Rock Bottom (thing)

A book by Pamela Des Barres about the downfall of various rock stars (how they died, went crazy, or got sent to prison, mostly). Several of them she knew personally; those accounts are particularly interesting. Includes two multiple-artist chapters, plus complete chapters on:

• Syd Barrett (of Pink Floyd)
• Jan Berry (of Jan and Dean)
• Marc Bolan (of T-Rex)
• John Bonham (of Led Zeppelin)
• Kurt Cobain (of Nirvana)
• Eddie Cochran
• Freddie Mercury (of Queen)
• Sam Cooke
• Marvin Gaye
• Jimi Hendrix
• Rick James
• Brian Jones (of the Rolling Stones)
• Janis Joplin
• Keith Moon (of the Who)
• Jim Morrison (of The Doors)
• Rick Nelson
• Gram Parsons (of The Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers)
• Johnny Thunders (of the New York Dolls)
• Stevie Ray Vaughan
• Sid Vicious (of the Sex Pistols)
• Dennis Wilson (of the Beach Boys)