Welcome To Your Nightmare
Kurt Cobain. GG Allin. Wendy O. Williams. Duane Allman. Travis Barker. Jimmy Page. Janis Joplin. Ozzy Osbourne. Chrissie Hynde. Dee Dee Ramone. Chris Cornell. Marc Bolan. Tommy Lee. Amy Winehouse. Jimi Hendrix. What do these artists all have in common? They’re rowdy rock stars whose over-the-top lifestyles spun out of control, landing them deep in Rock & Roll Nightmare territory.
READERS’ FAVORITE: SILVER SEAL CERTIFIED / 5-STAR BOOK
You will read about:
The ill-fated 27 Club and how the whole thing got started Rock ‘n’ roll suicides taken out by guns, pills, and booze Shocking deaths ranging from plane crashes to spider bites Bands beset by tragedy, from Badfinger to The Bee Gees Alarming antics covering everyone from Keith Moon to Keith Richards Bizarre curses and strange, unexplained incidents Love, loss, murder, death by drowning, freak fires, and more!
Rock & Roll Nightmares: True Stories, Volume 1 is a meticulously-researched, up-to-date, entertaining, and shocking book that rounds up the tragic tales from the 1960s to the present day. Volume 2 continues in a separate book and covers the awful incidents at Altamont, underage groupies, Satanic panic, the murder of John Lennon, musicians who’ve died on stage, rock stars who lived on borrowed time, and more. (Oh-there’s a whole series of fiction Rock & Roll Nightmares books, too!)
About the Author: Staci Layne Wilson has been writing professionally about rock music for decades and is the director of the award-winning documentary, The Ventures: Stars on Guitars. She is donating a portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book to the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund (a 501c3 nonprofit charity).
Praise for Rock & Roll Nightmares: True Stories, Vol 1
I loved this book and couldn’t put it down once I started. Staci has a wonderful writing style, lean and expressive.
I really, really thought going into this book I’d know most of the stories. Not even close! I learned something new every page if not every paragraph about the mad excesses, personal tragedies or just bad luck that legendarily befalls musicians.
Wilson’s extensive research sifts the facts from hearsay. I don’t care how much you know about rock gossip. You’ll be surprised and shocked by some of the anecdotes.
For fans of rock ‘n roll - and the macabre - it doesn’t get much better than this book.
