Lobotomy: Surviving The Ramones
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- Synopsis
- Lobotomy is a lurid and unlikely temperance tract from the underbelly of rock 'n' roll. Taking readers on a wild rollercoaster ride from his crazy childhood in Berlin and Munich to his lonely methadone-soaked stay at a cheap hotel in Earl's Court and newfound peace on the straight and narrow, Dee Dee Ramone catapults readers into the raw world of sex, addiction, and two-minute songs. It isn't pretty. With the velocity of a Ramones song, Lobotomy rockets from nights at CBGB's to the breakup of the Ramones' happy family with an unrelenting backbeat of hate and squalor: his girlfriend ODs; drug buddy Johnny Thunders steals his ode to heroin, "Chinese Rock"; Sid Vicious shoots up using toilet water; and a pistol-wielding Phil Spector holds the band hostage in Beverly Hills. Hey! Ho! Let's go!
- Copyright:
- 2000
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 311 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780306824999
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781560252528
- Publisher:
- Da Capo Press, Incorporated
- Date of Addition:
- 08/10/22
- Copyrighted By:
- Dee Dee Ramone
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Music
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Foreword by:
- Joan Jett
- Foreword by:
- Legs McNeil
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