Dave Archer-Kiefer
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Trouble Boys
- The True Story of the Replacements
- By: Bob Mehr
- Narrated by: Mary Lucia
- Length: 20 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Written with the participation of the group's key members, including reclusive singer-songwriter Paul Westerberg, bassist Tommy Stinson, and the family of late guitarist Bob Stinson, Trouble Boys is a deeply intimate and nuanced portrait, exposing the primal factors and forces - addiction, abuse, fear - that would shape one of the most brilliant and notoriously self-destructive bands of all time.
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Oh Sister!
- By Cherrybomb on 06-29-17
- Trouble Boys
- The True Story of the Replacements
- By: Bob Mehr
- Narrated by: Mary Lucia
Validates The Mats’ Lame Immaturity
Reviewed: 11-20-24
Grew up likeminded The Replacements a whole lot but their whole adolescent ego trip gets so tired here, and they lack any true insight, you kinda come away realizing how largely overrated they are and what babies they were. I think I’ll leave em in the past where they belong.
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Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
- The Wild, Definitive Saga of Rock's Greatest Supergroup
- By: David Browne
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 21 hrs and 43 mins
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The first and most complete narrative biography of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, by acclaimed music journalist and Rolling Stone senior writer David Browne.
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Comprehensive, but how did they the Music?
- By charles wartelle on 06-03-19
- Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
- The Wild, Definitive Saga of Rock's Greatest Supergroup
- By: David Browne
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
Expansive story; mediocre reading
Reviewed: 06-16-24
Great extensive reportage and research on this rock saga. Their decline into egomaniac millionaires shilling concerts for investment firms and corporatists is pretty awful but the saga is well told. The reader, however, is a one-speed Jonny who’s central mode reminds one of Will Ferrel as Alex Trebek, and he seems to savor this minimal range of expression.
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The Blood and the Sweat
- The Story of Sick of It All’s Koller Brothers
- By: Lou Koller, Pete Koller, Howie Abrams
- Narrated by: Lou Koller, Pete Koller
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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When it comes to New York City hardcore, its community proudly boasts Lou and Pete Koller - brothers who have dominated the scene worldwide since 1986 with the aurally devastating Sick of It All as their vehicle. The Blood and the Sweat is the no-holds-barred autobiography of two brothers who have never wavered, as well as an unrelenting depiction of the American dream, and the drive and determination required to live it - regardless of whatever obstacles appear before you. Featuring commentary from family, friends, bandmates past and present, and their peers.
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Absolutely Amazing
- By daniel ready on 07-07-21
- The Blood and the Sweat
- The Story of Sick of It All’s Koller Brothers
- By: Lou Koller, Pete Koller, Howie Abrams
- Narrated by: Lou Koller, Pete Koller
Utterly Juvenile
Reviewed: 09-11-21
Man, I like SOIA but this reads with all the insight of two fifteen-year old boys. Plus their delivery is like they’re reading it to a five-year old but getting off on all the “f-bombs.” They gripe every chapter about not being bigger than they are. Its also a jumbled mess—get an editor. Totally embarrassing. I wish I’d stuck to the albums.
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Scar Tissue
- By: Anthony Kiedis, Larry Sloman
- Narrated by: Rider Strong
- Length: 14 hrs and 51 mins
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As lead singer and songwriter for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anthony Kiedis has lived life on the razor's edge. Much has been written about him, but until now we've only had his songs as clues to his experience from the inside. In Scar Tissue, Kiedis proves himself to be as compelling a memoirist as he is a lyricist, giving us a searingly honest account of the life from which his music has evolved.
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Not A Favorite
- By The Kruels on 08-16-11
- Scar Tissue
- By: Anthony Kiedis, Larry Sloman
- Narrated by: Rider Strong
Confirms Kiedis’ Pathological Narcissism
Reviewed: 11-02-20
Well, here’s your cliche humblebrag rock memoir with all the insight of an 8th grader. Chili fans might dig the trivia but as a story it’s utterly vapid.
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Do What You Want
- The Story of Bad Religion
- By: Bad Religion, Jim Ruland
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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Do What You Want's principal storytellers are the four voices that define Bad Religion: Greg Graffin, a Wisconsin kid who sang in the choir and became an LA punk rock icon while he was still a teenager; Brett Gurewitz, a high school dropout who founded the independent punk label Epitaph Records and went on to become a record mogul; Jay Bentley, a surfer and skater who gained recognition as much for his bass skills as for his antics on and off the stage.
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Are they really this big of D-bags?
- By Tabitha on 09-18-20
- Do What You Want
- The Story of Bad Religion
- By: Bad Religion, Jim Ruland
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
Cursory, pedantic, avoids the real story
Reviewed: 10-21-20
A cursory look at this decent band-turned-chesseball Warped Tour shills. Why does this narrative gloss over or avoid the best stories, like Graffin getting busted for stalking 18 yr old punk girls in chat rooms and then whacking off to them over his web cam? These guys are dorks and creeps. They’ve made some cool records and a lot of crap. This book is mostly the latter.
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Heavy Tales
- The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As Lived by Jon Zazula
- By: Jon Zazula
- Narrated by: Jon Zazula
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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Heavy Tales is the detailed, never-before-told story as lived by Jonny Zazula of how he founded Megaforce Records out of a flea market in New Jersey with his wife, Marsha, and built a dynasty unmatched by others, forever changing the scope of heavy metal. The bands they worked with would go on to release some of the most prolific and important albums in heavy metal history, giving it its Golden Era.
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Garbage
- By Dave Archer-Kiefer on 10-20-20
- Heavy Tales
- The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As Lived by Jon Zazula
- By: Jon Zazula
- Narrated by: Jon Zazula
Garbage
Reviewed: 10-20-20
Johnny Z seems like a fun guy but he should have used his millions to edit this unenlightened exercise in cliche. No new info here for metal heads. Just the same rehashed stories.
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The Way of the Superior Man
- By: David Deida
- Narrated by: Cecil Archbold
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
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In 1997, David Deida released what would become one of the most widely read books on men’s spirituality ever published—The Way of the Superior Man. In this unabridged audiobook of the 20th-anniversary edition, Deida presents a new preface to the now-classic text on how to live a life of masculine freedom, integrity, and authenticity.
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A woman’s thoughts
- By kayleighwllms511 on 02-10-19
- The Way of the Superior Man
- By: David Deida
- Narrated by: Cecil Archbold
Entry level pseudo philosophy
Reviewed: 10-18-20
Deida presents a pastiche of a number of Philosophy 101 concepts and bends them toward his intention to present a guide to masculinity. It’s probably a healthy read for dudes who’ve previously never had a moment of genuine insight. Just don’t stop here. Keep seeking better, truer teachers
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