Cheetah Chrome: A Dead Boy's Tale: From the Front Lines of Punk Rock

by Legs McNeil and Cheetah Chrome

Here is the 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: great music, drugs (he overdosed and was pronounced dead three times), and resurrection. The Dead Boys, with roots in the band Rocket from the Tombs, came out of Cleveland to dominate the NYC punk scene in the mid-1970s. Their hit "Sonic Reducer" soon became a punk anthem. Now, for the first time, Cheetah...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076033773X
• ISBN13: 9780760337738
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"