CLEVELAND CONFIDENTIAL BOOK TOUR HITS WEST COAST
FEBRUARY 17 – 27, 2011
Chicago, IL, January 25, 2011 – Smog Veil Records is proud to
announce that Cleveland Confidential Book Tour has added a stop at
Seattle's Experience Music Project JBL Theater on February 17th.
The tour features three author-musicians hailing from Cleveland, Ohio
including Cheetah Chrome (Rocket From The Tombs, Dead Boys,
Batusis), Mike Hudson (The Pagans) and Bob Pfeifer (Human
Switchboard, Tabby Chinos, former Senior Vice President
A&R/Epic/Sony Records and President of Hollywood Records). Each will
read excerpts from their book, answer questions from the audience
and discuss their books and careers with each other. Authors will be
available to sign books at each appearance. Tour stops on the West
Coast include Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Berkeley, Los
Angeles, including the EMP Pop Conference at UCLA on February 26,
2011. East Coast tour dates in April will be announced soon and will
include Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, Rock and Roll Hall Of
Fame in Cleveland and more.
Cleveland Confidential Book Tour (all dates may be subject to change):
Thursday, 2/17 - JBL Theater at Experience Music Project
325 5th Avenue North Seattle, WA 98109
time: 7:00 pm
tickets: FREE!
Saturday, 2/19 - East End Club (sponsored by Reading Frenzy)
203 SE Grand Avenue Portland, OR 97214
time: 9:00 pm
tickets: $6
Monday, 2/21 - Hemlock Tavern
1131 Polk Street San Francisco, CA 94109
time: 6:00 pm
tickets: $10
Tuesday, 2/22 - Moe's Books
2476 Telegraph Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704
time: 7:00 pm
tickets: FREE!
Wednesday, 2/23 - Gallery Fifty24/Noise Pop Festival
218 Fillmore Street San Francisco, CA 94117
time: 7:00 pm
tickets: FREE!
Thursday, 2/24 - Vacation Vinyl
3815 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90026
time: 7:00 pm
tickets: FREE!
Saturday, 2/26 - Experience Music Project Pop Conference
UCLA campus Los Angeles, CA
time: 1:30pm – 2:30 pm
tickets: FREE! (but conference pre-registration required)
Sunday 2/27 - Book Soup
8818 Sunset Boulevard West Hollywood, CA 90069
time: 5:00 pm
tickets: FREE!
Cheetah Chrome - A Dead Boy's Tale From The Front Lines Of Punk
Rock is the no-holds-barred autobiography of Cheetah Chrome, lead
guitarist of the Dead Boys, one of the greatest punk bands ever. It’
s a tale of success and excess—amazing music, legendary antics, epic
drug use, and eventual resurrection—that only a true rock and roller
could deliver. As a songwriter Chrome's work has been covered by
artists such as Guns n Roses, Pearl Jam and the Beastie Boys. He
still performs and records with Rocket From The Tombs and Batusis
(with Sylvain Sylvain of the New York Dolls). He lives in Nashville
with his wife and son.
Mike Hudson will read from Jetsam and Diary of a Punk. The 32
short pieces that make up Jetsam were written and published
between 1977 and 2009. His lean and unsentimental prose style is
apparent in even the earliest entries here. Diary of A Punk is
Hudson's autobiography. He is the founder of the seminal American
punk rock group, the Pagans, formed in 1977. His work has appeared
in Hustler, the Associated Press, Master Detective, Field & Stream
and many other publications here and abroad. He is currently the
founding editor and CEO of the Niagara Falls Reporter, a New York
tabloid specializing in politics and organized crime.
University of Strangers is Bob Pfeifer's first novel. In a sensational
case that made headlines all over the globe, the American student
Amanda Knox was convicted of the murder of her British roommate
Meredith Kercher, in what Italian authorities described as a sadistic
sexual encounter. Pfeifer's novel details the efforts of a secret
society, comprised of famous contemporary figures from the worlds of
literature, show business and politics, to clear the girl's name. A
unique blend of fact and fiction the book is a spellbinding account of
the violence, corruption and celebrity worship that characterize much
of 21st century life. Pfeifer was Senior Vice President
A&R/Epic/Sony Records and President of Hollywood Records. Artists
he's worked with include Alice Cooper, Ornette Coleman, The
Screaming Trees, also soundtracks like the Crow: City of Angels and
Lion King. He is a founding member/songwriter of Human Switchboard
and Tabby Chinos. He lives in Los Angeles with his son.
FEBRUARY 17 – 27, 2011
Chicago, IL, January 25, 2011 – Smog Veil Records is proud to
announce that Cleveland Confidential Book Tour has added a stop at
Seattle's Experience Music Project JBL Theater on February 17th.
