So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star How I Machine-Gunned a Roomful of Record Executives and Other True Tales from a Drummer's Life

"This book is a drummer's-eye view of [the world], which, like all reality, is both better and worse than fantasy. Here is your chance to sit behind the drum set facing the camera on Letterman; eavesdrop on arguments in recording studios; walk along backstage hallways past Prince, Sheryl Crow, Whitney Houston, Garth Brooks, and Courtney Love; try on endless racks of expensive clothing; star in rock videos, even if they are ones that few people will ever see; stretch out in the back lounge of a tour bus; shake hands with the power brokers of radio; suffer the idiotic opinions of record executives; drink champagne at the Grammys; sit through an anxiety-filled interview with Howard Stern; travel the world wondering if you're famous, kind of famous, soon to be really famous, or a wannabe; and most of all, enjoy the rush that is found on stage in front of 200 people at a bar in Minneapolis, 10,000 in an arena in Mexico City, or 100,000 on an open field in Glastonbury, England." -From the Introduction.Slichter, Jacob is the author of 'So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star How I Machine-Gunned a Roomful of Record Executives and Other True Tales from a Drummer's Life', published 2004 under ISBN 9780767914703 and ISBN 0767914708.