Cheetah Chrome (eBook)

A Dead Boy's Tale: From the Front Lines of Punk Rock

Cheetah Chrome (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2010
368 Seiten
Voyageur Press (Verlag)
978-1-61673-980-5 (ISBN)

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Here is the autobiography of Cheetah Chrome, lead guitarist of the Dead Boys, one of the greatest punk bands ever. It's a tale of success and excess: great music, drugs (he overdosed and was pronounced dead three times), and resurrection.

The Dead Boys, with roots in the band Rocket from the Tombs, came out of Cleveland to dominate the NYC punk scene in the mid-1970s. Their hit 'Sonic Reducer' soon became a punk anthem. Now, for the first time, Cheetah dishes on the people he's known onstage and off, including the Dead Boys legendary singer Stiv Bators, Johnny Thunders of the New York Dolls, the Ramones, the Clash, Pere Ubu, and the Ghetto Dogs, as well as life at CBGBs, a year with Nico, and more.

, Straight from the man, these are the backstage stories that every punk fan will want to hear. Never mind the Sex Pistols, here's Cheetah Chrome!

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The autobiography of Cheetah Chrome, lead guitarist of the Dead Boys, tells a tale of successand excess: great music, drugs (he overdosed and was pronounced dead three times), and resurrection. The Dead Boys, with roots in the band Rocket from the Tombs, came out of Cleveland to dominate the NYC punk scene in the mid-1970s. Their hit ';Sonic Reducer' soon became a punk anthem. Here, Cheetah dishes on the people he's known onstage and off, including the Dead Boys' legendary singer Stiv Bators, Johnny Thunders of the New York Dolls, the Ramones, the Clash, Pere Ubu, and the Ghetto Dogs, as well as life at CBGB's, a year with Nico, and more. Cheetah gives a no-holds-barred account of those notorious times: Taking the stage at CBGB's Recording at Electric Lady Studios Fist-fighting with Iggy Pop Roller skating with the Rolling Stones Partying with John Belushi Playing with Nico And tearing it up with Stiv Bators and the Dead Boys as they traveled to clubs and dives everywhere, spreading the gospel of punk rock Straight from the man, these are the backstage stories that every punk fan will want to hear. Never mind the Sex Pistols, here's Cheetah Chrome!

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.11.2010
• Vorwort: Legs McNeil
• Zusatzinfo: 45 b-w photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Singen / Musizieren
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 1970s • Abuse • addiction • Avenue • Backstage • Band • behind the scenes look • Biography • Book • CBGB • CBGBs • Celebrities • cheetah chrome autobiography • Childhood • City • Clash • Cleveland • Club • dead boys • debauchery • Diary • dish • Dive • Drugs • early days • Electric Guitar • electric lady studios • Enthusiast • excess • fanatic • fan gift • first hand account • ghetto dogs • Glam • guitarist • hard core • Hardcore • honest • Iggy Pop • Inside Story • John Belushi • Johnny Thunders • Legend • lifestyle • Memoir • Memories • misfit • musician • New York Dolls • Nico • NYC • OD • Ohio • origins of american punk rock • Overdose • Pere Ubu • Personal • popular music history • Rebellion • Rebirth • recounting • Recovery • Resurrection • rockets from the tombs • Rock n Roll • Rolling Stones • Scene • Seventies • Sex Pistols • sonic reducer • stiv bators • Survivor • The Ramones • too young to die • uncensored • Underground • wild ride
• ISBN-10: 1-61673-980-0 / 1616739800
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61673-980-5 / 9781616739805