Dirty Rocker Boys: Love and Lust on the Sunset Strip

I bought this on a whim, and I’m glad that I did. Once I started reading it, I was glued to it until the end. I was very interested to hear Bobbie’s side of the story regarding many things, especially her extensive time spent as a prolific groupie/model/actress in the midst of hair metal bands in Hollywood, especially dating very many men in that very unusual and superficial scene. It was a guilty pleasure for me to hear about all of her star encounters and the men that she dated. Not knowing her, and even despite all her trials and tribulations, I find myself attracted to her and all the fun of the lifestyle. Naturally, the good times can’t last forever and the good ‘ol days for everyone indulging in excess must eventually come to an end. I was aware before reading that she had dated Tommy Lee and married Jani Lane. I’m very familiar with her being the “cherry pie” girl. I gather from this that there is hardly any loyalty at all between the men in this music genre. I also take from it and believe that Tommy Lee and Vince Neil are immensely insecure cheese balls. I take from it that Jani Lane was a good person who sadly struggled perilously with alcohol addiction. It’s mind boggling how insecure these guys are. They seem so unsure of themselves that they make me feel better about myself. I mean, get real, dudes…but I digress. I have always felt there was something off with Pamela Anderson, and Bobbie has me believing her account, that Pamela was a self absorbed jerk. I thought that Bobbie’s account of many things was amazingly bold and honest. She spoke of all her exploits including her drug use very openly which I respect very much. It takes courage to speak of things so honestly. This book wouldn’t have been nearly as interesting if she hid the truth about many things. For many years, having long been a fan of Warrant, I wondered cluelessly about Jani Lane and I’d have to say that this is the most thorough account that I’ve ever gotten about the man’s struggles. I have a feeling that he’s probably the best artist that she ever dated. I’ll always miss the guy and I’m glad she spoke about him so openly. I liked hearing her talk about their child together and even her openness about not being the best mother that she could have. Again, very honest. I was almost brought to tears seeing a picture of Jani Lane with his small daughter, especially being a father to my own small daughter. I wish that guy had beaten his demons. Whatever “secret” he might have revealed to Bobbie wouldn’t matter to me. Stuff happens and I couldn’t think less of him no matter what it was specifically nor depending on who the perpetrator was. The man was an exceptional songwriter, and an especially exceptional balladeer. Bobbie confirmed something for me that I have long since suspected, which was that lots of the hair metal band guys are as shallow and as vapid as can be, with the exception of very few. I went into this already suspecting that Tommy Lee is a big shallow child which she seemingly confirmed, so nothing in her stories about him surprised me, but I got a kick out of hearing all of it. That insecure dude took her for a long selfish ride. I was particularly interested in this reading being a fan of the hair metal scene in general, especially Motley Crue and Warrant. It was also cool to hear about the “nice” Nelson brother that she dated, yet another cry baby hair metal band guy taking his blessings for granted. These stories epitomize the shallow place that hollywood and the entertainment industry no doubt are. This book was well written and easy to follow. I really enjoyed it and anyone who was a serious fan of the metal scene of the late 80s and 90s will possibly enjoy it. I’m glad she’s sober now. I know from experience that sobriety is not easy to come by after giving into way too much chemical fun and experimentation. I wish she had gotten straight early on and she might have done much better in sustaining her career. She blew off numerous opportunities which she readily admits to(which takes guts and character to say). Nonetheless, Bobbie’s stories delivered the goods for me. Now I have nothing to read and I’m bored. This was worth the money and the time to read. Five stars from me!

OK I admit that I wanted to read this book simply because I wanted to hear all the dirt I could on those "rocker" bad boys and Ms. Brown definitely obliges like a rockette groupie slut... Is there anyone she didn't hook up with in Hollywood in one way or another? She comes across as a little full of herself pretty much claiming in so many words "Everyone wants to @#$% me!" or "Everyone is in love with ME!" She may have been the girl that girls all wanted to be and the girl that all guys wanted to be with but where did that get her? While it may have been true that that's how she was seen, she could've toned that part down a bit in the book and it would've been more tasteful. No need to toot your own horn, honey. But anyway, this book is definitely interesting if you were into that cultural phenomenon of the 80's hair/glam metal on the Sunset Strip. She was there and lived to tell about it. Obviously, the appeal of this book, other than her romance with Tommy Lee, and, I guess if you were a fan of Warrant, her marriage to Jani Lane, is all the name-dropping and brushes with celebrities she has managed throughout her days as the queen of the almost-famous B-list Hollywood/ rock and roll groupie has-beens. She comes across as funny though sadly pathetic at times and more than a bit crass all the time. She could use a lesson in class from Tommy Lee's first love, Heather Locklear. I admit her stories are enticing and her memoir entertaining, but in the end, this is still just another celebrity tell-all gossip memoir cooked up to make a few bucks. Again, she could use some class and it's just too bad her experiences gained her wisdom but sadly no taste.

Bobbie is spilling all the tea! I remember her as one of the most beautiful original video vixens - it's amazing to hear these stories of Hollywood shenanigans straight from her mouth (I got it on audible and she narrates it). She's smart, sassy and has self-respect - I really enjoyed the book!

I loved those guys in my youth. Bobbie you killed it! Great read. I spent a couple of days back in the 90's, it was fun to go back and remember. Loved you in the Cherry Pie video. I also watched the Ex Wives show. Loved it too. I am a fan all the way. Stay strong! This is a fun book and well written. I thoroughly enjoyed every second of it. .

