I have had a few people ask me why I wrote this book. The funny thing is that I never had a plan or an intention to write a book; the thought never really occurred to me. I mean, what could I say that somebody would be interested to read. However, I had some friends a few years ago that loved hearing my stories about some of the crazy relationships I had in the past and they told me with all seriousness that I should write a book. They said my stories were very interesting and often quite funny. At first, I kind of scoffed at the idea because it just seemed kind of preposterous. Yes my stories were interesting but still who would want to read them without knowing who I am? Plus, I was wondering that if I did do it, would it not be kind of assholish, to write about previous loves and romances? I mean some of this is fairly private stuff. Then it occurred to me that if I was going to do it, I could just change the names and that seemed like a better idea. However, then I decided that if I was going to go that far then I might as well write about all of it; the good, the bad, & the dirty. Not only that, but I should do it the best I could from both sides (not just mine) and I don't always come out smelling like roses. Now a little over three years later, I am a published author and that is pretty damn cool. Should you choose to read it, I sincerely hope that you enjoy it. It was certainly an experience writing it and reliving some of these things that I hadn't thought about in years while doing so.
Not going to talk about my book today. Instead I will tell you about the time I met Metallica, which I'm pretty sure wasn't in the book. It was 1989, I was 18 years old, and Metallica was my favorite band in the world at that time. Metallica was touring for the newly released 'and Justice for All' and they were touring with Queensryche. At the end of the show, I cautiously bought a backstage pass from some shady character, but luckily it turned out to be legit. Prior to this, I had no plan of doing anything after the show, so I had been moshing and stayed up near the stage where every sweaty dude in the venue rubbed up on me at one point or another. In other words, I wasn't very presentable after the show. Everyone that had a pass was then brought backstage after the venue cleared out and we waited a good hour or so, before Kirk Hammett came out. I had actually met him briefly the summer before when he came wandering near the crowd at the Monsters of Rock concert. M...
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