Rockers and Rollers - A Full-Throttle Memoir

“It’s surprisingly refreshing that Johnson’s lively memoir basically has little to do with writing about life with AC/DC--it’s really all about cars.” Informationen zum Autor Brian Johnson is the lead singer of AC/DC. When he’s not performing, he hosts a couple of cable TV shows:   Life on the Road  (interviewing other performers) and  Cars That Rock . He lives in Florida, with his wife. Klappentext By night, Brian Johnson sings in the biggest rock ’n’ roll band on the planet. But by day, AC/DC’s frontman drives balls to the wall. Cars and rock ’n’ roll—they were made for each other. When he was a young boy growing up in a working-class English town, Brian developed what would become a lifelong passion for cars, trolling junkyards and even pretending to drive the family car. From there, he steamed up the windows of his old Mini Cooper as a teenager, spent untold time in hygienically challenged tour buses with helpful signs such as No Shitting Allowed . Shagging Expected , was chauffeured in leather-trimmed limos, and raced cars to a checkered flag. Featuring guest stars Cliff Williams, Malcolm and Angus Young, and many, many others, even Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rockers and Rollers is a tribute to Brian’s obsession with four wheels. By turns surprising, poignant, funny, and maybe a little bit bawdy, these are the stories of a man who drives as hard as he rocks. Zusammenfassung From PinkCadillac to Low Rider to Little Red Corvette , rock music hasalways had a racy love affair with cars. And AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson isnot only a rock legend, second-to-none at infusing razor-sharp lyrics with thescreaming metal energy of a true rock and roller, but also a dyed-in-the-woolcar fanatic. Books like AC/DC: Maximum Rock and Roll and Why AC/DC Matters revealed the secretsof the the world’s greatest rock band—now, in Rockers and Rollers , fans will get arare, riveting window into Brian Johnson’s other driving passion, his love forautomobiles. From teenage memories in the backs of beat-up coups to a sidecareer as a racecar driver, Johnson shares his tantalizing life story—a memoirtold through his lifelong love affair with cars....

Product details

• Authors: Brian Johnson
• Publisher: It Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.05.2011
• EAN: 9780061990830
• ISBN: 978-0-06-199083-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Rock and Roll, Rock, History, Music, Memoirs, Humour, History of Art, Popular Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment, Transport: general interest, Classical style, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Metal, Heavy Metal, Antiques, vintage and collectables, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Music, MUSIC: Genres & Styles / Rock, HISTORY: United States / General, ART: History / General, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES: Transportation, MUSIC: Genres & Styles / Heavy Metal, MUSIC: Essays, MUSIC: Genres & Styles / Classical, HUMOR: Topic / History