood Fire Death is next once I've finish RC
Quote from: Cernunnos on January 10, 2019, 10:17:20 AM
The Death Archives: Mayhem 1984-94 is a great read too , some really cool stories about early Mayhem in it and their trips to the UK.
Yeah was interesting alright, the Sylvester Anfang story was quite funny, really helps dispel some of Euro's mystique. Only complaint is that by the time that DMDS was recorded Necrobutcher was out of the loop and there is very little new insight about it.
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The Death Archives: Mayhem 1984-94 is a great read too , some really cool stories about early Mayhem in it and their trips to the UK.
Yeah was interesting alright, the Sylvester Anfang story was quite funny, really helps dispel some of Euro's mystique. Only complaint is that by the time that DMDS was recorded Necrobutcher was out of the loop and there is very little new insight about it.
ha yeah great story, also found it funny when they where promoting the demo they where hanging out with with Napalm Death and went to Napalms rehearsals, strange one. good point on the recording of DMDs !
Just ordered the Blood fire Death book as mentioned above looking forward to getting stuck into that one.
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The Death Archives: Mayhem 1984-94 is a great read too , some really cool stories about early Mayhem in it and their trips to the UK.
Yeah was interesting alright, the Sylvester Anfang story was quite funny, really helps dispel some of Euro's mystique. Only complaint is that by the time that DMDS was recorded Necrobutcher was out of the loop and there is very little new insight about it.
ha yeah great story, also found it funny when they where promoting the demo they where hanging out with with Napalm Death and went to Napalms rehearsals, strange one. good point on the recording of DMDs !
Just ordered the Blood fire Death book as mentioned above looking forward to getting stuck into that one.
Yeah the Napalm Death one was a bit of an eye opener considering the shit talking done in fanzines around that era, its interesting in the context that most of the BM mythology being essentially bollocks talked by kids to seem edgey! Would recommend to any fanboys who still cling to those myths
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most of the BM mythology being essentially bollocks talked by kids to seem edgey! Would recommend to any fanboys who still cling to those myths
agreed 100%
Must grab that book at some point. I think it's obvious enough that most of the shite talk was teenage posturing. I suppose the more concrete acts of arson and murder lends the rest of the scene a certain air of seriousness, even if a moment's reflection will dispel any such notions. I think with BM it can help to buy into the whole package while not reading too much into it at the same time. Cognitive dissonance? It helps :P
Quote from: Eoin McLove on January 10, 2019, 02:45:23 PM
Must grab that book at some point. I think it's obvious enough that most of the shite talk was teenage posturing. I suppose the more concrete acts of arson and murder lends the rest of the scene a certain air of seriousness, even if a moment's reflection will dispel any such notions. I think with BM it can help to buy into the whole package while not reading too much into it at the same time. Cognitive dissonance? It helps :P
I agree, a kind of "suspend your disbelief " mentality is certainly required at times. I found Necrobutchers book refreshing in a sense as though he was very much in the midst of that scene he wasnt so much involved in the juvenile delinquency/acting the bollix side of things and manages to show Euronymous from the perspective of a peer/friend as opposed to how Euro portrayed himself to others, which is generally how 99% of BM accounts portray him.
The rotting christ book was cool. Reading the FNM one now....the Dickinson one was ok, not great. I am Ozzy is gas but I preferred the Iommi one which is awesome. Brian Slagels book is a good read too, as Us Mick Wall's Black Sabbath book. Enjoyed the Book of Opeth too.
Quote from: Floss on January 10, 2019, 08:50:49 PM
The rotting christ book was cool. Reading the FNM one now....the Dickinson one was ok, not great. I am Ozzy is gas but I preferred the Iommi one which is awesome. Brian Slagels book is a good read too, as Us Mick Wall's Black Sabbath book. Enjoyed the Book of Opeth too.
Read ozzys a few years ago and from what i remember it was hilarious in parts. i did prefer Iommi one too, he referenced some of the stories from ozzys which was good to hear both versions and most of the time the versions were actually very similar. same with Mick Walls Black sabbath book!
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Quote from: Necr0rceN on January 08, 2019, 09:14:53 PM
For the black metal fans there is a good book I read last year by Cult Never Dies - I only have Volume One and it is a fairly entertaining read:
https://cultneverdies.myshopify.com/collections/all/products/cult-never-dies-ultimate-book-bundles-all-our-books-with-or-without-evolution-all-signed-plus-extras-and-registered-shipping-price-all-inclusive (https://cultneverdies.myshopify.com/collections/all/products/cult-never-dies-ultimate-book-bundles-all-our-books-with-or-without-evolution-all-signed-plus-extras-and-registered-shipping-price-all-inclusive)
Great book, Dayal is a good write and does very indept interviews. I would highly recommended the rest of his books.
