Documenting Danny Mariani's days as a metalhead from childhood into adulthood, Don't Ever Punch a Rockstar somehow rationalizes playing in a few hardcore/punk bands, touring, fighting, drinking, internet bullying, celebrity encounters, satanic curses, house fires, harassment and collecting an immeasurable amount of hate mail from some of the most illiterate human beings the world has to offer. Though Oprah will never add this into her book club, it's still a good lesson in accepting the negative with a laugh and gaining a new sense of temperance and humility. At the very least I will entertain you with a campy memoir and a detailed eye-opening account of the chaos that followed the infamous event that VH1 called one of the Most Shocking Moments in Rock and Roll. This is by means the same old autobiography that you have read before. Don't Ever Punch a Rockstar combine elements of Get in The Van, Emails from and Asshole and Shit My Dad Says all in one hot mess of a story. Praise for the book -Danny Mariani's Never Punch A Rockstar is a sock in the jaw to punk/metal scene conformity, and it hurts so good! Final score: North Side Kings 2, Danzig, 0. - STEVEN BLUSH, author/filmmaker, American HardcoreAs trenchant, sometimes funny, insightful and shocking as a punch in the face. WHICH is incidentally what started this whole ball rolling. A pretty potent look into the power of image and the punching of the face of arguably a legend of, well, face punching, Glenn Danzig, and the ensuing firestorm that followed. I'd give it 5 black eyes. -- EUGENE S. ROBINSON, singer for Oxbow & author of FIGHT: Everything You Ever Wanted to Kw About Ass Kicking But Were Afraid You'd Get Your Ass Kicked For AskingWith Don't Ever Punch a Rock Star author Danny Mariani has written an entertaining, humorous and humble autobiography. The often times laugh-out-loud recollections of Danny's life up to and following the infamous run-in with the drama-queen of dark metal is more than engaging and, with the inclusion of hate mail, zany rumors, message board threats and internet tough guys, you're sure to get a good giggle while learning what truly transpired that fateful night in Tuba City. - DUSTIN LAVALLEY, author of SpinnerAs we have always said on the streets of NY - don't start ne -there wont be ne - and if you do, at least keep your hands up and guard your grill. Way to K.O. rock star attitudes Danny Boy! - John Joseph author of The Evolution of a Cro-Magn and Meat is For Pussies
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN-10
1479295485
ISBN-13
9781479295487
eBay Product ID (ePID)
189642602
Additional Product Features
Content Note
Black & White Illustrations
Foreword by
Kamal Ahmed
Format
Paperback / Softback
Language
English
Author(s)
Danny Marianino
Date of Publication
16/11/2012
Format Details
Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
Subject
Biography: the Arts
Imprint
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Country of Publication
United States
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