01948cam a2200325 i 4500 1913254464 TxGeo 20250207120000.0 121115s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012045962 9781451694581 trade pbk. 145169458X trade pbk. (OCoLC)800024759 TxGeo rda Pearcy, Stephen. Sex, drugs, Ratt and roll : my life in rock / Stephen Pearcy with Sam Benjamin. New York, NY : Gallery Books, 2013. 309 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Welcome to heavy metal rock 'n' roll, circa 1980, when all you needed was the right look, burning ambition, and a chance. Stephen Pearcy and supergroup Ratt hit the bull's-eye. Cranking out metal just as metal got hot, Ratt was the perfect band at the perfect time, and their hit single "Round and Round" became a top-selling anthem. As Ratt scrambled up a wall of fame and wealth, so they experienced the gut-wrenching free fall, after too many hours in buses, planes, and limos; too many women; too many drugs; and all the personality clashes and ego trips that marked the beginning of the end. Pearcy offers a stunningly honest self-portrait of a man running on the fumes of ambition and loneliness as the party crashed. His rock 'n' roll confessional, by turns incredible, hilarious, and lyrical, is a story of survival--and a search for the things that matter most.-- Publisher description. 20250213. Pearcy, Stephen 1959- Ratt (Musical group.) Rock musicians United States Biography. Autobiographies. Benjamin, Sam. QS5