He's built a a reputation for himself among the Black Metal industry and get interviews with band who never do interviews.
I'm also currently reading his latest book on Rotting Christ. A must for all RC fans
https://cultneverdies.myshopify.com/collections/all/products/non-serviam-the-official-story-of-rotting-christ-book
Cheers, I must get this. Now is it worth it dropping 60 bucks for a shirt and signed book!
Another book I've read again for the 2nd time is Happy Odyssey - biography of Adrien Carton De Wiart. I know its not metal but this has to be read to be believed. Just look him up. His biography is insane. If a movie was made it would almost be too far fetched to be believed.
KK Downings book is indeed a good one, Obviously hates the shit out of Tipton but has enough self awareness to analyse his own shortcomings. The exact opposite of Sebastian Bach's book which is more of I'm clearly an arsehole but everyone else are the ones that are wrong type affair.
Dickinsons book is shit. Zero honesty, the dodgy years glossed over and we get landing conditions at various airports.
Not metal but the Nofx book is a great read, mostly for their drummer Melvin's recollection of his years as a heroin addict
Extremity Retained: Notes From the Death Metal Underground by Jason Netherton (Misery Index)
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this is one the worst things i ever read
Recently read Pete Way - Its a fast ride outta here - good read, as expected drugs, drink, hellraising. Real good info on the earlier days and how much hard work Schenker is but they all seem to get on fine still. Roger Daltrey - Thank you mr kibblewhite is a good overview of his life with some interesting insights.
That Paul D'ianno book is the worst piece of shit I've ever read. Felt dirtly having it in the house so fucked it in the bin sparing anyone else from picking it up and wasting time on it. Completlely fucking delusional. There wasn't a fight he never won and every anecdote turned into an orgy of some description.
Picked up the Max Cavelera book there, think it was recommended somewhere here, another deluded individual. A lot of "We were the first to" "This had never been done before" type statements. He really took the biscuit when he claimed the world wore combat shorts after he performed in them at a festival somewhere. His wife reckoned he should've trademarked the style but being the cool philanthropist he is he decided to give back to the metal community. One thing which is glaringly obvious is that Gloria Cavelera is completely and utterly bat shit crazy, if you're not convinced have a look at her blog "Growing Up Green" - there's some cool anecdotes from tours etc in there but there's also some complete and utter bollocks like the time she was left a voicemail at 5am on the morning of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. I did enjoy reading about the earlier records though Max himself comes across as being a complete dickhead. After the first Soulfly record, each of the other 11 albums gets about a paragraph.
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this is one the worst things i ever read
yep... he really likes to play up to his hard man reputation all the way through it...awful stuff..
Picked up Nick Menzas book and it's woefully badly written. Similar to Steven Adler, he seems a bit dim but when he lets rip at Mustaine, (about 50% of the book), he really doesn't dress it up. He doesn't help himself by then following up that he'd still play with the fucker.
Quote from: Trev on January 25, 2019, 08:31:37 AM
Not metal but the Nofx book is a great read, mostly for their drummer Melvin's recollection of his years as a heroin addict
Yeah, decent read alright. The geezer did well to survive.
I see Adrian Smith is next up for a Maiden book.
Looks like it'll be delivered in the same format as Bruce's with a large percentage dedicated to his hobby of Angling. Fuck's sake. Bruce's book was dull beyond belief, what made it worse was he completely bypassed or sat on the fence regarding any Maiden topic that might've upset anyone. I'd say this will be more of the same.
Picked up KK Downings Autobiography and two books by Peter Hook of Joy Division/New Order
over the weekend. Any more recommendations lads?
Dave Vincent has his autobiography coming out next month. Apparently it was long awaited.
Reading Steve Gormans Hard To Handle at the minute, pretty good! It manages to avoid a lot of the usual cliches found in these things, and focuses primarily on the interactions between band members. The Robinson brothers come across as complete gimps but it's not a 400 page character assassination as it's balanced with acknowledgement of their talents etc.
Those Peter Hook books are fantastic. NoFX's one is great and I'm currently reading Elton John's one . It's 10/10 so far.
Quote from: Juggz on January 24, 2020, 06:43:04 AM
Those Peter Hook books are fantastic. NoFX's one is great and I'm currently reading Elton John's one . It's 10/10 so far.
I'd second the NoFX book, there's a real sincerity about the drummers drug use that doesn't seem to be in other autobiographies
Just finished Bernie Mardsen's book, not exactly sex drugs and rock n roll but a well told story. Started KK Downing's - seems good so far. Also the Rush - Wandering the Face of the Earth - tour history a massive tome full of info on their touring life -newspaper reviews, cuttings, other bands experiences - more of a reference book.
