Page, Jimmy
Pallenberg, Anita
Palmer, Reese
Paris Match magazine
Parsons, Avis (sister)
Parsons, Avis Snivel Connor (mother)
Parsons, Bonnie (stepmother)
Parsons, Gram
albums
bands and groups
career
childhood
corpse, abduction of/funeral party
drug and alcohol use
drug overdose and death
as an influence
influences on
and Keith Richards
Nudie wardrobe
Pamela Des Barres and
sex life and affairs
See also Connor, Ingram Cecil “Coon Dog;” Flying Burrito Brothers; Harris, Emmylou
Parsons, Gretchen (2nd wife)
Parsons, Nancy (1st wife)
Parsons, Poly (daughter)
Parsons, Robert Ellis (stepfather)
Pavitt, Bruce
Pearl (Joplin album)
Peel, John
Pendergrass, Teddy
Pennebaker, D. A.
Penrod, Jerry
Pentagram Records
People magazine
Perkins, Carl
Peter, Paul and Mary
Peters, Dan
Petroff, Boris
Petty, Tom
Phillips, John
Phoenix Gazette
Physical Graffiti (Led Zeppelin album)
Picard, Georges
Pickett, Bobby “Boris,”
Pinion, Gayla
Pink Floyd. See also Barrett, Syd
Piper at the Gates of Dawn, The (Pink Floyd album)
Plant, Karac (son)
Plant, Maureen (wife)
Plant, Robert
Plicque, Christian
Polanski, Roman
Ponemen, Jonathan
Pop, Iggy
Presence (Led Zeppelin album)
Presley, Elvis
on loneliness
Presley, Lisa Marie (daughter)
Pretty on the Inside (Courtney Love album)
Price, Andy
Prophets, Seers and Sages, the Angels of the Ages (Tyrannosaurus Rex album)
punk scene
Q magazine
Que Sera Sera (Thunders album)
Queen
albums
Sun City booking
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Rainbow Bar and Grill (Hollywood)
Rainbow Bridge (film)
Raincoats (band)
Raitt, Bonnie
Rapp, Danny
Rawls, Lou
R&B (rhythm-and-blues)
RCA records
Real Records
Record Mirror
Redding, Noel
Redding, Otis
Reed, Jimmy
Reed, Lou
Reprise Records
Richard, Cliff
Richards, Keith
and Gram Parsons
See also Rolling Stones
Richardson, J. P.. See Big Bopper
Richie, Lional
Rick and the Ravens (group)
Rick Is 21 (Nelson album)
Rick Nelson in Concert (Nelson album)
Rick Sings Nelson (Nelson album)
Ricky Sings Again (Nelson album)
Ridgio, Gene
Ritchie, John Simon. See Vicious, Sid
Ritz, David
Robinson, R. B.
Robinson, Smokey
Rock, Mick
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock magazine
Rock, Rock, Rock (film)
Rockets Redglare
Rocking Kings
Rod Stewart and the Faces
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stones
Altamont Raceway show
lifestyle
Ronay, Alain
Rose, Axl (William Bruce Bailey)
alcohol use
arrests
career
bigoted, homophobic, anti—women comments of
spousal abuse suit
See also Guns N’ Roses
Rose, Erin Everly
Rose, Tim
Ross, Diana
Rothchild, Paul
Rotten, Johnny
Rumours (group)
Rundgren, Todd
Rupe, Art
Rush, Otis
Russell, Leon
Russian roulette. See under death
Safe at Home (ISB album)
St. John, Dick
St. Louis Dispatch
Sam and Dave
Sam Cooke at the Copa (album)
“Sam Cooke Phenomenon” (TV special)
Sanchez, Tony
Santiago, Herman
SAR (Sam Cooke’s label)
Sauger, Mary
Seaton, Chairman
Seattle sound
Seifert, Doctor
Seiter, Jim
Sex Pistols
Schifman, Todd
Scumfucs (band)
Shad, Bob
Shakur, Tupac, rape charge
Shanggri-Las
Shankar, Ravi
Sheeley, Sharon
Pamela Des Barres and
Sheer Heart Attack (Queen album)
Shelli (Novoselic’s girlfriend)
Shilos (group)
