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Horseshoes and Hand Grenades

Tales from the Other Mötley Crüe Frontman and Journeys Through a Life in and out of Rock and Roll

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Horseshoes and Hand Grenades

By: John Corabi, Paul Miles - contributor
Narrated by: John Corabi
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In Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, John Corabi recounts his life from the mean streets of Philadelphia to the Sunset Strip. Take a look behind the scenes at Corabi’s time fronting Mötley Crüe, Union, and The Dead Daisies, as well as his time playing rhythm guitar with Ratt and even his stint as a long-haul trucker. Whether it’s detailing his parents' difficult divorce, his family’s dark history of abuse, his run-in with a serial killer, or simply the best way to arrive at a wedding—which maybe is by helicopter and maybe it isn’t—he pulls no punches and outlines the good and bad of it all in this raucous autobiography.

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Brutally Honest Memoir • Fascinating Music Career • Great Voice • Entertaining Rock Stories • Personal Connection Feeling
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It’s interesting to hear one of my favorite musicians talk so humbly about their achievements.

Candid Sharing of One’s Life

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John is an amazingly talented singer with a really interesting story and it was a great listen.

The hardest part about this book was his own reading of it. I listen to a lot of audio books, and prefer authors reading their own stories but in this case he might not be a super strong reader or maybe he just didn't have a lot to do with the actual writing of this book because his inflections weren't in the proper part of the sentence, or inflection trailed up as if it were a question, or he's just not a strong reader.
Even an elementary aged child in my car who listed to a small snippet thought it was as if he was reading the material for the first time.

That being said, if you are a fan of him and his music, **please do get this book anyway.**
I ordered a physical copy and this listen to support him and I have purchased everything that he has sung, if you're reading this you will likely do the same so please don't let this detract you.

Long live the Crab

Great story

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Incredible!!
I never knew John did soooo much !!!
Great freaking story!

Very honest and heart warming!

Awesome

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John Corabi bares his soul in his memoir Horseshoes & Handgrenades. Out side of dropping the F-bomb too much, his story and storytelling are an incredible must read or listen. One of his best songs and my favorite song in the world, is Father, Mother, Son a beautiful acoustic song, just painfully honest and so moving.

Inside & Outside the Scream

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What a story. At times the story jumps around but kept me engaged. I had a hard time turning the book off when I had to do something else. I flew from London back to LAX and listened for 8 straight hours. Crab went through a lot of rough times and I’m glad he’s still here putting out great music. I followed his career from The Scream to the Crue to Union through the Dead Daisy’s. In the book I learned of other bands that he played in whether he was in gong or playing guitar or both. This is a great story and I wish Corabi more success.

Good times bad times

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Excellent story of life…. Times and more life. I will listen to this many more times and also plan to see the Dead Daisies

A Journey

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Great raw stories and adventures starting out of the awesome Phila Rock Scene that I grew up in. Many new behind the scenes events we never knew about. If you ever met John, “yoos” would know he’s a typical no BS Phila native and adventures in this book were amazing. Great read…jay from Phila

Great Read for Rock Fans of All Genres

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Really great story of a true musician. Very humble and seems like a nice human bieng. All around.

Love the narration when done by the author.

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I’ve always been a fan of John Corabi. He lays his life bare in this book and covers all the personal struggles and successes in his life and career. He is also a very thoughtful person and definitely not one that is all about excess. I hope he writes and performs for many more years to come. Highly recommended.

Very Personal and Excellent Memoir

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At first I thought there were too many stories and details about John’s family and childhood - we all wanted to hear about the Motley days, right?!?! But once you get to the end of the book it all makes sense why he talked about it so much. It was a really good book. I was sad when I got to the end because I enjoyed all his stories.

Really good

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