Quote from: Necro Red on January 23, 2020, 08:44:53 PM
Picked up KK Downings Autobiography and two books by Peter Hook of Joy Division/New Order
over the weekend. Any more recommendations lads?
I read Hook's book on The Hacienda recently, it was alright. Probably longer than it needed to be and presented some minutae about the place that're hard to care about, but worth a read. I'd be interested in his Joy Division book.
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Quote from: Necro Red on January 23, 2020, 08:44:53 PM
Picked up KK Downings Autobiography and two books by Peter Hook of Joy Division/New Order
over the weekend. Any more recommendations lads?
I read Hook's book on The Hacienda recently, it was alright. Probably longer than it needed to be and presented some minutae about the place that're hard to care about, but worth a read. I'd be interested in his Joy Division book.
I've read the Joy Division one and highly recommend it. I have his other two books which im looking forward to reading soon.
Quote from: The Ancient Ones on January 23, 2020, 09:00:31 PM
Dave Vincent has his autobiography coming out next month. Apparently it was long awaited.
I bet we're all looking forward to what Dave The Cowboy Vincint has to say :laugh:
Good shout on the FNM book. I rarely read music books that aren't autobiographies but that one is good so far.
The book about Jerry Nolan out of the New York Dolls is quite good.
Mark Lanegan has one coming out, Sing Backwards and Weep. Screaming Trees never did anything for me and I've seen him doing a solo support slot, which also did nothing for me but it seems like it's gonna make for grim reading. From what I gather, stories about Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley will feature a good bit. I never knew on the day of Cobain's suicide, Lanegan had a few missed calls off him but was too fucked up to pick up the phone. I imagine that still weighs heavily on him. I'd say it'll make for largely grim reading.
I loved Screaming Trees but I went to one of his earlier solo gigs and it was one of the most boring things I have ever seen.
He was massively into skag in the later years of Screaming Trees so probably has a few good stories to tell. If that makes up 80% of the book it might be good.
Ya, he was a serious addict, ended up homeless and the whole lot. He spent a lot of time in Layne Staley's pad, the 2 of em just getting fucked. The book goes to around the time of Staley's death so he's not covering his years of pulling himself together. Must be mainly the shit years.
I read that Guns and Roses biography by Mick Wall which was a lot better than I thought it would be. Fairly in depth, outrageous and funny. On to the Bowie one now
Rory Gallaghers is great too. The auld lad read it one sitting at Christmas couple of years ago.
Just finished Peter Hook's Joy Division book. A great read, superb insight into the band, even prompted me to go out and buy their debut lp. Currently on 2 Martin Popoff books about Rush. They are fine but nothing new and rely heavily on interviews. Anthem is detail heavy on their childhoods which is not very interesting. Also finished up INXS - a band that wouldn't be for me, however they put the graft in and certainly a tale of highs and lows and misadventures.
Started Peter Hook's New Order book last night. 30pgs in and everyone seems to be some variation of a cunt. Should be a great read.
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Just finished Peter Hook's Joy Division book. A great read, superb insight into the band, even prompted me to go out and buy their debut lp.
His one on new order is my next one to read actually. Loved the Joy Division and Hacienda ones. He's a funny bastard
Quote from: Caomhaoin on May 15, 2020, 10:01:46 AM
Rory Gallaghers is great too. The auld lad read it one sitting at Christmas couple of years ago.
I'll add that to the list now. I watched a documentary years ago about him which was excellent. I forget the name now, went off the rails towards the end he did.
I finished the Beastie Boys book last week. Good stuff, including a very funny story around them playing Electric Picnic.
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Rory Gallaghers is great too. The auld lad read it one sitting at Christmas couple of years ago.
I'll add that to the list now. I watched a documentary years ago about him which was excellent. I forget the name now, went off the rails towards the end he did.
The 'Everyman' veneer definitely hid a very dark side to him. It's common knowledge he had a serious drink problem, but he could also be rude, unreasonable about money and difficult to be around.
He was boo'd off the stage at his last few gigs, the last couple of years of his life were very sad. But he was magic in his pomp, he really was.
Quote from: Caomhaoin on May 15, 2020, 10:01:46 AM
Rory Gallaghers is great too. The auld lad read it one sitting at Christmas couple of years ago.
Which Rory Gallagher book? The Julian Vigonoles one or Marcus Connaughton's? I have both on my Amazon wishlist, haven't got around to buying either yet.
