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(Wall Street Journal) Interesting What author Stephen Davis did decades ago for Zeppelin with "Hammer of the Gods", he's doing today for GNR with "Watch You Bleed"   (booknewsblog.blogspot.com) divider line 12
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00ghost27 2008-09-20 10:14:36 AM  
Which is what exactly?

 
jake_lex [TotalFark] 2008-09-20 10:52:11 AM  
00ghost27: Which is what exactly?

Repeat bullshiat urban legends about the band as truth?

 
mfaby 2008-09-20 11:14:17 AM  
Hmmmm, I dunno...

I was just re-reading 'Hammer...' and if half, heck, a THIRD of that stuff is true those guys were pretty nuts. but then it was the 70s and they were rockstars.

I think if GnR wasn't worse then they were doing something wrong...

 
Where the hell was Biggles 2008-09-20 11:49:51 AM  
Mudshark.

/That is all.

 
Broktun 2008-09-20 12:47:56 PM  
Where the hell was Biggles: Mudshark.

/That is all.

Red Snapper??

 
strangeguitar 2008-09-20 02:23:47 PM  
I saw the book in Barnes & Noble yesterday. I was surprised, after the backlash the author received, that he was able to sell another book.
I'll prolly get a second hand paperback copy from my local paperback trader in a couple of years.
I'm not really a Guns fan, but I'm sure they are some awesome stories in there. True or not.

 
FreeLoveFreeway 2008-09-20 02:44:50 PM  
With Axl Rose, you're bound to have quality stories. If the book was "The Making of Chinese Democracy" then sure, it would be boring as hell... but this is G N F'n R we're talking about.

 
barneyfifesbullet 2008-09-20 02:55:57 PM  
There wasn't a whole lot of diff between stories in "Hammer" and the book Richard Cole wrote later.

If you know who Richard Cole is, you are a Zep fan.

I'm sure stories were embellished somewhat, if not complete fiction. Especially for someone as iconic as Zep. They usually are for a book.

It's not like everything in Motley Crue's The Dirt is factual. It was a fun read, though.

 
ozarkmatt [TotalFark] 2008-09-20 04:10:19 PM  
KILLERPIGGY: Richard Cole was a part of Led-Zeppelin's road crew.

Well he was the road manager and was the source for 99% if the stories in "Hammer of hte Gods." So it is no surprise his book was similar.

 
uncoveror 2008-09-20 10:06:21 PM  
Stephen Davis is a notorious yellow journalist, and Hammer Of The Gods is a libelous hatchet job.

 
sonnyboy11 2008-09-21 12:21:28 AM  
uncoveror: Stephen Davis is a notorious yellow journalist, and Hammer Of The Gods is a libelous hatchet job.

Sounds good- I'm there!

/gotta get my hands on that Rick Wakefield/Yes book too

 
FarkOf40000Years 2008-09-21 11:05:06 AM  
The end of every single Guns n' Roses song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO2IK15WjEg

 
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