Van Halen Hitting the Road in 2012

The Huffington Post has a dubious list of rock autobiographies to avoid. I definitely disagree with them on selections such as Keith Richards’ Life, which I didn’t find at all incoherent. I found it incredibly revealing, not so much in the details it gave away regarding Richards’ drug use or sexual exploits, but in the sense it gave you of the dynamic in the band. The more rock autobiographies you read, the more you understand how these rock bands are not in control of the situation, even (or especially) when they’re supposedly on top of the world. They still serve at the whim of the record promoter or the audiences or their bandmates.

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