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Hit Hard: A Story Of Hitting Rock Bottom At The Top (2009)

by Joey Kramer(Favorite Author)

3.62 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0061566608 (ISBN13: 9780061566608)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

HarperOne

review 1: Definitely not your typical rock n' roll memoir. Joey's story focuses much more on his own personal demons and shortcomings through his life and how he has struggled to come to terms with himself and his relationships. I'm a huge Aerosmith fan, but like I said, this book doesn't focus much on the band's notorious exploits. For that, you should try their autobiography, Walk This Way, which is a fantastic read. Joey's openness & honesty is refreshing and I learned a lot about myself from reading it.Highly recommended.
review 2: This book has been on my 'to read' list since it came out. Not your typical sexdrugsandrockandroll memoir, although we certainly get a sense of all of these aspects in the classic tale - boy picks up an instrument, boy meets the right... more people in the right place at the right time, boy allows his excesses to take over his life, boy lives to tell the tale (that last part varies sometimes - in the classic tale...) What stood out for me in this memoir was Mr. Kramer's obvious love for his art. Sure, there was sex - but that was usually relegated to a throw away line. Sure there were drugs - and his portrayal of his addiction and recovery as well as the depression that resulted from numbing his feelings with alcohol and drugs for so many years was the primary focus of the book. But the segments that really stood our for me came early in the book when he talked about learning his instrument. His passion was obvious in these segments. I went away feeling like rock in general and drums in particular were his life.I would've given this book more stars if more time had been spent discussing what he obviously loves and is passionate about and less time had been spent on the same old psychobabble I've read a million times before.But it's his story, and this is how he chose to tell it - this is where he chose to place the emphasis. I'm glad I finally moved it from the 'to read' to the 'read' column. less

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