Runnin' with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen

He is also the co-author of the New York Times bestsellers There and Back Again and The Rock Says. He is also the author of 12 Days on the Road: The Sex Pistols and America, and he lives in Colorado.An award-winning journalist and bestselling author, Joe Layden has written more than thirty books, including The Last Great Fight, which was named one of the best sports books of 2007 by Sports Illustrate

Good read but very sad. I am a huge fan of the original iteration of Van Halen, and have been so for 30 years. Unfortunately, I was too young to see them in concert during that era. Anytime I can listen to live recordings from that era or read about their dominance of rock 'n' roll from 1978 thru 1985, I do so eagerly. So when I heard about this boo. Best of the time period but Okay, but not well-written at all and seems to be a series of random recollections.I think Monk should have started work on this *decades* ago while it was fresh in his mind. True, he might have had a contract to wait to PUBLISH a book until after so many years, there is nothing stopping him from working on it when he is at h. "Noel's book makes for an easy and entertaining read" according to JB. Honestly, nothing earth shattering here for most true Van Halen fans. And in fact, it's just another case of a band disintegrating under the weight of drugs, drink, pettiness and clashing personalities. Unfortunately for true VH fans it goes completely against the grain of camaraderie and the rolling 2Noel's book makes for an easy and entertaining read JB Honestly, nothing earth shattering here for most true Van Halen fans. And in fact, it's just another case of a band disintegrating under the weight of drugs, drink, pettiness and clashing personalities. Unfortunately for true VH fans it goes completely against the grain of camaraderie and the rolling 24/7 party that we all wa. /7 party that we all wa

“More than an insider’s story about VH; Monk also shares fascinating firsthand information about how the music industry operated at that time…An absolute must-read for VH fans and fans of rock music memoirs.” (Library Journal)“Too bad the title The Dirt was already taken.  Noel Monk – who went from being Van Halen’s road manager to their business manager during their Diamond Dave prime – holds nothing back…Monk paints a convincing picture of a brilliant, substance-addled young band that wasn’t built to last.” (Rolling Stone)“The Van Halen book you’ve been waiting for…brutally honest and at times shocking…Van Halen fans will be discussing and debating it with the same attention to detail as Eddie’s finger-tapping work on ‘Eruption.’” (Houston Press)“There’s plenty of sex and drugs here, along with the absurdities of the hard-rock life.” (New York Times Book Review)

A man who’d worked with some of rock’s biggest and most notorious names, Monk spent seven years with Van Halen, serving first as their tour manger then as their personal manager until 1985, when both he and David Lee Roth exited as controversy, backstabbing, and disappointment consumed the band.Throughout Van Halen’s meteoric rise and abrupt halt, this confidant, fixer, friend, and promoter saw it all and lived to tell. Illustrated with dozens of rare photographs from Monk’s vaults, Runnin’ with the Devil is