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Have you noticed how, 30 years later, everyone seems to be writing about the LA music scene? Funny thing is that we are either served buona file rockstar bios (Crüe, Pearcy, Slash, Adler, etc) or tangential stories by male and female groupies that go from great (Amy Astbury) to downright bad. What we don't really have is the inside scoop by those that made the scene, partied like it was 1999, and exploded like thin supernovas. I am actually looking forward to a book by the guys in Swingin'Thing, Blackboard Jungle or Tryx: those that got really close to stardom but never made the jump to the outer galaxy.

Onyxx were never really "in" and Craig doesn't even try to tell you they were, like the authors of absolutely awful "Rock of Ages" do.. In here you'll find a couple of years of his life when he happened to fall in love with music and for a second he dreamed about making a career out of it. If it wasn't for his ability to paint great characters and make you smile from time to time, you'd put down this book after 30 pages. I honestly cannot suggest a good reason to pick this up, unless you were one of the very few that had some affiliation with Onyxx. There's little about the scene, little about its shady characters, little about the insanity of it all...what you have is a cute story about youth. I'd move on.


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Mom Have You Seen My Leather Pants? The Tale of a Teen Rock Wannabe Who Almost Was edition by Craig A Williams Arts Photography eBooks Reviews

You'll be quoting it to all your friends this summer - cool to find such a silly topic covered by such a great writer! Write one about your days in Hollywood, Mr. Williams!
A great book that captures the true spirit of rock n' roll. Consider me a loyal foot soldier in the Onyxxx army! Rock on!
I found this book because of the neon cover. You can't miss it on a table or shelf of other books. The story inside is a true-to-life portrait of a fantasy almost-realized. A tale for all those who dreamed of being a real life rock star and enjoying the spoils that come with that particular lifestyle, Williams' tale is not only amusing but cautionary. A good read for anyone who wanted to be on stage like their idols who rocked the Sunset Strip during the late 1980s/early 1990s and debauch endlesss gaggles of groupies but never got to.
Craig Williams' reflection on his high school days in a glam metal rock band is at turns funny, touching and nostalgic. Anyone who remembers the days when Poison, Warrant, Motley Crue and GunsNRoses were at the top of the charts and dominating MTV will enjoy this story of an Orange County teenager (almost) destined for rock-n-roll fame. I also think the teenagers of today will relate to the desires for freedom, sex and an identity which are universals of the adolescent years, as well be fascinated by the days when hair metal dinosaurs roamed the earth.

(Full disclosure Craig is a friend of mine)
"Mom, Have You Seen my Leather Pants" is probably the most amusing autography I've read. I was interested in this tale because my 11-year-old son recently started playing the bass guitar and already has delusions of rock n' roll grandeur. However, based on the picture that Craig Williams paints (in his witty and egotistical way), I won't be buying my son leather pants or hair extensions any time soon. The book chronicals the fantasy (and semi-realization) of a group of "hair metal" teens seeking rock n' roll stardom in the early 1990's. Their's is the all-American dream unrealized of every kid who ever strummed an electric guitar. Williams skillfully pokes fun at himself throughout, yet is so obviously enamored with his own tale that one knows for certain he'll read every comment on with extreme interest. "Mom, Have You Seen My Leather Pants" is pure entertainment.
"Mom Have You Seen My Leather Pants" is true life rock & roll tale in the spirit of Frank Portman's fictional "King Dork". It's well written, funny, and insightful. More than just a good read though, Mr. Williams may have created a very important historical artifact in the annals of rock and roll history. VH1's "Behind The Music" and the movie "Decline Of Western Civilization 2 The Metal Years" have attempted to place a kind of artificial importance on "hair metal" that never really existed. "Pants" cuts through all of that and portrays the "pay to play", "hair extensions" era of the Hollywood Blvd. club scene as it truly deserves to be portrayed as the purely ridiculous. What's more, Williams knows it. The author at once paints a picture of the hair metal era that is far from innocent (sex & drugs abound) but is still sincerely naive about the workings of the real world. By doing that, he elevates his text, far surpassing the mere tale he is trying to tell. "Hair Metal" and world Williams and his underage pals inhabit become an analogy for the end of the greedy, junk bond, trickle-down 80's. Everyone is feeling too good, and having too good of a time, to see the disasters (wars, recession) and upheaval (L.A. riots, mainstream punk via NirvanaJam) just around the corner. This is an inspiring work from a great new author, covering an era that has been left criminally uncovered in the past.
I think this book deserves between 2 and 3 stars. I appreciate its honesty but quite frankly it is not a very interesting book. If you compare it to books about bands or performers who became very successful (such as Slash, Scar Tissue, or The Dirt), you will see that the real rock stars lead exciting lives while those who did not make it (like the band in this book) did not lead very interesting lives.
Have you noticed how, 30 years later, everyone seems to be writing about the LA music scene? Funny thing is that we are either served buona file rockstar bios (Crüe, Pearcy, Slash, Adler, etc) or tangential stories by male and female groupies that go from great (Amy Astbury) to downright bad. What we don't really have is the inside scoop by those that made the scene, partied like it was 1999, and exploded like thin supernovas. I am actually looking forward to a book by the guys in Swingin'Thing, Blackboard Jungle or Tryx those that got really close to stardom but never made the jump to the outer galaxy.

Onyxx were never really "in" and Craig doesn't even try to tell you they were, like the authors of absolutely awful "Rock of Ages" do.. In here you'll find a couple of years of his life when he happened to fall in love with music and for a second he dreamed about making a career out of it. If it wasn't for his ability to paint great characters and make you smile from time to time, you'd put down this book after 30 pages. I honestly cannot suggest a good reason to pick this up, unless you were one of the very few that had some affiliation with Onyxx. There's little about the scene, little about its shady characters, little about the insanity of it all...what you have is a cute story about youth. I'd move on.