The book has a few interesting tidbits here and there but, the truth is Bobbie Brown as a person is just not all that interesting. We are talking about a woman who made a living doing a little modeling and starring in a few MTV videos.. her only claim to fame is that she had relationships with famous musicians.. hence the title of her book. She does not comes across as very intelligent but, she sure does come across as unlikable. She is also very, very full of herself. She speaks about her beauty all through out the book, she loves to name drop and write about her sexual conquests, every man in LA evidently wanted to sleep with her at one point or the other. It is true she was a very beautiful woman but, beauty in LA is nothing special.. I just do not see that she had much else to offer the world. She admitted to being a drug addict, and she admitted to treating people rudely because in her own words.. "she just didn't give a ****.". How charming. I do not doubt that famous men would swarm her at the clubs and beg to take her home.. my guess is most of these men are no stranger to this behavior, which means she was pretty much just any other killer bod they could use and abuse. The one area I absolutely do not believe is when she writes about all the jobs she missed out on because she just didn't care about her career. She claims Stephen Spielberg wanted to hire her, that Robert DeNiro wanted her for the role in Casino Sharon Stone ended up getting.. that Bay Watch wanted her really badly but, Pamela Anderson threatened to walk if they gave her a role on the show. I am sorry but, I just do not buy any of this... maybe she is telling the truth but, I sort of think a lot of this is just a figment of her overblown ego. The interesting parts of her book are when she is discussing the people she met or had personal relationships with. There is some interesting stuff about her marriage, and her engagement to Tommy Lee. The stuff she writes about Dave Navarro is quite disturbing... the way she describes their first date at his house, is absolutely sickening. As I read I thought.. I am sure she got the heck out of there as soon as she could but, no in the next paragraphs she writes about being so enamored with him. Why.. I have no idea,.. Navarro comes across as a total creep in my opinion. It was obvious through out the book Brown had horrible taste in men but, after she wrote about Navarro, that is when I suspected something wasn't right with her. One very interesting part that really got my attention was towards the end of the book about her ex-husband Jani Lane.. he basically made a confession to her that horrified me and had me speculating quite awhile about who he could have been talking about. She doesn't give us names, and when you read it you will understand why. That is all I will write about that. In summary if you are a fan of 80's Hair Metal, you may find this book interesting. Just go into it realizing that parts about Brown herself are a total snore. It is easy reading and trashy.. a very quick read so, it wouldn't hurt to give it a read.

I'd very much like to meet you, Miss Bobbie (if I may call you Bobbie?) I hope I can some day very soon, it would be an honor and a blessing to do so and to look in your eyes and shake your hand. You'll never know how your books - for several reasons and in a myriad of ways - have saved me. Left me a sloppy- crying-laughing- redfaced-snotcovered hot mess these past few days as I read straight thru, but my heart now has hope for healing up and my soul is once again intact. Plus it's just a hands down entertaining read. I'm a reader. The annoying ones who's noses are stuck in novels all the time and LOVE it, as words turn instantly to a smooth flow of pictures, a movie in my head that I can see in detail and watch with clarity and ease as I absorb each word with my eyes. And it's an easy read in that sense, and well-written and easy to follow even tho not in chronological order and not every subchapter (and/or new story, if you will) were date stamped like the ones that were clearly written as just such: information, data, stats surrounding her story or stories within - in fact several were not and I liked that. I noted it cuz I noticed the difference. The second time I almost paged back or went back to her 2 nd book (I read that first, as it happens) to find reference to date or a time frame on a story that was being revisited or elaborated on or flashbacked (is that a word?) to. And - Miss Bobbie's personality just SHINES thru in her telling of her stories, I can tell she will talk exactly as the book is written, even passages not directly written by her. Somehow I've never heard her talk except when I looked up 1987 miss teen USA looking for the 17 magazine in first saw her in and became slightly obsessed (in a hetero girl crush envious of but not jealous hater of, kind of way. Promise. I was like only 13 myself)😁 But no 17 mag pics could I find. Only the pageant. Just the other day. Before I started reading even. And I was obsessed by the long hairs, the metal and glam bands. And I followed her career, as much as one could in those days before Inet and smart phones and social media. And I LOVE reality shows. (God forgive me but Rock of Love was my JAM. Sorry miss Bobbie. Eww, right?) But yet.... Never saw the ex wives of rock and still never heard her speak. Now I know why. It was to be introduced to her - real her - thru her books first. Thank you, miss Bobbie Jean Brown. Big hugs to you always. You don't realize you ARE one of the angels, do you? That's why you are still here Darlin' when so many others who haven't done half what you have, are not. We need you here still Babe. You are still very much needed down here.

Absolutely fantastic and soooo much fun to read. How did this one get by the lawyers? This book reads like a party-induced conversation you have with your new bestie at a club where the music’s a bit too loud. Though at times, too politically correct for my taste, the author is very funny. That said, she has a body count here of famous past lovers and friends who must be less then pleased with this manuscript. Like most addicts recounting their addicted years, her stories tend to go on for too long, and begin to all sound the same. (Also, she seems to be less than forthcoming when it comes to the sexual orientation of her L.A. rocker boys. There is a clumsy account of male rape that doesn’t quite add up.) And though she is far too easy on herself for failing as a parent, there is a redemptive quality to her life story. She rises where so many others failed to get back up. This reader found himself rooting for Ms. Brown. I so wanted her to be okay. And it does seem that this light from Louisiana found her way home…even if the path took her through some of the darkest corners of Hollywood.

This was an easy read. Very entertaining. BB was raw and truthful and didn't leave much out. I will never look at Leonardo D. The same. Who knew.