Rebel Heart: An American Rock 'n' Roll Journey

by Bebe Buell, Victor Bockris
Rebel Heart: An American Rock 'n' Roll Journey
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8 ratings, 2.88 average rating, 3 reviews (more data...)
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published
2001 by St. Martin's Press

binding
Hardcover, 320 pages

isbn
0312266944   (isbn13: 9780312266943)

description
Warm, wise, outrageously funny--and simply outrageous--Rebel Heart is Bebe Buell's no-holds-barred account of her life at the center of the rock scene...more






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Rebecca
Rebecca rated it: 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars
03/12/08

bookshelves: rock-bios
Read in August, 2005
recommends it for: aspiring groupies

I lived for Rock Scene Magazine. Everyone looked interesting doing interesting things, like hanging out at Max's Kansas City or the lower east side.
Bebe Buell was a regular. Looking wholesome glamorous hanging off the arm of a drugged out rocker. I wanted to know more.


She made a lot of strange choices. Chasing emotionally unavailable men, ruining her contract with Eileen ford, getting involved with Elvis Costello while he was married. Never learning anything just dating more botto...more
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Laura
Laura rated it: 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars
02/16/07

bookshelves: biosautobiosmemoirs, music, nonfiction
Read in March, 2003
recommends it for: Groupies
I should be embarassed that I read this but I like groupie/rocknroll/sex/drug books. She's ditzy and has an inflated sense of self, but she did have sex with a lot of interesting people and she gave the world Liv Tyler.
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Dawn
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08/29/08

Read in August, 2008
Bebe is prone to making some grand statements that I don't quite buy, but the book is juicy and fascinating if you are interested in the 70s rock scene. She's surprisingly endearing. Great beach read.
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Melinda
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08/20/08


Susannah
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06/14/08

Read in April, 2002

Kerri
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06/07/08


Suzanne
Suzanne rated it: 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars
12/08/07

bookshelves: still-own

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03/21/07

bookshelves: memoir, music_geekery, nonfiction