Mad, Bad and Dangerous - The Book of Drummers Tales

• Mad, Bad and Dangerous : The Book of Drummers' Tales by Spike Webb (2010, Paperback).
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Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Jan 05, Bev rated it really liked it. Being an ageing rock chick I found this compilation of drummers stories fascinating. The drummer in a band is often overlooked which doesn't seem fair but many of them seem to enjoy their time in the shadows - more scope for unnoticed bad behaviour!

Aug 18, Daniel A. Really only for drummers as all the author does is talk about how great they are and mean more to the band than any other musician. Matt ONeil rated it really liked it Feb 09, Chris Lilly rated it it was ok May 25, Philip Penrose rated it really liked it May 30, Morgan rated it it was amazing Feb 26, Dan rated it really liked it Jul 10, Chris Mahood rated it liked it Jun 27, Ken Kirkberry rated it really liked it Oct 23, Shaw rated it really liked it Oct 11, Item location see all Item location.

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Ozzy has been addicted to drugs for most of his life and experimented with a wide variety of substances. During his career, Osbourne has been involved with two separate incidents in which he bit the head of an animal. In , after signing his first solo record deal, Osbourne bit the head off a dove. In , he bit the head off a bat that he thought was plastic while performing in Des Moines, Iowa. After decapitating the bat Ozzy had to be treated for rabies. In , Ozzy Osbourne got drunk and urinated on a cenotaph erected in honor of those who died at the Alamo in Texas.

He was arrested for the act and banned from the city of San Antonio for a decade.

Mad, Bad and Dangerous: The Book of Drummers' Tales by Spike Webb

After Sixx set himself on fire, Osbourne responded by snorting a line of ants off the pavement. After he snorted them up, some of the ants came out his mouth. The event was highlighted in a book written by Sharon Osbourne. Many accounts say that the ants were fire ants, but this is not confirmed. David Bowie is an innovative English musician that has sold over million albums. He is an extremely popular singer and has done a lot of work to help fight important world issues.

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In fact the best time I caught him in bed was with Mick Jagger. However, David Bowie said it best: My suggestion for people with a prurient interest is to go through the 30 or 40 bios on me and pick out the rumor of their choice. Keith Richards is one of the most talented guitarists in history.

In , he helped form The Rolling Stones and since that time the band has sold over million records. Richards has a long history of drug abuse and has been tried for drug-related charges five times. In April of , Keith Richards made headlines when he fell out of a tree in Fiji and suffered a bad head injury. The event caused a delay in The Rolling Stones tour, but Richards made a full recovery. The following year Keith made international headlines after he was asked by a journalist what the strangest thing he ever snorted was. I snorted my father. The comment shocked the journalist and the story instantly became a media sensation.

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In the s, the band gained a reputation for drugs, loud music, sex, and wild parties. The group was known for backstage antics, groupies, outrageous clothing, extreme high-heeled boots, and heavily applied make-up. The dealer reportedly tried to beat the life back into Sixx with a bat, but was unsuccessful so he dumped the body in a nearby dumpster.

Sixx eventually woke up in the trash. Slash was not in the room at the time, but his girlfriend called the authorities. When the paramedics arrived Sixx was hardly breathing.

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During the ride to the hospital Sixx stopped breathing and was declared dead for two minutes. The paramedics continued to apply care to Sixx until he was eventually revived. Nikki claims to have had an out of body experience during the event. When he woke up in the hospital, Sixx ripped the tubes out of his nose and escaped into the parking lot. He hitched a ride to his house wearing just a pair of leather pants. He then continued to shoot up heroin and was found sleeping with the syringe still in his arm.

In , the band released the hit single Kickstart My Heart, which was inspired by the infamous overdose. Frank Zappa was an American musician that had a large impact on musical freedom. His father was Francesco Vincente Zappa who was an extremely intelligent chemist and mathematician who worked with the United States defense program. Zappa grew up near the Aberdeen Proving Ground and was regularly sick as child. He suffered from extreme asthma, earaches, and sinus problems caused by mustard gas exposure.

He often wrote references of germs, germ warfare, and the U. Frank Zappa was a great performer and his musical message was important, but deemed bizarre and strange by the media.