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I read alot of these books. Have alot of these books. :lol: :LOL:

Was wondering if anyone else does the same and would like to start up a "Book for Book Swap" here on RT? :thumbsup:
Get good reading material all the time for just trading out and covering your own shipping. ;)
 
I have a bunch of biographies, PM if you want to swap some books.
 
Mailman what biographies do you recommend? I'm going down south for a week wanting to pick up a good one. I've read some good ones but don't read too often so opinions would be appreciated!
 
I really liked stephen Pearcy one. Well written and good stories. Reading Scott ian "I am the man" right now.
 
Anyone read Randy Blythe's book "Dark Days" from LoG? Don't read a ton but I'm dying to read his book. His story is pretty insane if you're not already familiar with the cliff notes...
 
I have Slash, Steven Adler and Dave Mustaine. And a Motley Crue one
 
scary groove":20e4vm9k said:
I have Slash, Steven Adler and Dave Mustaine. And a Motley Crue one
I ve read these and thought they were great!
 
Mailman1971":28ibwpec said:
I really liked stephen Pearcy one. Well written and good stories. Reading Scott ian "I am the man" right now.
i believe the Scott Ian one is new I'd like to check that out.
 
Sammy Hagar's was good.
Paul Stanley's was good.
Joe Perry's was good.
Don Felder's was cool. (I really hated Glen Fry by the end of it!)
Yngwie's was actually very good!
Tony Iommi's was great.
I really liked DIO-A light in the Black.
 
Soooooooooo Gents...
lets start a trading thread. Got a OZZY book I will trade out "I am Ozzy" and a Duff Mckagen ' its so easy'

Who wants them. ;)
 
metalfan32":1r324tl8 said:
Mailman1971":1r324tl8 said:
I really liked stephen Pearcy one. Well written and good stories. Reading Scott ian "I am the man" right now.
i believe the Scott Ian one is new I'd like to check that out.
I am 1/2 way thru it.....and man he spills the dirt. :yes:
 
Rezamatix":331fvt88 said:
Motley Crue "the dirt" is probably the best one I have ever read.

That is a good read. Very open from the band members. The Yngwie one I read got really repetitive and I kept getting glaze on my hands from the spine.
 
Joe Perry's was one of the more recent ones I read, really killer. Had to re-read Walk This Way after that, which is like the blueprint for The Dirt.

Yngwie's is comical. I love his interpretation of events. When he writes about David St. Hubbins talking about him in This Is Spinal Tap, what he's quoting is St. Hubbins on the Hear N' Aid "Stars" Making Of video, Yngwie clearly thinks the dialogue happened in the Spinal Tap movie. :lol: :LOL:

Devin Townsend just finished writing his which will come with an acoustic album as well, that'll surely be outstanding.

Corey Taylor's books have been decent. He gets on my nerves with his over-writing at times. Having a good command written word is great, but he gets off on it a bit too much.

Heart's autobiography was pretty killer. Hammer Of The Gods written by Zep's tour manager, Richard Cole, I've probably read that book 5x now.

Duff McKagen is working on an Alice In Chains biography which was authorized by the band, that will surely kick some ass a well.

Not a rockstar but he partied just as hard as them, Artie Lange's two books are really killer. Just as funny as they are intense.

I'd love to trade but I read everything on my phone or laptop via Kindle apps. After moving so many times and needing to drag a huge book/magazine collection around, I'm waiting until I settle somewhere permanently before I start buying physical books again.

tarices22":18sfkwje said:
Anyone read Randy Blythe's book "Dark Days" from LoG? Don't read a ton but I'm dying to read his book. His story is pretty insane if you're not already familiar with the cliff notes...

Yep, outstanding book. Randy's a bookworm and it certainly paid off when writing his own book. That dude can paint a picture with words. It can be very humbling to read during certain sections and I've got no doubt that was the entire purpose. Randy is certainly a lead-by-example good human being.
 
What's up, jcm/les paul, I am from Coronado. I also enjoyed DLR's book.
 
Alex Skolnick was very good.
Rex Brown of Pantera's was good.
 
VH Rising is awesome!!! Definitely recommended. Also Mustaine's and Paul Stanley's book were good!! For Randy Rhoads fans, Bob Daisley's "For Fact Sake" is another good read as is Kelly Garni's book
 
skoora":1a60cq6m said:
The Yngwie one I read got really repetitive and I kept getting glaze on my hands from the spine.
Oh dude that is priceless! :lol: :LOL:
 
I had the Corey Taylor one for about a week. Guy talks in circles. :lol: :LOL:
Got bored and traded it with my one buddy for the Sammy Hagar book.
 
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