The definitive, no-holds-barred oral history of 1980s hard rock and hair metal, told by the musicians and industry insiders who lived it.
TOM BEAUJOUR is a journalist and co-founder and former
editor-in-chief of Revolver, America's premier hard rock and heavy
metal monthly. Beaujour has produced and mixed albums by Nada Surf,
Guided by Voices, the Juliana Hatfield Three, and many others.
RICHARD BIENSTOCK is a journalist whose writing has appeared in the
New York Times, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Spin, and other
publications. He is a former senior editor of Guitar World magazine
and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored
and co-authored several books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of
Heck.
"the definitive account of the era" --PopMatters
"an intensive swim through what it felt like to be alive and
flyering the Sunset Strip in the '80s" --Cryptic Rock
"Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock have a remarkable knack for
placing readers in the moment with every page turn, resulting in a
perfectly crafted masterpiece that encapsulates one of the most
iconic eras in music history." --Vinyl Writer
"a quick-moving and engrossing read... a compelling conversation
among a couple hundred people who defined the metal era." --Culture
Sonar "This is one heck of a book." --Metal Sludge
"Rock music fans will be banging their heads to this book."
--Library Journal
"Beginning with the early days of Quiet Riot and Van Halen, the
book takes the reader through glam's ascent from L.A. clubs to
arenas everywhere, spending equal time on Crüe-style debauchery and
the behind-the-scenes business that made these bands superstars,
through the arrival of Nirvana, which turned the hair metal craze
into poison overnight." --Booklist
"Lively, comprehensive... An engrossing deep dive into a lurid,
free-wheeling monument in pop music." --Kirkus "Revolver cofounder
Beaujour and former Guitar World editor Bienstock give heavy metal
a flamboyant retrospective in this raucous oral
history...Metalheads and those with a fondness for the over-the-top
antics that marked the genre and era are in for a treat."
--Publishers Weekly "From the streets to the Strip, the studio to
the stage, this is an epic tale told by the people that lived it.
It's a backstage pass to the wildest and loudest party in rock
history--you'll feel like you were right there with us!" --Bret
Michaels of Poison "If you want to relive the explosive decade,
this is as close as you're gonna get. All right here, right now."
--Stephen Pearcy of Ratt "Tom and Rich -- the two music journalists
most likely to be called as expert witnesses in a court case about
hair metal -- have compiled a fun, funny, and frightening chronicle
of the so-called 'Decade of Decadence' with interviews from every
major player in the scene." --Kory Grow, Rolling Stone "Sure,
there's plenty of sex, drugs and rock & roll but, like the best
rock books, Nöthin' But a Good Time is really about people and
their stories. Those stories attest to the power of hard work,
ambition, friendship and community. And that's what makes this
hilarious, sordid and deeply researched book so inspiring."
--Michael Azerrad, author of Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes
from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 and Come As You Are:
The Story of Nirvana "No stone is left unturned in this deep dive
into the bands you love, and the bands you love to hate. This book
goes to 11." --Katherine Turman, co-author, Louder Than Hell: The
Definitive Oral History of Metal "An extremely well-written,
thoughtful, and indeed inspiring exposé on one of the most
misunderstood musical genres in history. Come for Yngwie Malmsteen,
stay for Gunnar Nelson." --Dave Hill, comedian, author, Parking the
Moose "Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock recreate the reckless and
carefree era of hair metal--a fantastical, debauched world of car
wrecks and casual sex, codpieces and Capezios, boys dressed like
girls and girls dressed in almost nothing, cocaine and even more
cocaine and no, seriously, So. Much. Cocaine. Nöthin' But a Good
Time is the literary equivalent of a pyro explosion." --Rob
Tannenbaum, author of I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the
Music Video Revolution "I came for the debauched Guns 'N Roses,
Mötley Crüe and Poison stories and was not disappointed. I did not
expect equally delightful stories about Stryper, Warrant, Faster
Pussycat, Nelson and Trixter. Brilliant book of familiar and
forgotten rock history." --Steve Knopper, editor-at-large,
Billboard, author, Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular
Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age
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