Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga

Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga
by Ian Christe

Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga
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Author: Ian Christe
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-08-18
ISBN: 0470373563
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Wiley

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Book Review: Red Hell
Summary: 5 Stars

Now she's all over my dreams, no way OUT, we're making children and I wake up glowing. Fine enough, the day gets going, routine and rocking, but I can't ever seem to turn up the Sammy loud enough to drown out thinking of her. What, she's louder than Sammy Hagar? MERCY! Then I get the empties again. OK, off to dinner even though I'm not hungry, I do it because I've got a long, alone night ahead of me and I need to see her, just for a MINUTE, all the way across the room, a little glimpse to get me through. Oh no, now I'm sorry, there she is, working yet another guy. He's even already got a girl. While her other guy sits there, opiated. This is EVIL! What's wrong with these people, don't they know how precious love is, they consume each other like cigarettes. Why is this narrative happening to me? Where's the nearest train, either I wanna get on it or throw myself in front of it. What a LONG night tonight's gonna be.

Summary of Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga

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

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

If you've ever wondered how two Dutch boys trained in classical music grew up to form America's greatest hard rock band, find the naked truth in Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga. Learn all the juicy details, from the secret of Eddie Van Halen's guitar mastery to the truth about groupies, midgets, and contract riders and the details of Van Halen's explosive entr?e to California's hard rock scene. Read about all the strife between Eddie and the singers and find out how Eddie's drinking affected the band and his personal relationships.

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