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Niki Sixx: The Heroin Diaries
Wed, 07/15/2009 - 12:16pm
Man, what a trip. Reminds me why I never tried the booger sugar. Great read though, and easy. I read the 411 pages in two daze. It's a good sh!tter book too as it is written in diary enteries, not long drawn out stuff.
It's about how blistered Niki (the brains/writer of Crue) was when they made Girls Girls Girls, and the tour that followed it.
I think we all wish we were rockstars like they were, but he shows the superficiality of all that. Besides the drugs, you get an idea how many parasites hang on you when you hit that level and how lonely being famous can be.
Thu, 07/16/2009 - 8:04am
#2
Sounds like an interesting read even though I'm not a huge Crue fan. Another similar book is Scar Tissue by Anthony Keidis (lead singer of RHCP). Most of it deals with his own personal struggles and it gives you an insight as to how some of their songs came together and the internal drama that Anthony's heavy drug use caused. Thankfully there is a happy ending though, as they got past that and continued on as a band.
-Dave
Thu, 07/16/2009 - 8:21am
#3
Both are excellent books. My favorite reads lately have been biographies of musicians. I also read The Dirt and a couple about some blues cats. The HD and ST both really delve into the deep dark part of the rockstar life style. I guess I can be thankful that I never achieved that level. It consumed me as a kid and I know for a fact that if I had I wouldn't have made it through that. I have a very addictive personality and have to constantly keep myself in check. Next up is Slash and then the Eric Clapton bio.
H
Thu, 07/16/2009 - 2:03pm
#4
This book sounds like something right up my alley at the moment...I can't focus a lot on heavy stuff because I have brain fog so bad from the RA/Lupus and all the meds....Thanks for the heads up on it Rasta...
Now, the Eric Clapton book sounds real good....I guess I'm making a trip to the bookstore!...;)
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Thu, 07/16/2009 - 4:08pm
#5
So what do you reccommend as afollow up book H? Scar Tissue? I read Ozzy Unauthorized before diaries, and it was kinda the same sh!t, but in a VH1 way, so I'm not sure I want to read another druggie book.
Thu, 07/16/2009 - 5:28pm
#6
Scar Tissue is a lot of the same. Happening at roughly the same time, and some charecters cross over. If you are looking for a fun one, read The Dirt. Still has alot of the same references but some of the things they talk about are a hoot. If you are into Clapton his looks real good as well as the Led Zep one. Lots out there if that's your thing. Think I'll get a new one this weekend.
H
As an afterthought, Kiss and Makeup is pretty good as well and Gene doesn't drink or get high. Lots of baggin'.
Thu, 07/16/2009 - 5:34pm
#7
I've read the Zepplin book. It was good. The others didn't sound that good. I'll take a trip to the book store (I hate the sales people at the local one. They're like the twangers of reading; they think they know it all and their taste is the only one that matters); I'll see what they have.
Any fiction recommendations?
Thu, 07/16/2009 - 5:44pm
#8
If your into cops and robbers mystery type stuff there are the womens murder club series by Patterson. I think he's on 7 now. (They are numbered) Good read as well as any of the books by Janet Evanovich. If you want something to stimulate your mind as well as your soul, the Left Behind series is a fictional account of the end times based on the Book of Revelation in the Bible. When I read it last year there were 12 books in the series, about 400 pages each. I devoured them in a little less than 5 weeks. I read #2 and #4 in 2 days each. I have since heard that there are one more sequel and 2 prequels that I have not read. My faith has increased exponentially in the last year and I found them very interesting. I know many people who don't believe like I do that have read and enjoyed them all. I read alot but it's kind of blanking on me right now.
H
Sun, 07/19/2009 - 12:43pm
#9
I got Scar Tissue. I'll have a heroin addiction by the end of the summer after reading these.
Mon, 07/20/2009 - 1:13pm
#10
I've got to recommend 1984 and Brave New World in the fiction category. Not music related but I love dystopian future type books.
-Dave
Tue, 07/21/2009 - 10:44am
#11
conformnow;174170 wrote:
I've got to recommend 1984 and Brave New World in the fiction category. Not music related but I love dystopian future type books.
-Dave
I love dystopian society stuff, too. I wonder why?
Loved 1984. Orwell's Animal Farm is great, too, and an easy read.
Didn't care as much for Brave New World. It was very good at first, I lost interest toward the end.
If you ever have a lot of time on your hands try Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead. That's one of my personal favorites. Sometimes the dialogue is a little convoluted but the concepts are phenominal.
If you ever have enormous amounts of time on your hands, try Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. Again, convoluted dialogue but, at very least, interesting concepts whether or not you agree with them.
Tue, 07/21/2009 - 12:06pm
#12
Animal Farm is great..I have heard a lot about Ayn Rand (apparently Neil Peart is a big fan of hers) so I'll definitely check those books out. Thanks!
-Dave
It's a heavy book. I still (two years later) haven't decided if I'm glad I read it or not. Much respect to him for publishing such an honest account of what was really going on at the time.