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At long last, we're finally concluding our two-parter on Pamela Des Barres’ epochal memoir I’m with the Band! In this episode, we get in some more digs at our nemesis Jimmy Page, with some bonus potshots at Don Johnson, and continue to gush about how nice it is to read a book where you don't end up hating the protagonist by the end. The Book Club will be taking October off, but we'll reconvene in November for a reader-selected book TBD--if you haven't already suggested something, get your votes in now!

This month's Headbangers Book Club Official Selection is a special one, as it's the first book we've read that's not a total sausage party! Pamela Des Barres may not have been a rock star in her own right (unless you count her brief stint in the Zappa-sponsored girl group the GTO's), but her memoir I'm with the Band is a vital counterpoint to the male-dominated hijinks of '60s and '70s rock; plus there's a couple of real questionable relationships with preteen boys, so it fits right in with our previous selection in even more ways than expected! We'll be back in a few weeks with Part 2. Thanks for listening! Show notes: https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/headbangers-book-club-pamela-des-barres-im-with-the-band-part-1/

It’s #jhericurljune in July! After a brief delay due to COVID- and car theft-related trauma, we’re finally back with Part 2 of our deep dive on Morris Day‘s 2019 memoir On Time: A Princely Life in Funk! Join us as we celebrate one of the greatest cultural achievements of the late 20th century (“Fishnet”), and we’ll see you again in two weeks for the first half of Pamela Des Barres‘ I’m with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie!















00:07:15 “The Blue Light” by Frank Zappa (from Tinsel Town Rebellion, 1981)







00:10:48 Our podcast on Peter Criss’ Makeup to Breakup







00:17:47 “Fishnet” by Morris Day (from Daydreaming, 1987)







00:21:47 Our podcast about Under the Cherry Moon







00:31:51 “Fishnet (a.k.a. Fish Legs)” by some guy in the ’80s



















00:34:09 The infamous Lovesexy album cover















00:37:26 The Controversy shower poster (pictured here in Zach’s old apartment bathroom)















00:45:43 The “Tick, Tick, Bang” scene in Graffiti Bridge



















00:51:27 Morris’ short-lived girl group, the Day-Zs



















00:52:18 (The Janet Jackson video was “Alright”)



















00:54:08 Our Meat Loaf podcast, where we discovered Blind Before I Stop







01:19:15 Part 2 of our Sebastian Bachcast had some surprising (or not so surprising) parallels with this episode







01:26:25 “The Character” by Morris Day (from The Color of Success, 1985)

It’s a special #jhericurljune installment of the ol’ Book Club as we dig into 2019’s On Time: A Princely Life in Funk by Morris Day with David Ritz–so, slightly less headbanging than normal, but don’t worry, there’s plenty of the important stuff (i.e., cocaine). We’ll be back in a couple of weeks with Part 2, at which point we’ll also announce our official HBC selection for July. Remember, don’t let us Meat Loaf!















00:01:48 Our Rick James podcast







00:02:02 Our George Clinton podcast







00:03:41 Zach’s Prince Blog







00:06:51 Big Chick’s unfortunately titled book, which we’ll probably read at some point







00:09:38 Wally Safford’s book, which we’re less likely to read







00:09:50 Alexander O’Neal’s book, which we’ll probably read next June







00:11:24 If you haven’t heard our spiel yet, we explain Jheri Curl June in this podcast







00:16:15 Our Marc Bolan a href="http...

Turns out Meat Loaf needed a little extra time in the oven, but we’re finally back to discuss the late vocal powerhouse’s 2000 memoir To Hell and Back. Join us as we ponder Meat’s many concussions, his suitably operatic relationship with the also-recently-departed Jim Steinman, and how he’s easily in the top five of anti-maskers we would have been okay catching COVID from. We’ll be back around the middle of next month for a special Jheri Curl June miniseries on Morris Day‘s On Time: A Princely Life in Funk!















00:02:13 Our Sebastian Bach podcasts (Parts 1 and 2)







00:02:43 The Urbz: What Callie did instead of read the book last month



















00:05:56 Our Rick James podcast







00:10:49 Here’s what those clowns look like















00:11:40 Here’s that video of Gene Simmons falling onstage if you need a pick-me-up



















00:12:08 Share in our trauma over witnessing Gene Simmons deep-throating a microphone







00:15:50 How we imagine David Lee Roth’s life



















00:16:59 “Bat Out of Hell” by Meat Loaf (from Bat Out of Hell, 1977)







00:28:39 The Fight Club line Zach couldn’t remember because he’s not a real millennial



















00:29:38 Now this is a Meat Loaf film performance



















00:36:37 Sebastian Bach on Amoeba Music’s “What’s in My Bag?”



















00:44:47 Meat Loaf does his thing all over “Hammerdown” by Ted Nugent (from Free-for-All, 1976)







00:51:10 For the record, Meat Loaf never was on Celebrity Ghost Stories; he was, however, on its spiritual successor, The Haunting Of (talking about a completely different ghost story!)

Hey mothertruckers, we’re Bach in the saddle with Part 2 of our series on Sebastian Bach‘s 18 and Life on Skid Row! This book really picked up in the second half, so please excuse the slightly flabby runtime; there’s just too many good stories for us not to discuss them. Join us again in two weeks when we discuss the first half of the late Meat Loaf‘s To Hell and Back! Rock it up!















00:01:07 Part 1 of Our Sebastian Bachcast







00:01:13 Our Led Zeppelin Episode







00:03:45 Here’s Hum0ng0us’ Webcomic







00:05:31 Here’s Sebastian in Trailer Park Boys



















00:32:27 This altercation between Vince Neil and Nicolas Cage isn’t in the book, but it might as well be



















00:32:59 Never forget the original “slap heard round the world,” Vince Neil punching Izzy Stradlin at the 1989 VMAs







00:34:59 “Piece of Me” by Skid Row (from Skid Row, 1989)







00:40:55 Joey Kramer’s 2020 tussle with Aerosmith







01:02:47 The “Kiddie Metal” sketch from Sebastian’s 1991 Saturday Night Live appearance



















01:17:32 Sebastian (top) and David Hasselhoff (bottom) performs “Confrontation” from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on Broadway































01:20:39 Remember to call Mark McGrath “Sugar Gay” if you ever run into him



















01:26:13 Sebastian as Riff Raff in The Rocky Horror Show



















01:31:27 Just one of many puzzling examples of Ted Nugent self-identifying with the N-word