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Rock Stars Do The Dumbest Things

Aerosmith. Elvis Presley. Michael Jackson. Nine Inch Nails. Ozzy Osbourne. U2. What do all of these artists have in common? They're rich and rowdy rock 'n' roll renegades whose wild stunts, dumb quotes, and out-of-control lifestyles are featured inRock Stars Do the Dumbest Things.

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—Where else will you find an explanation (goodness knows, we need one) of the Spice Girls' fourteen and one-half minutes of fame straight from the mouths of babes—Baby Spice, that is? "We're like a religious cult."

—Or where will you learn Izzy Stradlin's (of Guns N' Roses) deep thoughts on the virtues of vomiting out of a bus going sixty-five miles an hour?

—And how live octopuses end up in a bathtub with Led Zepplin's female playmates?

Whether you're a Metallica or Madonna fan, you'll get plenty of jaw-dropping facts and anecdotes, along with biographical and career highlights of over eighty-eight raunchy rock 'n' rollers.

From current stars like Marilyn Manson and Courtney Love, to classic rockers like the Rolling Stones and the Eagles,Rock Stars Do the Dumbest Thingsis proof that rock music is still crazy after all these years.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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