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""A Dead Boy's Tale" is a highly entertaining account of Chrome's experiences, and you can practically smell the stale beer and vomit along the way...an invaluable trip through some of punk's most important years." - "Under the Radar", July 2010
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Here is the autobiography of Cheetah Chrome, lead guitarist of the Dead Boys, one of the greatest punk bands ever. It's a tale of success and excess: great music, drugs (he overdosed and was pronounced dead three times), and resurrection. The Dead Boys, with roots in the band Rocket from the Tombs, came out of Cleveland to dominate the NYC punk scene in the mid 1970s. Their hit "Sonic Reducer" soon became a punk anthem. Now, for the first time, Cheetah dishes on the people he's known onstage and off, including the Dead Boys' legendary singer Stiv Bators, Johnny Thunders of the New York Dolls, the Ramones, the Clash, Pere Ubu, and the Ghetto Dogs, as well as life at CBGBs, a year with Nico, and more. Straight from the man, these are the backstage stories that every punk fan will want to hear. Never mind the Sex Pistols, here's Cheetah Chrome!
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Format:Hardcover
This is a must have for any music fan and if you havent heard of the Dead Boys or Cheetah Chrome you should check out the music as well. You will not be dissapointed. This is an honest account of life before and after the Dead Boys and these guys knew how to party. Having been a fan for years it was well worth the wait to get this book and read about life in the studio and on the road. Cheetah brings his life story bang up to date with an honesty that is sometimes rare in bios these days. Buy it.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Just thought I would take a few minutes out of my day to say just how much I love this book. If your a Dead Boys fan or a Cheetah Chrome fan for that matter, I highly would recommend buying this book. Its fantastic! Show Cheetah some support and buy the book. you won't regret it!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
THE REAL DEAL
6 Feb 2011
Format:Hardcover
Much has been said here about who Cheetah Chrome is so I will skip that. What's important to know is that this is not some ghost written rock autobio churned out for the advance. This is more a like a diary / story. Cheetah emerges as an intelligent and insightful man not afraid to expose himself while capturing exactly what it was like to be in Cleveland in the 70's. And thus what it was like to be a kid in America living anywhere outside of Hollywood and the upper east side. When he talks about the music that was played and the "dazed and confused" life you will relate to every bit of it. I flashed on my youth as he provided the soundtrack. From Alice Cooper's "Eighteen" that every kid had to learn whether in Cle or as sex pistol in london to the various substances ingested to teenage sex there is no book that better takes you into those uncomfortable moments riding in the adolescence of punk. Cheetah emerges from this as one of the most intelligent voices of the period contrary to his image. A good companion read is Mike Hudson's equally brilliant Kerouac like tomb, Diary of a Punk.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
A Must-Read For Dead Boys Fans
23 Sep 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you ever saw the Dead Boys at their peak (before the breakup and the countless reunion tours), you probably remember it as one of the greatest rock 'n' roll shows you've ever seen. I know I do, and at age sixty, I've seen a lot of shows! When I heard Cheetah was writing his story, I looked forward to reading it, but didn't know quite what to expect. The book was all I had hoped for, and then some. Of course there's an ample supply of stories of the various excesses of a life spent on the road with Stiv Bators and company, and these won't disappoint. Nor will the many tales of his encounters with rock 'n' roll royalty such as Keith Richards and Iggy Pop. However, what I wasn't expecting was the very sensitive and articulate evaluation of a life that, while having some incredible highs, also reached depths that were indeed gut-wrenching. Cheetah's not afraid to lay his soul bare here, nor is he afraid to admit his failings. His story is a fascinating one, and in the end, an inspirational one as well. If you're a Dead Boys fan, or just a rock 'n' roll fan, this book is a must-read.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Long live the punk rock spirit!
2 May 2011
Format:Hardcover
Disclosure #1: I was about 6 years old when Cheetah Chrome and the rest of the Dead Boys were terrorizing the NYC music scene.
Disclosure #2: After reading Chrome's autobiography I feel as if I was there in the front row of their punk rock roller coaster ride.
This book takes readers from Chrome's days as an awkward youth in Cleveland trying to find that perfect mix between talent and passion. It also details his role in the extremely underrated Cleveland glam/punk rock band Rocket From the Tomb. What made the book for me, though, were the stories of Chrome's days with the short-lived and combustible Dead Boys. You can practically feel the bond between Chrome and frontman Stiv Bators.
Readers will be pleasantly surprised by Chrome's writing chops. He blends humor, self-deprecation, and a vividly painted 70s and 80s set piece to bring the Cleveland and NYC punk scene to life. This is a must-read book from one of the great guitarists of our time and an unheralded legend from the days when rock had teeth.
Disclosure #2: After reading Chrome's autobiography I feel as if I was there in the front row of their punk rock roller coaster ride.
This book takes readers from Chrome's days as an awkward youth in Cleveland trying to find that perfect mix between talent and passion. It also details his role in the extremely underrated Cleveland glam/punk rock band Rocket From the Tomb. What made the book for me, though, were the stories of Chrome's days with the short-lived and combustible Dead Boys. You can practically feel the bond between Chrome and frontman Stiv Bators.
Readers will be pleasantly surprised by Chrome's writing chops. He blends humor, self-deprecation, and a vividly painted 70s and 80s set piece to bring the Cleveland and NYC punk scene to life. This is a must-read book from one of the great guitarists of our time and an unheralded legend from the days when rock had teeth.
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