I had been following Klosterman's columns in Spin for awhile. Though I disagreed with him on his view of punk rock. I liked his writing style. I picked this up when it came out in paperback. It changed my outlook on so many things. I know that sounds cheesy, but what Klosterman was writing about, was literally happening to me at that very moment (well most of it). This book is about Chuck traveling to various sites where rock stars had died. Site of the club where Great White played and the club burned to the ground, Big Bopper/ Buddy Holly plane crash etc. But there is an underlying story about Chuck and his girlfriend at home and a girl that lived far away that he was also in love with... and there in draws my own paralell.