Siddons, Bill
Silva, John
Simmons, Chester
Singh Ji, Maharaji Charan
Singing Children
Skid Row (band)
Slade (group)
Slash (guitarist)
Slick Rick. See Walters, Ricky
Slider (T-Rex album)
Slovak, Hillel
Smear, Pat
Smile (band)
Smith, Bessie
Smith, Gary
Smith, Larry “Legs,”
Smith, Todd
Smothers, Tommy
Smythe, Colin
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Snow, Tom
Soft Parade, The (Doors album)
Song Remains the Same (Led Zeppelin film)
Sonic Youth (band)
soul music
Soul Stirrers
Soul to Soul (Double Trouble album)
Soulful Mood ofMarvin Gaye, The (album)
Soundgarden (band)
Sounds
Souther, Hillman, Furay Band
Specialty Records
Spin magazine
Springer, Jerry
Springsteen, Bruce
Spungen, Deborah
Spungen, Nancy
drug use
as a groupie
murder of
See also Sex Pistols; Vicious, Sid
Stafford, Jim
Stairway to Heaven (Cole book)
Stamp, Chris
Starr, Ringo
Stephens, Shawn. See Lewis, Shawn Stephens
Stephenson, William
“Steve Allen Show, The,”
Steve Brett and the Mavericks
Stevens, Connie
Stevens, Joe
Stewart, Rodney “the Mod,”
Stickells, Gerry
Stipe, Michael
Stone, Sly
Stone Canyon Band
Stooges (band)
Stradlin, Izzy
Straight Ahead (fanzine)
Strange Days (Doors album)
Struebing, Darlene, murder of
Struebing, Kurt
career
mother, murder of
See also N.M.E.
Sua, John
Sub Pop Label
Subway magazine
Summer of Love
Summer Texan newspaper
Sundquist, Eva
Sundquist, Little Jimi (Jimi Hendrix’s alleged son)
Supremes
Sundqvist, Susanne
Surratt, Paul
Susie and the Hula Hoops
Swan Song Label
&nbs
p; Sweet, The
Sweetheart of the Rodeo (Byrds album)
Sylvain, Sylvain
TAD (band)
Tanx (T-Rex album)
Tate, Sharon, murder of
Taylor, Mick
Taylor, Roger
Taylor, Zola
Ted Ed Fred (band)
Teenage Highway QC
Terrapin (Syd Barret Appreciation Society)
Terrell, Tammi
Terry Webb and the Spiders
Texas Flood (Double Trouble album)
Thau, Marty
Thee Experience (Hollywood club)
Their Satanic Majesties Request (Rolling Stones album)
13 (Doors album)
Thomas, Carla
Thomkins, Pat
Thompson, Dave
Thorogood, Frank
murder confession
Thunders, Dino (son)
Thunders, Johnny (John Anthony Genzale)
albums
career
death of
drug use
as an influence
influences on
and the press
sex life and affairs
See also Gang War; Heartbreakers; New York Dolls
Thunders, Julie (wife)
Thunders, Vito (son)
Tickner, Eddie
Time magazine
Tiompkin, Dmitri
Together (Gaye/Wells album)
Tommy (Townshend rock opera/album)
Took, Steve “Peregrine,”
Tork, Peter
Torrence, Dean
Towles, Reverend
Townshend, Pete. See also Tommy
Track Records
Tracy (Cobain’s girlfriend)
Traffic
Trouble Traveler (Thunders album)
Trouser Press Rock Predictions
T-Rex. See also Bolan, Marc; Took, Steve “Peregrine”; Tyrannosaurus Rex
Twink
Two Sides of the Moon (Keith Moon album)
200 Hundred Motels (Zappa video)
Tyler, Steve
Tyrannosaurus Rex. See also Bolan, Marc; Took, Steve “Peregrine;” T-Rex
UFO Club (London)
Unholy Death (N.M.E. album)
Unicorn (Tyrannosaurus Rex album)
Use Your Illusion I (Guns N’ Roses album)
Use Your Illusion II (Guns N’ Roses album)
Valens, Ritchie, death of
Van Doren, Mamie
Van Zant, Ronnie
Vanguards
Vanity Fair
Varda, Agnes
Vaseline (band)
Vaughan, Jim (father)
Vaughan, Jimmy (brother)
