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Summary: Rock and roll heaven
Review: It took me almost three weeks to read, but wow! What a fantastic book! All the things I ever wanted to know about the excesses of the rock lifestyle. I was particularly intreeged to find out about plaster-casting, the Rolling Thunder Review and the true story of the death of Tupac Shakur. My girlfriend is half way through it now and she thinks the same. Not enough sex for me, maybe too many drugs, but overall a wicked book.
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Summary: Size doesn't matter
Review: This book, with its vast chapters covering many famous groups, is on the surface promising. Sure, the title even sells it. But when you get down to it, this book is far removed from the subject it promises to cover. For instance, when I turned to a chapter on the Beastie Boys, I was expecting to read behind the scenes accounts of their antics during their first tour. Who are they, what were they on, who and what did they get up to? Instead I was offered a literary perspective of how the English press handled the first encounter with the Beasties. Another chapter describes the infamous murder at a Rolling Stones' concert at the hands of a Hell's Angel biker. The problem here is that the book covers the 'whodunnit' of the incident, rather than giving any insider perspective to the Stones on tour. Little was mentioned of the individual members of the Stones. Most of what I attempted to read was highbrow in style, far removed from any feeling of rock and roll. Being a music lover, I wanted more depth in the accounts of the artists that inspired me. I wanted passionate writing about a passion-worthy subject. If you want to view this subject as a slide under a microscope, or as an excerpt from the writers of Scientific American, this book's for you. There's little soul in this mammoth book.
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