Rock Roll Nightmares

Welcome To Your Nightmare? again!Rock & Roll Nightmares, Volume 1 scratched the sinister surface with tales of the 27 Club, rock 'n' roll suicides, plane crashes, curses, and more. Now the 5-star series continues with concert mayhem, an unflinching look at the "baby groupie" trend of the 1970s, Satanic panic, horrific home invasions, musicians who've died on stage, rockers who lived on borrowed time, gun-toting music producers, deadly DJs, and much more. You will read about:Murdered rock stars, hitmen hired, and narrow escapesShocking stories of rockers who've served time for violent crimesDevil worship and belief in the occultFolks on the fringe who took their obsessions too farPyrotechnics gone horribly wrongMusicians mowed down by deadly diseaseMysteries solved, graves robbed, fortunes stolen, and more!Rock & Roll Nightmares: True Stories, Volume 2 is a meticulously-researched, up-to-date, entertaining, and shocking book that rounds up the tragic tales from the 1960s to the present day. (Oh-there's a whole series of fiction Rock & Roll Nightmares books, too!)About the Author: Staci Layne Wilson has been writing professionally about rock music for decades and is the director of the award-winning documentary, The Ventures: Stars on Guitars. She is donating a portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book to the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund (a 501c3 nonprofit charity).

Break out the keytar, throw your horn-hands, and get ready to rock down to electric avenue! Gory Days is set in an alternate evil '80s where androids take the stage, a washed-up rock star discovers the secret to time travel, and an aspiring musician puts her demo tape into the wrong hands. Stories include Don't Stand So Close to Meat, Hip to Be Scared, and Dead Over Heels.10 stories by Staci Layne Wilson, Mark Wheaton, Darren Gordon Smith, V. Castro, Sean McDonough, and Brenda Thatcher.

DO YOU FEAR LIKE WE DO Take a chill pill, get ready to catch boogie fever, and turn it up to 11! Do You Fear Like We Do is set in an alternate scary '70s where 'disco inferno' isn't just a song tile, an FM radio DJ who works the graveyard shift finds out what 'catch you on the flipside' really means, and a rock band faces death flying the not-so-friendly skies. Stories include Tiny Danger, Comfortably Dumb, and While My Guitar Gently Reaps. 11 stories by Staci Layne Wilson, Curt Lambert, LeeAnne Rowe, Graydon Schlichter, Joel David Amos, Ruthanne Jagge, and Dr Oolong Seemingly. PRAISE FOR THE ROCK & ROLL NIGHTMARES SERIES Short Stories set in the '60s, '70s, and '80s Rock & Roll Nightmares has all the sex, drugs, and broken dreams you can handle without going to rehab, plus musical fun facts interwoven throughout stories that are written by folks who know their music-and clearly love it. (Killer Queens Podcast) Whether you're a Metallica devotee or a Monkees disciple, you're bound to be shocked by something in these books... but if you can't laugh at the idea of pitting Phil Specter against Richard Ramirez in a fight to the death at the Cecil Hotel, then you're not invited to the afterparty! (Classic Rock Memories) Perfect for fans of Rock Stars Do the Dumbest Things and The Dirt-you will be laughing, grossed out, and scared to death all at once. (On Deck Book Review) The anti-Summer of Love! The bands are still crazy after all these years, thanks to the twisted minds behind Rock & Roll Nightmares. Find out how the '27 Club' really got started, discover why writing lyrics on a Ouija board is a bad idea, and if you think disco is dead you ain't seen nothing yet. (Sucking in the '70s Radio, Detroit, MI)

Tune in, turn on, and drop in to the rock & roll rabbit hole! Along Comes Scary is set in an alternate spooky '60s where vampires play screaming guitars, hellbound hotrodders start a new trend on AM radio, and there are groupies who will do anything for a piece of their favorite band. Stories include Papa's Got a Brand-New Body Bag, Hell-A Woman, and She's Got a Ticket to Die.

The "27 Club" refers to the many celebrities, mostly musicians, who died at 27. This creepy coincidence adds a layer of intrigue and infamy to already tragic incidents, and in "28" a variety of horror and science fiction authors take on the question: What if these artists had lived?

Beetlejuice teams up with his best friend, Lydia, to make a ghost rock video.

Kurt Cobain. GG Allin. Wendy O. Williams. Duane Allman. Travis Barker. Jimmy Page. Janis Joplin. Ozzy Osbourne. Chrissy Hynde. Dee Dee Ramone. Chris Cornell. Marc Bolan. Tommy Lee. Amy Winehouse. Jimi Hendrix. What do these artists all have in common? They're rowdy rock stars whose over-the-top lifestyles spun out of control, landing them deep in Rock & Roll Nightmare territory. Here you will read about:The ill-fated 27 Club and how the whole thing got startedRock 'n' roll suicides taken out by guns, pills, and boozeShocking deaths ranging from plane crashes to spider bitesBands beset by tragedy, from Badfinger to The Bee GeesAlarming antics covering everyone from Keith Moon to Keith RichardsBizarre curses and strange, unexplained incidents Love, loss, murder, death by drowning, freak fires, and more!Rock & Roll Nightmares: True Stories, Volume 1 is a meticulously-researched, up-to-date, entertaining, and shocking book that rounds up the tragic tales from the 1960s to the present day.