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A Story of Hitting Rock Bottom at the Top
HarperOne
July 2009
On Sale: June 30, 2009
256 pages
ISBN: 0061566608
EAN: 9780061566608
Hardcover
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"I'd played my drums in front of eighty thousand screaming
fans and passed out in my own puke. I'd toured in private
jets, rode in limos, and had just about any girl, at any
time, for any thing. I also lived in rat-infested, shithole
apartments, got caught in a burning car where I sustained
third-degree burns all over my body, racked up hundreds of
thousands of dollars of debt, and watched my father die a
slow, agonizing death. But I had never felt anything like
this depression that brought me to Steps. . . . This time,
there was only me and my pain, and I didn't see any way
out." —from the Introduction In 1997, amid Aerosmith's sold-out world tour and number
one album release, word about Joey’s troubles was reported
in the press. Despite the advice he had received to play it
down, Joey revealed in an interview his ongoing struggles
with depression. The response from fans and people battling
those same internal demons was overwhelming. Joey—who has
been the drummer in Aerosmith since it was founded in 1970
and is the first member of the band to release his own book—
now tells the complete story: the early days of the band,
glamorous drug-addled events leading up to their eventual
sobriety, battles within his family and among bandmates,
and the explosive internal dynamics in Aerosmith that
continue to unleash a fury of endless creativity. This is not just another rock 'n' roll memoir. In addition
to the never-before-told Aerosmith war stories that abound
in the book, Hit Hard unpacks the history of a rock star
who was both fragile and tough, who after years of insane
wildness became willing to accept help and finally kick a
serious alcohol and drug addiction, only to find that the
real terrors and hard work were still ahead. It's the story
of an average kid from an average American suburb who went
through physical and emotional trauma. It's about years of
depression and the nervous breakdown at the height of the
band's comeback success. Ultimately, Hit Hard is about how
Joey recognized his confusion between love and abuse,
awakening to the kind of self-acceptance and compassion
that make relationships possible in the "real world" as a
member of the biggest band in American history.
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