I started reading Mick Wall's "The Doors: Love Becomes A Funeral Pyre" a few weeks ago. Got about 60 pages in before giving up and wanting to lob it across the garden. Wall clearly doesn't like Jim Morrison or The Doors and hasn't gone to the trouble of attempting to interview any of them.
The Connaughton one. Wasn't aware of the other one.
Half way through Lemmy's one. Fairly good. Motorhead are still shite though.
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He was boo'd off the stage at his last few gigs, the last couple of years of his life were very sad.
Why was he booed off stage? Not playing well?
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I started reading Mick Wall's "The Doors: Love Becomes A Funeral Pyre" a few weeks ago. Got about 60 pages in before giving up and wanting to lob it across the garden. Wall clearly doesn't like Jim Morrison or The Doors and hasn't gone to the trouble of attempting to interview any of them.
I have yet to read a Mick Wall book I liked.
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I started reading Mick Wall's "The Doors: Love Becomes A Funeral Pyre" a few weeks ago. Got about 60 pages in before giving up and wanting to lob it across the garden. Wall clearly doesn't like Jim Morrison or The Doors and hasn't gone to the trouble of attempting to interview any of them.
I have yet to read a Mick Wall book I liked.
The one on Guns N Roses is decent I thought
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Rory Gallaghers is great too. The auld lad read it one sitting at Christmas couple of years ago.
I'll add that to the list now. I watched a documentary years ago about him which was excellent. I forget the name now, went off the rails towards the end he did.
The 'Everyman' veneer definitely hid a very dark side to him. It's common knowledge he had a serious drink problem, but he could also be rude, unreasonable about money and difficult to be around.
He was boo'd off the stage at his last few gigs, the last couple of years of his life were very sad. But he was magic in his pomp, he really was.
Thats fasincating actually, I had no idea.
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He was boo'd off the stage at his last few gigs, the last couple of years of his life were very sad.
Why was he booed off stage? Not playing well?
Essentially yes, or more specifically, he was no longer capable of performing to the standard he used to. He sadly lost the plot completely near the end, and the drink claimed him at a relatively young age.
Are there no books about Venom? On a whim decided to look for one, but coming up with nothing.
Reading a Slayer one at the moment. 66 2/3 : The Jeff & Dave years. Pretty good and informative. Lombardo comes across as a bit of a dick though.
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The Mark Lanegan one is great, lots of good stories, kind of hilarious at times. He always toured when he was at the height of his addiction which probably saved his life, struggling to get dope in new places, and also the way he was broke at times. Staley obviously could just have it brought to his condo in Seattle and never step outside the door.
Would still reckon Al Jourgensens one is the best rock book I have read. He actually claims to have given Staley his first dose of heroin. Read Connellys from Ministry and the Cockcs too, was alright, interesting enough a life that is kinda waiting on Al to ring him for a project and then going back to being broke and normal life repeatedly.
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Started Peter Hook's New Order book last night. 30pgs in and everyone seems to be some variation of a cunt. Should be a great read.
I reluctantly finished that. I was annoyed from the start cause I had just finished something great and Hooky is full of shite from the getgo.
I read his one on the Hacienda. It was alright to a point but overlong and full of diversions into his partying lifestyle, that were just annoying. A struggle to finish, could have been at least 100 pages shorter. That said, I'd be interested in the Joy Division one.
Read all three Hook books and enjoyed them all. I read one on David Bowie called Bowie which I highly recommend. Recently read The biography on Lou Reed called Transformer which is quite good, lots of details about the Velvet underground
Gary Numans new book book (R)evolution is definitely worth the read for anyone that like his music. I think it's cool that his material got heavier album by album
Just started Oliver Stone's autobiography last night, Chasing The Light. A mate reckoned it was excellent, I've had it on the pile since it came out. Covers his first 40 years, so up to and including Platoon, should be good.
Just saw there that Jeff Wagner's (Radical Research podcast) Voivod book is up for preorder from next week. Should be great as all the members are involved too.
oooh is there EU distro for the Voivod book?
Quote from: Pentagrimes on September 26, 2025, 05:28:01 PMoooh is there EU distro for the Voivod book?
Not sure yet, but if it's like his Peter Steele book, probably gonna be a pricey one.
Quote from: Pentagrimes on September 26, 2025, 05:28:01 PMoooh is there EU distro for the Voivod book?
It's up now.
€76. Wagner's reduced the cost of the book for the internationals for a limited time but the shipping is full price.
https://www.radicalresearch.org/product/voivod-book-pre-order-international-not-us-or-can/
ah ffs. Thats not in the budget for this month.
I'm reading two at the minute, one on Kraftwerk and an oral history of David Lynch's Dune. Both great, recommended if you're a fan of either