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(0)Pamela Des Barres
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Since rocks beginnings, there have been groupies. These chosen few women who bed, but not often wed, the musicians of their dreams are almost as much a part of music history as the musicians themselves. Pamela Des Barres, the world's foremost super groupie, here offers an all-access backstage pass to the world of rock stars and the women who love them. Having had her own affairs with legends such as Keith Moon and Jimmy Page--as documented in her...
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Updated to include the escapades of the last 16 years of the "queen of the groupies," this rollicking, piquant, and sometimes heartbreaking follow-up to I'm With the Band documents Pamela Des Barres' struggles with postmodern marriage and motherhood. Covering the middle-passage years of the baby-boom generation, this biography portrays hilarious, inspiring tussle with life's adventures and adversities, from acting with Sylvester Stallone and dancing...
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The dark moments of rock history fascinate and tantalize like the pathos of Greek tragedy. The bottom sinks lower, the air seems colder, the bad endings--when they are bad--seem beyond bad. The unlucky practitioners of our most thriving form of communal experience seem to hit rock bottom in ways only the most glamorous among us can--publicly. The stories remain obscure, half-seen in the shadowlands. In her familiar style, Pamela Des Barres shines...
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The stylish, exuberant, and remarkably sweet confession of one of the most famous groupies of the 1960s and 70s is back in print in this new edition that includes an afterword on the author's last 15 years of adventures. As soon as she graduated from high school, Pamela Des Barres headed for the Sunset Strip, where she knocked on rock stars' backstage doors and immersed herself in the drugs, danger, and ecstasy of the freewheeling 1960s. Over the...
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Final 24 volume 5
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English
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Charts the tragic final hours of Marvin Gaye, murdered by his own father after abandoning his scheduled performances. What could have lead to such violence?
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Final 24 volume 1
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English
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Charts the tumultuous final 24 hours of punk icon and suspected murderer Sid Vicious.
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Final 24 volume 3
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English
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The tragic story of River Phoenix's final day alive, and the pressure on him that cost him his life.
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Final 24 volume 4
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English
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Legendary gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson lived on the edge his whole life - so why did he decide to end it early?
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Final 24 volume 2
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English
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Comic actor John Belushi died at the height of his career - but what lead the the final bender that took his life?
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Final 24 volume 6
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English
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The Kennedy family was accustomed to tragedy. But what decisions did John Kennedy Jr. make that put him in an early grave?
11) Zappa
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With unfettered access to the Zappa Vault and all its archival footage, ZAPPA explores the private life behind the mammoth musical career that never shied away from the political turbulence of its time.