White Line Fever

I'm currently reading White Line Fever by the awesome Lemmy Kilmister. I'm halfway through it now and I got to say that it is highly entertaining.
Sure, loads and loads of names I never heard of and bands I never listened too but I guess that if you have been in the game as long as this man, you have met and played with quite a few of people and bands.
The book contains loads of music (read rock & roll) trivia, humorous and serious, sometimes sad, anecdotes from a life filled with sex, drugs and mayhem. The writing/telling sometimes feel quite unfocused and drifting, sometimes juvenile but all together highly entertaining.

Even if your not into Motörhead or even R&R, the book is pretty much a must-read.

A wee part from the book, loosely translated from swedish;

"Fact is, I don't recommend anyone my lifestyle - most people would die from it. No joke. [...] In 1980 I decided to change my blood - the same treatment that Keith Richard are roumored to gone through. It's a smart thing to do - you immediatley get new, fresh blood and the body doesnt have to go through the pain of detox. So my managare and I went to the doctor, that took some blood test and came back with bad news.
'This is how it is', he said. 'You are going to die if we give you fresh blood.'
'Wha?'
'You no longer have human blood. And you can't give blood either, just forget it. Your blood is so toxic that normal people would die from it.'
So to clarify: what is normal for me is deadly to other people and whats normal for others is deadly to me. Which is fine by me, I guess I'm writing medical history. I'm gonna give my body to science fiction."

This section, funny as it is, reminded me about a story of a mate of mine, the same one that thought he was at home when he took a piss in the bed. He went to do a good deed and give blood but he ended up getting admitted to recive blood instead.. Amazing.

Anyways, go and get yourself a copy of this epic insight in the life of a legend.

[EDIT 17 - AUG - 2009 22.10]
Ok, I finished the book today and in hindsight I must say that I might have made it sound a bit better than it actually is. Don't get me wrong, it was entertaining and all, but the unfocused-ness of it made it feel like it was written in a haste, and just after a transcript of a interview. I'm sad to say that I enjoyed the first half of it more than the second. I was hopeing for more alcohol/sex related anecdotes actually. Janiss Garza (co-writer) is not Neil Strauss. Still, it is worth reading if you are into the music. If you like Britney Spears and the rest of MTV nowdays, don't bother.