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MOM, HAVE YOU SEEN MY LEATHER PANTS?
By: Craig A. Williams
The Tale of a Teen Rock Wannabe Who Almost Was
Three Rivers Press
October 2007
On Sale: September 28, 2007
356 pages
ISBN: 0307342123
EAN: 9780307342126
Paperback
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Non-Fiction
At the height of the hair-metal craze, when the airwaves were dominated by ear-shredding guitar solos played by men clad in lace gloves, cowboy boots, and tight denim, when Aqua Net was more precious than gold, when MTV actually played music videos and not just shows like Pimp My Locker, a band named Onyxxx (one X wasnβt nearly enough) came close to making it big. What stopped Onyxxx from taking its place beside legendary bands like Poison, Guns Nβ Roses, and M? tley CrΕΈe? Sex, drugs, groupies, . . . and geometry homework. Craig Williams, Onyxxxβs red-haired, head-banging guitarist, tells his tale of near rock stardom in Mom, Have You Seen My Leather Pants? With a manager who was a dead ringer for Loni Anderson, club owners willing to offer sexual favors and limo rides, and scads of California girls lifting their shirts and screaming their names, Craig knew what it was to be a starΓuntil he realized that Onyxxx wasnβt the second coming of Warrant. They just werenβt that good. And Craig wasnβt having fun anymore. A music memoir for any child of the 1980s and β90s, a nostalgic trip down Sunset Strip, and a hilarious tribute to a musical era we can only hope will never have a resurgence, Mom, Have You Seen My Leather Pants? will give you an appetite for destruction.
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