Everyone Loves You When You're Dead: Journeys into Fame and Madness

Neil Strauss

May 2012 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

Neil Strauss can uncover the naked truth like nobody else. With his groundbreaking book The Game, Strauss penetrated the secret society of pickup artists. Now, in Everyone Loves You When You're Dead, the Rolling Stone journalist collects the greatest moments from the most insane music interviews of all time.

Join Neil Strauss, "The Mike Tyson of interviewers," (Dave Pirner, Soul Asylum), as he

• Makes Lady Gaga cry, tries to keep Mötley Crüe out of jail & is asked to smoke Kurt Cobain's ashes by Courtney Love
• Shoots guns with Ludacris, takes a ride with Neil Young & goes to church with Tom Cruise and his mother
• Spends the night with Trent Reznor, reads the mind of Britney Spears & finds religion with Stephen Colbert
• Gets picked on by Led Zeppelin, threatened by the mafia & serenaded by Leonard Cohen
• Picks up psychic clues with the CIA, diapers with Snoop Dog & prison survival tips from Rick James
• Goes drinking with Bruce Springsteen, dining with Gwen Stefani & hot tubbing with Marilyn Manson
• Talks glam with David Bowie, drugs with Madonna, death with Johnny Cash & sex with Chuck Berry
• Gets molested by the Strokes, in trouble with Prince & in bed with . . . you'll find out who inside.

Enjoy many, many more awkward moments and accidental adventures with the world's number one stars in Everyone Love You When You're Dead.

Ratings and reviews

I don't have time for a long, detailed review but here is a short, edited version. I first found it at my local library when I searched for "Lady Gaga" in the catalog. It came up and I didn't know what else to read so I decided to give it a shot. It was one of the best books I've ever read. It was funny, captivating and the little paragraph intros for each interview were awesome and well-written. I didn't even need to know who all the musicians were, it was interesting anyway. I've read the book from the library 3 times and now I will soon buy my own copy. I would not recommend this for younger audiences. It is suitable for older readers who like humor.

I bought this in paper back. But Neil has a great drifting style. With most books I read the first 10 chapters and stop. However with every Strauss book I read all of it in a week or so.

The behind the scenes to many of the interviews he did.

About the author

NEIL STRAUSS is an award-winning writer for Rolling Stone and the author or coauthor of ten New York Times bestsellers. He splits his time between Los Angeles and wherever the Jonas Brothers are.