Noel Monk (–2022)
Auteur van 12 Days on the Road
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 2
- Leden
- 175
- Populariteit
- #122,547
- Waardering
- 3.6
- Besprekingen
- 10
- ISBNs
- 10
I'd already read Red, Sammy's bio, including his time with the band, so this feels like it fills in those missing years.
Monk is a decent—not amazing, but decent—storyteller, and even if only half the stories and anecdotes in this book are true, it's still mindblowing that the band's still around, forty years later (though they really seem like they're on life-support at this point).
Monk gives a down-and-dirty insider's view of the band, from their signing to Warner through to the end of the 1984 tour. You hear about the full DEA (as Monk refers to it, the Drugs, Ego, and Alcohol), as well as the sex, and the dirty, behind-the-scenes deal-making and infighting and power games.
It's not a deep book, and there's not a lot of insights here, but it's fun, all the same. Sort of like your standard Van Halen album.… (meer)