Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir"I've been mythicized, Mick-icized, eulogized and fooligized, I've been Cole-Portered and farmer's-daughtered, I've been Led Zepped and 12-stepped. I'm a rhyming fool and so cool that me, Fritz the Cat, and Mohair Sam are the baddest cats that am. I have so many outrageous stories, too many, and I'm gonna tell 'em all. All the unexpurgated, brain-jangling tales of debauchery, sex & drugs, transcendence & chemical dependence you will ever want to hear." The son of a classical pianist straight out of the Bronx of old Archie comics, Steven Tyler was born to be a rock star. Weaned on Cole Porter, Nat King Cole, Mick—and his beloved Janis Joplin—Tyler began tearing up the streets and the stage as a teenager before finally meeting his "mutant twin" and legendary partner Joe Perry. In this addictively readable memoir, told in the playful, poetic voice that is uniquely his own, Tyler unabashedly recounts the meteoric rise, fall, and rise of Aerosmith over the last three decades and riffs on the music that gives it all meaning. Tyler tells what it's like to be a living legend and the frontman of one of the world's most revered and infamous bands—the debauchery, the money, the notoriety, the fights, the motels and hotels, the elevators, limos, buses and jets, the rehab. He reveals the spiritual side that "gets lost behind the stereotype of the Sex Guy, the Drug Guy, the Demon of Screamin', the Terror of the Tropicana." And he talks about his epic romantic life and his relationship with his four children. As dazzling, bold, and out-on-the-edge as the man himself, Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? is an all-access backstage pass into this extraordinary showman's life. |
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User Review - Roger - GoodreadsI am curious what the motivation is here. For all the piss and vinegar, the meandering details and the Tyler's clever-turn-of-phrase aphorisms, it isn't overly introspective. While there's definitely ... Read full review
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User Review - zztopper - Overstock.combought as gift for one of his biggest fans. very enjoyable and I nformative Read full review
Contents
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THE PIPE THAT WAS NEVER PLAYED | 74 |
MY RED PARACHUTE AND OTHER DREAMS | 85 |
CONFESSIONS OF A RHYMEAHOLIC | 123 |
LITTLE BO PEEP THE GLITTER QUEEN AND THE GIRL IN THE YELLOW CORVETTE | 133 |
NOISE IN THE ATTIC SNOW DAYS | 148 |
THE HOOD THE BAD THE UGLY HAMMERED WITH HEMINGWAY | 198 |
FOOD POISONING AT A FAMILY PICNIC | 212 |
GETTING LOST ON YOUR | 247 |
TROUBLE IN PARADISE LOSING YOUR | 265 |
HOLY SMOKE QUEST FOR THE GRAND | 302 |
TO ZANZIBAR AND BACK | 329 |
FALLING IN LOVE IS HARD ON THE KNEES | 356 |
TAKEAWALKINSIDE MY MIND | 372 |
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Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir Steven Tyler,David Dalton No preview available - 2011 |