The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars: Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches
"An engrossing read."  —Library Journal"Captivating, time-consuming, and fascinating page-turner, a physically capacious and emotionally weighty tome/tomb. It’s a triumphant feast of woe, mishaps, misery and artistic wonderments, and there are weeks of reading (and re-reading) here. A rich, often grim history is uncovered behind some of rock’s forgotten or overlooked losses, and the painstakingly researched nature of the book is bound to enthrall fanatical music and trivia fans."—PopMatters"A definitive guide to how our fave rock stars kicked the bucket." —The Observer"Hard to put down." —Under the Radar"A huge, affectionate and strangely compelling chronicle . . . There’s no shortage of rip-roaring sagas, shot through with black humor, pathos, and peculiar insight." —The New Statesman"A strange, entertaining chronology . . . comprehensively detailed and interspersed with lighter facts and interesting charts."  —The Daily Express"Simmonds . . . plays on our obsession with the bizarre and the tragic in equal measure. As humorous as it is enthralling." —Rock Sound"Fascinating. . . . A must-have for the shelves of every music obsessive."  — Lincoln Journal Star