I hate celebrities who use their fame to bring attention to themselves for any little thing, as a soapbox to force their views on the public.
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But I'm not biased - I hate musicians that complain they never ever wanted to be famous, that they just wanted to play music - even when all they wrote about in their journals was how to book more shows, how to get in with this agent, how to get more public exposure (coughKurtCobaincough). The trick for me is having the right kind of boundaries - knowing which feelings belong to me and which are yours."ĭisclaimer: Yes, I love Joey Kramer. + ".that okay feeling has to be independent of how others might try to make me feel. Maybe most important, I began to hear the concept that we are not what other people feel about us or think about us."
+ "I was learning to recognize that the minute I assumed something about what someone else was thinking or feeling about me and I got into defending against that assumption, not only was I giving life to a committee of enemies in my head, but I was the 'chairman' of that committee. It's not a self-help book, but there are a lot of nuggets of advice in there that I had to make note of. It's about trying to define himself in another way: "'Who are you, Joey Kramer? Who are you without Aerosmith?' I was forty-five years old, and it was time for me to have an answer." But it's not bragging about what he had, lost, and got back. The book is about Aerosmith too, of course - he is the drummer. I didn't want to go down there, and yet I couldn't pull away." ".this depression was just one big hole, and I was right at the edge, looking down into the darkness, and the darkness had a gravitational pull all its own. Joey's battle with depression is very common, but it's always hard to believe that other people know how you're feeling. My heart went out to Joey for what he went through with his father, but then I was so proud and inspired that he forgave his dad. I won't lie - I bawled uncontrollably during those sections. Throughout the book, Joey delves deeply into the complicated relationship with his dad, even sharing the letter he wrote after his father's death, forgiving him. It broke my heart, and I thought, This is the raging monster who had terrorized me when I was growing up?" This big strong guy, this soldier who had stormed the beaches at Normandy to fight the Nazis was now helpless, stiff and hunched over, his muscles wasted away from not being used. The disease had taken everything, even his ability to smile or talk. One of the most emotional parts was when he went to see his abusive father, who was wasting away from Alzheimer's.
He shoulders some of the blame for his marriage ending, instead of pushing it off onto his ex-wife, who wouldn't be able to defend herself. He tells you about frequently crying like a baby as a grown man, he tells you about shitting his pants because he was so strung out, he tells you about the guilt he feels for missing out on his son's childhood because of drugs. He shoulders Joey Kramer's book is all about him - surprise surprise, right? It's an autobiography, of course it's about him! But it's about his struggles through life, it's not just a name-dropping, I'm a kick-ass rock star type of book. Joey Kramer's book is all about him - surprise surprise, right? It's an autobiography, of course it's about him! But it's about his struggles through life, it's not just a name-dropping, I'm a kick-ass rock star type of book. From never-before-told Aerosmith war stories across their entire 40 year career to Joey’s own struggles with addiction and depression, Hit Hard is only the second authorized biography of the band-following the New York Times bestseller Walk This Way-and the first autobiography from any Aerosmith band member.more Kramer’s style is honest, straightforward and pulls no punches.”Ĭash meets The Heroin Diaries in Hit Hard: Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer’s moving and inspiring story of fighting personal demons, as well as a wildly glamorous, crazy, drug-addled, behind-the-drum-set look at one of the greatest bands in rock n’ roll history. Kramer’s style is honest, straightforward and pulls no punches.” - Pub lishers Weekly Cash meets The Heroin Diaries in Hit Hard: Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer’s moving and inspiring story of fighting personal demons, as well as a wildly glamorous, crazy, drug-addled, behind-the “If ‘sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll’ is what you want, it’s what you’ll get in these photo-laden pages. “If ‘sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll’ is what you want, it’s what you’ll get in these photo-laden pages.