On Jan 20, 2006, at 11:23 AM, Charles Robinson wrote:
If you have read "Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of
Punk", you'll know why he'd like to leave those days behind. Lou
is one scary, messed-up person in that book. I'd be afraid to be
in the same room with the man in that book.
If the interview ever looks like it will happen again I'll read that
first!!
(Slight recommendation for that book if you wonder where "punk"
REALLY started. As a clue, I'll tell you it wasn't The Ramones and
the Sex Pistols who started it - not by a long shot. Not a great
book, but kind of interesting if you ever listened to any of the
music referenced in there)
Granted, we all grow and change (and many of us even mature as we
do it) so who knows what he's like these days? But.... wow.
For people interested in rock/pop history, I recommend Lollipop
Lounge by Genya Ravan. Genya was the singer fronting Ten Wheel Drive
and one of Mick Jagger's girlfriends. She was right in the middle of
things in those formative days. And she writes well, too (unless it
was ghosted).
Bob
