No Encore!: Musicians Reveal Their Weirdest, Wildest, Most Embarrassing Gigs
Featuring never-before-told stories, No Encore! takes you on tour with over sixty iconic musicians as they relive their weirdest, wildest, most embarrassing gigs.

"A relataively jovial, upbeat book that I raced through. The embarrassment is palatable, but perseverance is the most touching part of these stories. These awful things that happened don't interrupt the dream. The dream of performing and stardom. The dream of connecting with an audience. No Encore! is a glimpse into the analog past; a trip to a distant world when artists made albums and suites of songs you listened in order." —Bret Easton Ellis  

“They hated us and started throwing cups, bottles, change, chairs, and anything that wasn’t nailed down.” —Dean Ween

This hilarious, sometimes horrifying, collection spans four decades and chronicles the craziest, druggiest, and most embarrassing concert moments in music history—direct from the artists who survived them. 

“In the midst of my insanity, I thought it would be a very romantic gesture to go into Fiona Apple’s dressing room and write a message on her wall in my own blood.” —Dave Navarro

From wardrobe malfunctions to equipment failures, from bad decisions to even worse choices, this is a riveting look into what happens when things go wrong onstage and off.

“Ozzy had a sixty-inch teleprompter with the song lyrics, and that got stolen, along with microphones, snare drums and cymbals. Our drummer at the time was stabbing people in the neck with his drumstick.” —Zakk Wylde

No Encore! is an unflinchingly honest account of the shows that tested the dedication to a dream—from Alice Cooper’s python having a violent, gastric malfunction on stage to Lou Barlow’s disastrous attempt to sober up at Glastonbury, from Shirley Manson’s desperate search for a bathroom to the extraordinary effort made to awaken Al Jourgenson as Ministry was taking the stage. As Hunter S. Thompson famously wrote, “Buy the ticket, take the ride.” 

“I go to exit the venue, and there’s 25 people marching towards us. It’s about 3:00 AM, and they weren’t there to be nice. They were carrying bats, boards, chains, hammers, and they were coming for us.” —Dee Snider
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No Encore!: Musicians Reveal Their Weirdest, Wildest, Most Embarrassing Gigs
Featuring never-before-told stories, No Encore! takes you on tour with over sixty iconic musicians as they relive their weirdest, wildest, most embarrassing gigs.

"A relataively jovial, upbeat book that I raced through. The embarrassment is palatable, but perseverance is the most touching part of these stories. These awful things that happened don't interrupt the dream. The dream of performing and stardom. The dream of connecting with an audience. No Encore! is a glimpse into the analog past; a trip to a distant world when artists made albums and suites of songs you listened in order." —Bret Easton Ellis  

“They hated us and started throwing cups, bottles, change, chairs, and anything that wasn’t nailed down.” —Dean Ween

This hilarious, sometimes horrifying, collection spans four decades and chronicles the craziest, druggiest, and most embarrassing concert moments in music history—direct from the artists who survived them. 

“In the midst of my insanity, I thought it would be a very romantic gesture to go into Fiona Apple’s dressing room and write a message on her wall in my own blood.” —Dave Navarro

From wardrobe malfunctions to equipment failures, from bad decisions to even worse choices, this is a riveting look into what happens when things go wrong onstage and off.

“Ozzy had a sixty-inch teleprompter with the song lyrics, and that got stolen, along with microphones, snare drums and cymbals. Our drummer at the time was stabbing people in the neck with his drumstick.” —Zakk Wylde

No Encore! is an unflinchingly honest account of the shows that tested the dedication to a dream—from Alice Cooper’s python having a violent, gastric malfunction on stage to Lou Barlow’s disastrous attempt to sober up at Glastonbury, from Shirley Manson’s desperate search for a bathroom to the extraordinary effort made to awaken Al Jourgenson as Ministry was taking the stage. As Hunter S. Thompson famously wrote, “Buy the ticket, take the ride.” 

“I go to exit the venue, and there’s 25 people marching towards us. It’s about 3:00 AM, and they weren’t there to be nice. They were carrying bats, boards, chains, hammers, and they were coming for us.” —Dee Snider
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No Encore!: Musicians Reveal Their Weirdest, Wildest, Most Embarrassing Gigs

No Encore!: Musicians Reveal Their Weirdest, Wildest, Most Embarrassing Gigs

by Drew Fortune
No Encore!: Musicians Reveal Their Weirdest, Wildest, Most Embarrassing Gigs

No Encore!: Musicians Reveal Their Weirdest, Wildest, Most Embarrassing Gigs

by Drew Fortune

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Featuring never-before-told stories, No Encore! takes you on tour with over sixty iconic musicians as they relive their weirdest, wildest, most embarrassing gigs.