The tour features three author-musicians hailing from Cleveland, Ohio
including Cheetah Chrome (Rocket From The Tombs, Dead Boys,
Batusis), Mike Hudson (The Pagans) and Bob Pfeifer (Human
Switchboard, Tabby Chinos, former Senior Vice President
A&R/Epic/Sony Records and President of Hollywood Records). Each will
read excerpts from their book, answer questions from the audience
and discuss their books and careers with each other. Authors will be
available to sign books at each appearance. Tour stops on the West
Coast include Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Berkeley, Los
Angeles, including the EMP Pop Conference at UCLA on February 26,
2011. East Coast tour dates in April will be announced soon and will
include Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, Rock and Roll Hall Of
Fame in Cleveland and more.
Cleveland Confidential Book Tour (all dates may be subject to change):
Thursday, 2/17 - JBL Theater at Experience Music Project
325 5th Avenue North Seattle, WA 98109
time: 7:00 pm
tickets: FREE!
Saturday, 2/19 - East End Club (sponsored by Reading Frenzy)
203 SE Grand Avenue Portland, OR 97214
time: 9:00 pm
tickets: $6
Monday, 2/21 - Hemlock Tavern
1131 Polk Street San Francisco, CA 94109
time: 6:00 pm
tickets: $10
Tuesday, 2/22 - Moe's Books
2476 Telegraph Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704
time: 7:00 pm
tickets: FREE!
Wednesday, 2/23 - Gallery Fifty24/Noise Pop Festival
218 Fillmore Street San Francisco, CA 94117
time: 7:00 pm
tickets: FREE!
Thursday, 2/24 - Vacation Vinyl
3815 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90026
time: 7:00 pm
tickets: FREE!
Saturday, 2/26 - Experience Music Project Pop Conference
UCLA campus Los Angeles, CA
time: 1:30pm – 2:30 pm
tickets: FREE! (but conference pre-registration required)
Sunday 2/27 - Book Soup
8818 Sunset Boulevard West Hollywood, CA 90069
time: 5:00 pm
tickets: FREE!
Cheetah Chrome - A Dead Boy's Tale From The Front Lines Of Punk
Rock is the no-holds-barred autobiography of Cheetah Chrome, lead
guitarist of the Dead Boys, one of the greatest punk bands ever. It’
s a tale of success and excess—amazing music, legendary antics, epic
drug use, and eventual resurrection—that only a true rock and roller
could deliver. As a songwriter Chrome's work has been covered by
artists such as Guns n Roses, Pearl Jam and the Beastie Boys. He
still performs and records with Rocket From The Tombs and Batusis
(with Sylvain Sylvain of the New York Dolls). He lives in Nashville
with his wife and son.
Mike Hudson will read from Jetsam and Diary of a Punk. The 32
short pieces that make up Jetsam were written and published
between 1977 and 2009. His lean and unsentimental prose style is
apparent in even the earliest entries here. Diary of A Punk is
Hudson's autobiography. He is the founder of the seminal American
punk rock group, the Pagans, formed in 1977. His work has appeared
in Hustler, the Associated Press, Master Detective, Field & Stream
and many other publications here and abroad. He is currently the
founding editor and CEO of the Niagara Falls Reporter, a New York
tabloid specializing in politics and organized crime.
University of Strangers is Bob Pfeifer's first novel. In a sensational
case that made headlines all over the globe, the American student
Amanda Knox was convicted of the murder of her British roommate
Meredith Kercher, in what Italian authorities described as a sadistic
sexual encounter. Pfeifer's novel details the efforts of a secret
society, comprised of famous contemporary figures from the worlds of
literature, show business and politics, to clear the girl's name. A
unique blend of fact and fiction the book is a spellbinding account of
the violence, corruption and celebrity worship that characterize much
of 21st century life. Pfeifer was Senior Vice President
A&R/Epic/Sony Records and President of Hollywood Records. Artists
he's worked with include Alice Cooper, Ornette Coleman, The
Screaming Trees, also soundtracks like the Crow: City of Angels and
Lion King. He is a founding member/songwriter of Human Switchboard
and Tabby Chinos. He lives in Los Angeles with his son.
Cheetah Chrome will be signing copies of his autobiography CHEETAH CHROME : "A Dead
Boy's Tale from the frontline of punk rock" this Thursday February 8 2011 at Boa Clothing
4902 Charlotte PK, West Nashville, TN, 37209 from 3-5 pm.
Boy's Tale from the frontline of punk rock" this Thursday February 8 2011 at Boa Clothing
4902 Charlotte PK, West Nashville, TN, 37209 from 3-5 pm.