Dirty Rocker Boys

Great book, thoroughly enjoyed, I myself having lived through the eighties in the hair band era in my prime, I really enjoyed.Funny, and a great read, finished it in two readings, left wanting more.Wish the girls would reunite and bring back the ex wives of rock show with Athena and crew.Sordid, no holds barred look at the behind the scenes of the rock era in it’s heyday.Definitely recommend.

OK I admit that I wanted to read this book simply because I wanted to hear all the dirt I could on those "rocker" bad boys and Ms. Brown definitely obliges like a rockette groupie slut... Is there anyone she didn't hook up with in Hollywood in one way or another? She comes across as a little full of herself pretty much claiming in so many words "Everyone wants to @#$% me!" or "Everyone is in love with ME!" She may have been the girl that girls all wanted to be and the girl that all guys wanted to be with but where did that get her? While it may have been true that that's how she was seen, she could've toned that part down a bit in the book and it would've been more tasteful. No need to toot your own horn, honey. But anyway, this book is definitely interesting if you were into that cultural phenomenon of the 80's hair/glam metal on the Sunset Strip. She was there and lived to tell about it. Obviously, the appeal of this book, other than her romance with Tommy Lee, and, I guess if you were a fan of Warrant, her marriage to Jani Lane, is all the name-dropping and brushes with celebrities she has managed throughout her days as the queen of the almost-famous B-list Hollywood/ rock and roll groupie has-beens. She comes across as funny though sadly pathetic at times and more than a bit crass all the time. She could use a lesson in class from Tommy Lee's first love, Heather Locklear. I admit her stories are enticing and her memoir entertaining, but in the end, this is still just another celebrity tell-all gossip memoir cooked up to make a few bucks. Again, she could use some class and it's just too bad her experiences gained her wisdom but sadly no taste.

The guys of Rock dish it out, but Bobbie Brown gives her side of the story. She was the Warrant Cherry Pie girl, acted on Married w/ Children with Pamela Anderson, married the lead singer of Warrant, hooked up with Tommy Lee for a while. Felt like I was listening to the story of one of my girlfriends. No Metoo stuff here, she’s not saying she’s a victim, just giving her side of things, how it affected her life, the lessons she learned about relationships, Hollywood, the Rocker lifestyle and how not everyone in it ends up in a giant mansion. Great job Bobbie Brown with her lesson that beauty can be power, but it also be a curse. All depends on how you handle it and what kind of support system you have. She also mentions her and Pam’s feud, but imagine if they could come together and collaborate like the women at the end of Chicago. They are both Survivors of Hollywood.

The book has a few interesting tidbits here and there but, the truth is Bobbie Brown as a person is just not all that interesting. We are talking about a woman who made a living doing a little modeling and starring in a few MTV videos.. her only claim to fame is that she had relationships with famous musicians.. hence the title of her book.She does not comes across as very intelligent but, she sure does come across as unlikable.She is also very, very full of herself. She speaks about her beauty all through out the book, she loves to name drop and write about her sexual conquests, every man in LA evidently wanted to sleep with her at one point or the other.It is true she was a very beautiful woman but, beauty in LA is nothing special.. I just do not see that she had much else to offer the world. She admitted to being a drug addict, and she admitted to treating people rudely because in her own words.. "she just didn't give a ****.". How charming.I do not doubt that famous men would swarm her at the clubs and beg to take her home.. my guess is most of these men are no stranger to this behavior, which means she was pretty much just any other killer bod they could use and abuse.The one area I absolutely do not believe is when she writes about all the jobs she missed out on because she just didn't care about her career. She claims Stephen Spielberg wanted to hire her, that Robert DeNiro wanted her for the role in Casino Sharon Stone ended up getting.. that Bay Watch wanted her really badly but, Pamela Anderson threatened to walk if they gave her a role on the show. I am sorry but, I just do not buy any of this... maybe she is telling the truth but, I sort of think a lot of this is just a figment of her overblown ego.The interesting parts of her book are when she is discussing the people she met or had personal relationships with. There is some interesting stuff about her marriage, and her engagement to Tommy Lee.The stuff she writes about Dave Navarro is quite disturbing... the way she describes their first date at his house, is absolutely sickening. As I read I thought.. I am sure she got the heck out of there as soon as she could but, no in the next paragraphs she writes about being so enamored with him. Why.. I have no idea,.. Navarro comes across as a total creep in my opinion. It was obvious through out the book Brown had horrible taste in men but, after she wrote about Navarro, that is when I suspected something wasn't right with her.One very interesting part that really got my attention was towards the end of the book about her ex-husband Jani Lane.. he basically made a confession to her that horrified me and had me speculating quite awhile about who he could have been talking about. She doesn't give us names, and when you read it you will understand why. That is all I will write about that.In summary if you are a fan of 80's Hair Metal, you may find this book interesting. Just go into it realizing that parts about Brown herself are a total snore. It is easy reading and trashy.. a very quick read so, it wouldn't hurt to give it a read.

