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A raw, unfiltered diary capturing the relentless grind and chaotic energy of touring with a rock band. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Get in the Van.
- gritty
- chaotic
- claustrophobic
- loud
- 01
Our Band Could Be Your Life
Michael Azerrad
A sweaty, blisteringly loud love letter to the grueling reality of making art on your own terms.
- 02
The heroin diaries
Nikki Sixx · 2007
A chaotic, visceral plunge into the darkest depths of rock-and-roll excess and the paranoid isolation of addiction.
- 03
Mankind, have a nice day!
Mick Foley, Mankind and others
A surprisingly tender, laugh-out-loud journey through a blood-soaked, chaotic world, told by its most battered and beloved underdog.
- 04
Chronicles
Bob Dylan · 2004
A smoky, non-linear journey through the memories and creative awakenings of an American icon.
- 05
Professional idiot
Stephen "Steve-O" Glover
A chaotic, shockingly raw plunge into the darkest depths of addiction and the hard-fought climb back to sanity.
- 06
The Basketball diaries
Jim Carroll · 1978
A raw, poetic plunge into the chaotic streets of 1960s New York, tracing a teenager's free-fall from athlete to addict.
- 07
Please kill me
Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain
A raw, rapid-fire backstage pass to the birth of punk that feels like eavesdropping on the most dangerous, drug-fueled party of the 1970s.
- 08
Hardcore Zen
Brad Warner
A loud, no-nonsense crash course in mindfulness that trades meditation cushions for mosh pits.
- 09
Marilyn Manson
Neil Strauss
An unflinching, gritty plunge into the shocking origins and chaotic life of a controversial rock icon.
- 10
Polaroids from the Dead
Douglas Coupland · 1996
A fragmented, observant journey through late-twentieth-century music subcultures and a society fixated on celebrity and mortality.
- 11
Scar Tissue
Anthony Kiedis
A chaotic, sun-drenched plunge into the euphoric highs and devastating lows of rock stardom and severe addiction.
- 12
Slash
Anthony Bozza
A chaotic, unfiltered backstage pass into the dizzying highs and near-fatal lows of rock's most dangerous era.
