Classic Rock Book Reviews: quick and dirty

I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie by Pamela Des Barres There is no co-write listed. Does this mean Ms. Des Barres truly wrote this herself or does she have a quiet ghostwriter? Either way, the book opens with a foreword by the one and only Dave Navarro. That foreword was as useful as Led Zepplin (think about it for a sec). The only reason Dave Navarro’s name appeared on the cover was to help sell books. Nothing in his foreword contributed anything to the book except that it too up a little bit of space Pamela learned early what men wanted and she gave them what they were after. In return for her favors, she could hang out with whoever it happened to be.  Pamela was, as the title says, a groupie. But she is not just a groupie. She was perhaps the most famous of the groupies. Is she more famous than “ Sweet, Sweet Connie from Little Rock”? Perhaps although Pamela has not been mentioned in the song as explicitly as Connie. These are the tales of a young girl living her rock ...

  Sinner's Creed by Scott Stapp and David Ritz Oh boy! There is a lot of religion in this book. So much so that I began to wonder just what I was reading. Was I reading a conversion story? Well, sort of. Was I reading a story of redemption? Well, sort of. Was I reading a rock and roll autobiography? Well, sort of. Sure this tells the story of the band Creed and Mr. Stapp's relationships within the band but it tells us more. Scott Stapp jumped right in and decided to confuse the reader with the kind of book this is.  Religion plays a big part in Stapp's life. Great. We read of the issues Scott went through when trying to wrap his music around his religion. It wasn't just the music that we see Scott struggle with. We see him struggle with more than music and drugs and sex. We see his personal struggle with his religion. His father insisted upon Scott behaving and acting in a way that was in accord with the good book. That seems to have messed Scott up a bunch in his year...