"A relataively jovial, upbeat book that I raced through. The embarrassment is palatable, but perseverance is the most touching part of these stories. These awful things that happened don't interrupt the dream. The dream of performing and stardom. The dream of connecting with an audience. No Encore! is a glimpse into the analog past; a trip to a distant world when artists made albums and suites of songs you listened in order." —Bret Easton Ellis  

“They hated us and started throwing cups, bottles, change, chairs, and anything that wasn’t nailed down.” —Dean Ween

This hilarious, sometimes horrifying, collection spans four decades and chronicles the craziest, druggiest, and most embarrassing concert moments in music history—direct from the artists who survived them. 

“In the midst of my insanity, I thought it would be a very romantic gesture to go into Fiona Apple’s dressing room and write a message on her wall in my own blood.” —Dave Navarro

From wardrobe malfunctions to equipment failures, from bad decisions to even worse choices, this is a riveting look into what happens when things go wrong onstage and off.

“Ozzy had a sixty-inch teleprompter with the song lyrics, and that got stolen, along with microphones, snare drums and cymbals. Our drummer at the time was stabbing people in the neck with his drumstick.” —Zakk Wylde

No Encore! is an unflinchingly honest account of the shows that tested the dedication to a dream—from Alice Cooper’s python having a violent, gastric malfunction on stage to Lou Barlow’s disastrous attempt to sober up at Glastonbury, from Shirley Manson’s desperate search for a bathroom to the extraordinary effort made to awaken Al Jourgenson as Ministry was taking the stage. As Hunter S. Thompson famously wrote, “Buy the ticket, take the ride.” 

“I go to exit the venue, and there’s 25 people marching towards us. It’s about 3:00 AM, and they weren’t there to be nice. They were carrying bats, boards, chains, hammers, and they were coming for us.” —Dee Snider

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781642930849
Publisher: Post Hill Press
Publication date: 07/16/2019
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Drew Fortune is a pop-culture journalist and screenwriter, who has been actively publishing for the past ten years. He is a regular contributor to Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Esquire, and Vulture, but his writings on music, film, and television have been published in Cosmopolitan, Playboy, SPIN, Billboard, the A.V. Club, Stereogum, and many others. His favorite bands are Ween, Superchunk, and the Replacements. He loves fly fishing and loitering in record stores.

Table of Contents

Introduction xlii

1 Alice Cooper 1

2 Lou Barlow (Dinosaur Jr./Sebadoh) 5

3 Dean Ween (Ween) 10

4 Blothar (formerly Beefcake the Mighty: GWAR lead singer) 14

5 Talib Kweli 19

6 Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction/Red Hot Chili Peppers) 23

7 Shirley Manson (Garbage) 28

8 The Act of Performance: A short essay by Andrew W.K. 32

9 Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne/Black Label Society) 35

10 Debbie Gibson 40

11 James Williamson (The Stooges) 44

12 John Bell (Widespread Panic) 50

13 Jane Wiedlin (the Go-Go's) 54

14 Darryl McDaniels (Run-D.M.C.) 57

15 Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) 62

16 Zac Carper (FIDLAR) 67

17 Jared Swilley (Black Lips) 71

18 Nathan Williams (Wavves) 76

19 Terry Ellis (En Vogue) 80

20 Mark Mothersbaugh (DEVO) 84

21 Paul Oakenfold (DJ) 89

22 Peter Frampton 92

23 Wayne Kramer (MC5) 96

24 King Khan (King Khan and the Shrines, The King Khan BBQ Show, Louder Than Death, The Almighty Defend-ers, Tandoori Knights) 99

25 Dave King (Flogging Molly) 108

26 Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park) 113

27 Jennifer Herrema (Royal Trux) 119

28 Big Daddy Kane 125

29 Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) 130

30 Tunde Adebimpe (TV on the Radio) 135

31 Al Jourgensen (Ministry) 140

32 Robin Wilson (Gin Blossoms) 146

33 Joel Gion (The Brian Jonestown Massacre) 154

34 Courtney Taylor-Taylor (The Dandy Warhols) 158

35 Sean Yseult (White Zombie) 164

36 Sammy Hagar (Van Halen) 169

37 Paul Hartnoll (Orbital) 174

38 Mark Foster (Foster the People) 178

39 Genesis P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle/Psychic TV) 184

40 David Yew (Jesus Lizard) 192

41 Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum) 197

42 Stephan Jenkins (Third Eye Blind) 201

43 Buzz Osborne (Melvins) 206

44 Chopmaster J (Digital Underground) 212

45 Kenny Loggins 216

46 Brent Smith (Shinedown) 221

47 Gary LeVox (Rascal Flatts) 225

48 Stewart Copeland (The Police) 230

49 Dan Aykroyd (Blues Brothers) 235

50 Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices) 238

51 MOBY 242

52 Wyclef Jean 245

53 Brandon Boyd (Incubus) 248

56 Merie Allin (GG Allin and the Murder Junkies) 252

55 Jon Wurster (Superchunk/Bob Mould Band) 258

56 Nick Hexum (311) 266

57 Louis Pérez (Los Lobos) 270

58 Don Brewer (Grand Funk Railroad) 275

59 Lita Ford 279

60 Josh Freese 284

61 Violent J/Shaggy 2 Dope (Insane Clown Posse) 290

Acknowledgments 297

About the Author 299

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