Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag

Rating:
Summary: So You Wanna Be A Rockstar?!
Review: This book is the alpha and omega about life in a band and on the road as a touring musician. A powerful antidote to the rockstar myth perpetuated by our culture.

Rating:
Summary: IT ROCKS!
Review: THIS BOOK RULES! I GOT IT USED, HARD COVER, FIRST EDITION, AND PAID OVER $30.00 FOR IT. A MUST HAVE FOR ANY MUSICIAN THAT HAS TOURED OR PLANS TO.

Rating:
Summary: This book is incredible
Review: This book will appeal to at least three groups of people that I can think of. First, it will appeal to anyone who is a fan of Black Flag and would like to hear about the years Henry Rollins spent as lead singer. Second, it will appeal to anyone who is interested in what life is like on a punk rock tour in the early eighties. Lastly, this will appeal to anyone who wants to hear a straight-forward, no-bullshit account of one man's experiences, and how he has formed a view of the world through those experiences. I've read it and listened to the audiobook more times than I can count, it's nice to hear it in his voice, I also recommend it.

Rating:
Summary: Rollins best work
Review: This is Henry's diaries from his tours with Black Flag. It follows him across the world through struggles with bandmates, fans and promoters. This is a great read and can't help but to motivate.

Rating:
Summary: Thoroughly Enjoyable Read(3 1/2 Stars)
Review: Whether you are a Black Flag fan or not is pretty much inconsequential. "Get in the Van", Henry Rollins' journals from back in the Black Flag days is a realy interesting look at the band and a time in American music.
Rollins may not be a poet, but his writting style reflects well upon the experinces he was going through at the time. If you were living in a van two hundred days a year, playing shows every night, I really doubt that you would write eloquent passages either.
This book is also an easy read and is full of really cool photos that are fun to look at even if you don't really care about Rollins writting.
Overall, "Get in the Van" is worth buying if your a fan of punk rock and this period of it.

Rating:
Summary: Thoroughly Enjoyable Read(3 1/2 Stars)
Review: Whether you are a Black Flag fan or not is pretty much inconsequential. "Get in the Van", Henry Rollins' journals from back in the Black Flag days is a realy interesting look at the band and a time in American music.
Rollins may not be a poet, but his writting style reflects well upon the experinces he was going through at the time. If you were living in a van two hundred days a year, playing shows every night, I really doubt that you would write eloquent passages either.
This book is also an easy read and is full of really cool photos that are fun to look at even if you don't really care about Rollins writting.
Overall, "Get in the Van" is worth buying if your a fan of punk rock and this period of it.