Everybody Wants Some (ebook)

Argumento de Everybody Wants Some (ebook)

"Good band, even better book . . . Essential reading."
?Record Collector

How did a pair of little Dutch boys trained in classical music grow up to be the nucleus of America's greatest hard rock band? What's the secret of Eddie Van Halen's guitar mastery? Who besides David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar has DNA strange enough to be a Van Halen singer? Are the legends of groupies, midgets, and contract riders all to be believed? The naked truth is playfully laid bare in Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga?now expanded and updated with reporting on the recent comeback tour.

One of 2007's Most Intriguing Books
?LA Weekly

"Highly recommended for Van Halen completists."
?Chuck Klosterman, Esquire

"Respect is due to author Ian Christe. His book is perfectly pitched, capturing both the flamboyant excitement and inherent absurdity of the rampant ego collective known as Van Halen."
?Geoff Barton, Classic Rock

"Written in jubilant, elastic prose, Ian Christe's Everybody Wants Some is a sort of Day-Glo fairy tale . . . savvy, sympathetic, expert, funny ha-ha."
?The Boston Phoenix

"[Christe's] not fooling around. And his prose is always playful."
?Los Angeles Times

"A new biography of the band that made metal marketable doesn't disappoint the fans."
?The American Prospect

"Christe chronicles the sweeping scope of the Van Halen saga."
?Chicago Sun-Times

Ian Christe is the author of Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal. He has written for Reuters, Revolver, Spin, Guitar World, Wired, and others. He is a regular host on the Sirius Hard Attack and Buzzsaw channels and appears often on television wearing black T-shirts.0INTRODUCTION: LEARNING TO PLAY "ERUPTION" 1

PART I RUNNIN? WITH THE DEVIL 3

1 The Immigrant Song 7

2 Rats in the Cellar 19

3 Hotel California 31

4 Bat out of Hell 40

5 Back in the Saddle 51

6 Girls on Film 65

7 Jukebox Heroes 76

8 Kings of Rock 94

9 Road to Nowhere 112

PART II TOP OF THE WORLD 121

10 It?s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine) 125

11 Roll with It 135

12 Nothing?s Shocking 148

13 Loveless 163

14 Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness 180

15 Ill Communication 198

PART I I I WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD TIMES GONE? 211

16 No Way Out 215

17 Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground 231

18 Get the Party Started 242

19 A Grand Don?t Come for Free 254

20 All the Right Reasons 269

ENCORE: VAN HALEN IV 277

BONUS TRACKS

A Eddie Van Halen Extended Discography 285

B Holy Grails: Unreleased Van Halen Rarities 287

C Pictures on the Silver Screen: Van Halen in the Movies 290

D The Menu: The Covers Band from Pasadena 292

E Uncovered: Van Halen Tribute Bands 294

F Van Hagar for Dummies 297

LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT! 299

INDEX 301