Double Talkin' Jive " True rock 'n' roll stories from the drummer of Guns n' Roses, the Cult, and Velvet Revolver. Authors are Matt Sorum, Leif Eriksson, and Martin Svensson.The best rock and roll memoirs are by Pamela Des Barres, who does not at all appear in this book.
I really wanted to be thrilled with a rock and roll memoir, but as you may have noticed if you read my blog, I've read a spate of them in recent months, just seeking that thrill. Instead I encountered a lack of introspection,assurances that it was all fun - and typical - to do drugs until one had turned into a a "total burn out" addict, and references to people, events, and experiences where you really had to be there: if you were you would not be reading a memoir.
So I was disappointed in this memoir, just not as disappointed as I had been of past ones.
I borrowed it as an e- book, at a library where I had been number one on the wait list, and I was so bored with it, I think I skipped some pages, as I hit the button to get to the next page. Not much to wrap your mind around in this one.
Too bad, because Sorum is a great rock and roll drummer, and life didn't just happen to him. He was ambitious and focused and he showed up a lot, which is, as they say, half the reason for success.
C 2022 Christine Trzyna