It also tells plenty of stories about Jani Lane, from Warrant, which is pretty interesting. Highly recommended! Really enjoyed it.

密林本店でのレビュー数の多さに釣られて思わずDL。表紙とタイトルの印象からグルーピー回想録か思ったら、真面目な内容でした。「真面目」なのは「アタシみたいな人生を送ちゃダメよ！！」と身を挺して訴えているとこ。行間から来る著者さんのキャラはサバサバした姐御風。それから、ポピュラー音楽史の勉強になった。ヘアメタルってんですか、九十年代に入ってグランジ登場と共になぎ倒されたメタルバンド群について全く無知だったもので、へー、こんな時代だったのかー、と。化粧したロン毛ニーチャンたちがシンプルなポップ系楽曲で大スターになった時代。「ロックスター」が消えて久しい今となっては何やら古式ゆかしさ（ゆかしさ？）さえ感じる。著者さんは少女時代から美人で人気者の男はトーゼンのようにゲットしてきたってなタイプの女性。「お前の取り柄は顔だけよ」と母に言われ続け（お母さま…）、美人コンテストに出れば軽くルイジアナ代表。全国大会では二位。モデルエージェンシーから引く手数多でハリウッドに出てくる。身長と容姿のタイプ的に国際的ハイファッション向きではないということで、豊胸手術と整形を施して商業モデル路線で行くことにする。仕事はすぐにジャンジャン舞い込み、クラブ通いを始めれば有名人男性が列を作り、どこに行ってもチヤホヤされまくり。クラブ遊びにハマって仕事をドタキャンしたり有名監督とのミーティングをすっぽかしたりと不真面目なチャラ子化していくも、若い美女なんで仕事は途切れず、周囲にとことん甘やかされる。ここら辺、男性陣が「美人は得」や僻む理由が分かりますわ。男性ミュージシャンがレコード契約獲得に必死になっているとこで、彼女の元にレコード会社の方からオファーが来たりする。そいで「ウァラント」という一時期人気絶頂だったらしいヘアメタルバンドの『チェリーパイ』なるミュージックビデオに出演。楽曲は大ヒットし、著者さんは「ハリウッド一ホットな美女」に。ついでにウォラントのヴォーカリストと結婚。女児を出産。しかしモデル体型に復帰しようとクスリに手を出し、ジワジワとヤク中人生に突入していく。以降はひたすらに下降するキャリアとクラブ通いとヤク中生活と精神不安定揃いのロックスターの彼氏たち（モトリークルーのトミー・リー含む）のメリーゴーランド状態。常にラリってるし遊び歩いてばっかだし男のことしか考えてないし、「なんなんだこのオンナは」なんだけど、自分に対して容赦のない書き方なんで好感度が踏み止まってくれる。特に後半、無一文になりホームレス寸前になって踏ん張るあたりは立派。男がDV化するとさっさと見切りをつけるあたりも実は偉い感じた。そして後半、著者さんは前夫のアルコール中毒死の遠い引き金となったと思われる音楽業界の闇に触れてしまう。なかなかにハラワタが煮えくり返る悲惨な暴露話が最後の最後で登場するんでビックリ。しかしグラム系ロックスターってのは自分をひたすらに構ってくれる母性的美女が欲しいってのが多いらしく、彼らをわざわざ追っかけ回す女性たちはそれはそれで不思議な人たちだなぁと思わず。割れ鍋に綴じ蓋なのか？とは言っても、頭のおかしいDV野郎なのにトミー・リーの幼児性は可笑しくて憎めないもんがありました。とにかく一人でいるのに耐えられない質で連続衝動性求婚魔人なんだとか。以上、ご興味のある方はどうぞ。

This book made me feel a little sad. Bobbie managed to blow some great opportunities. Her rivalry with Pamela Anderson is discussed in some detail as is her marriage to Jani Lane and her relationship with Tommy Lee. Some rocker boys are indeed dirty, but some are lovely, like with any group of people. It’s an entertaining story for the most part but some of it is hard to read and feels like you’re just watching her make the same mistakes over and over again and watching her take her experiences out on innocent chumps. Her solid Mom is a redeeming feature of the story and Bobbie concludes that family and friends are most important to her.

Really good read, kept me interested and I liked her brutal honesty throughout the book. She talks a lot about famous actors and rockstars and shares a few shocking stories. As an avid rock fan, it was interesting to me when she talked about certain bands and she paints a good picture of the backstage groupie lifestyle. Good read, just not for the easily offended - loads of sex, drugs and rock n roll!!

An honest, funny and sometimes sad account of a time in rock and roll history which I lived through in posters, magazines, MTV and dancing at Rock City, on the other side of the world - wondering what was actually going on in the life of all my rock star heroes. It is so well written and so interesting. Couldn't put it down. I hope Bobbie writes another.