Joe Layden is an award-winning journalist and the author of more
than twenty books, including Home Before Daylight and the number
one New York Times bestseller The Rock Says. He lives in upstate
New York.
“More than an insider’s story about VH; Monk also shares
fascinating firsthand information about how the music industry
operated at that time…An absolute must-read for VH fans and fans of
rock music memoirs.” — Library Journal
“Too bad the title The Dirt was already taken. Noel Monk –
who went from being Van Halen’s road manager to their business
manager during their Diamond Dave prime – holds nothing back…Monk
paints a convincing picture of a brilliant, substance-addled young
band that wasn’t built to last.” — Rolling Stone
“The Van Halen book you’ve been waiting for…brutally honest and at
times shocking…Van Halen fans will be discussing and debating it
with the same attention to detail as Eddie’s finger-tapping work on
‘Eruption.’” — Houston Press
“There’s plenty of sex and drugs here, along with the absurdities
of the hard-rock life.” — New York Times Book Review
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