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Soffee, Anne Thomas.

Nerd girl rocks paradise city : a true story of faking it in hair metal L.A. / Anne Thomas Soffee.

1st ed.

Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, ©2005.

x, 242 pages ; 23 cm

Soffee's wild days and even wilder nights as a rock journalist and small-time heavy metal flack during L.A.'s hair-band heyday come to uproarious life in this hilarious and poignant memoir. Packed with offbeat characters, Nerd Girl Rocks Paradise City gives a firsthand account of the seedy side of the rock 'n' roll lifestyle and the hierarchy of fishnets, bustiers, and backstage passes that binds it together. Witty, unpredictable, and self-aware, Soffee shares the tawdry tale of her taste for beer and other people's prescriptions until she finds redemption as the L.A. riots rage outside her front door.

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True story of faking it in hair metal L.A.

Contents Prologue "That girl has a ring in her nose" Hipster Backlash and Metal Without Irony 1 "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" King-Sized Beds and the King Himself on the Road to L.A. 2 Confessions of a Reluctant Danzig Bimbo "Sorry, kid, we don't speak irony" 3 Strippers, Clown Rooms, and Danzig Among the Mangoes Day Jobs and Night Moves on Hollywood and Vine 4 Payola Means Never Having to Say "You Suck" Where Everybody Knows Your Name Except for the Girl in the Leather Bra 5 Idle Worship Getting punk'd ten years before Ashton Kutcher 6 I, Industry Weasel Gabba Gabba, We Accept You, We Accept You, One of Us 7 There Goes the Neighborhood The Smell of Hairspray Gives Way to Teen Spirit 8 Last Call L.A. Throws Me the Least Festive Farewell Party Imaginable Epilogue Tattoo Me What the World Needs Now Is Olallaberry Pie.

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