Vaughan, Lenny Bailey (Stevie Ray’s wife)
Vaughan, Martha
Vaughan, Stevie Ray
albums
bands and groups
career
childhood
death and memorial
drug and alcohol use
drug recovery
influences on
and the press
sex life and affairs
See also Bethel, Lindi; Double Trouble; Lapidus, Janna
Venable, Felix
Verve Records
Vicious, Sid
career
childhood
drug use
drug overdose and death
See also Beverley, Anne; Sex Pistols; Spungen, Nancy
Vig, Butch
Village Voice newspaper
Vincent, Gene
Virgin Records
Vis, Eugenie
Visconti, Tony
Vogue club (Seattle)
Vogue magazine
Waiting for the Sun (Doors album)
Walker Brothers (group)
Walter–Lax, Annette
Walters, Ricky (Slick Rick)
Warlock of Love (Bolan book of poetry)
Warner Bros. (label)
Warren, Allan
Washington Post
Waters, Muddy
Waters, Roger
Watkinson, Mike
Watts, Charlie
Way of Life, A (band)
Wein, Chuck
Welch, Chris
Wellands, Scott
Wells, Mary
Werksman, Mark
Weston, Kim
Wexler, Jerry
What’s Going On (Gaye album)
Whiskey-a-Go-Go (Los Angeles club)
White, Clarence
Whitney Jane
Who
drug use
instrument-bashing
internal disputes
Smothers Brothers’ TV show
Who’s Next (Who album)
Wilde, Brandon de
William Morris Agency
Williams, Hank
Williams, Paul
Wilson, Audree (mother)
Wilson, Barbara Charren (Dennis’s 2nd wife)
Wilson, Brian (brother)
and the Beach Boys’ catalog
career and success
drug use
Wilson, Carl (brother)
Wilson, Carl (Dennis and Barbara’s son)
Wilson, Carol (Dennis’s 1st wife)
Wilson, Dennis
career and success
childhood
death of
drug use, rehab and detox
the Harmony (ship)
and the Manson family
sex life and affairs
spousal abuse
therapy
See also Beach Boys; McVie, Christine
Wilson, Devon (Hendrix girlfriend)
Wilson, Gage (Dennis and Shawn’s son)
Wilson, Jackie (performer)
Wilson, Karen Lamm (Dennis’s 3rd & 4th wife)
Wilson, Marilyn (Brian’s wife)
Wilson, Michael (Dennis and Barbara’s son)
Wilson, Murry (father)
and the Beach Boys’ catalog
and child abuse
Wilson, Scott (Dennis’s adopted son)
Wilson, Shawn (Dennis’s 5th wife)
Windowframe (band)
Winter Dance Party Tour (1959)
Winwood, Steve
Wohlin, Anna
Woldermarian, Philip
Wolf, Howlin’
Womack, Bobby
Womack Brothers
Wonder, Stevie
Wood, Andrew
Woodstock festival
Wouldn’t It Be Nice (Brian Wilson book)
Wright, Richard
Wyman, Bill
Young, Neil
Young Marble Giants (band)
Youngblood, Lonnie
Zappa, Frank
The Killer backstage at the Palomino Club, shortly before John Belushi’s death. (Jasper Dailey)
The Red Hot Chill Peppers couldn’t keep Hillel Slovak alive. Another heroin OD. (Alison S.Braun)
Mother Love Bone’s supertalented Andrew Wood OD’d on heroin. (Charles Peterson)
N.M.E.’s prophetic album title—before leader Kurt Streubling committed unholy matricide.
Stiv Bators of the Dead Boys with his pants down while he was still very much alive. (Copyright © Chuck Krall Still Photographs)
Tupac Shakur showing his respect for the press. (AP/Wide World Photos)
Two members of Badfinger, Peter Ham (top left) and Tommy Evans (bottom right), hanged themselves eight years apart. (Michael Ochs Archives,Venice, Calif.)
In January 1989 Axl Rose was arrested for disorderly conduct and public drunkenness. According to the police report, he asked the arresting officer, “Do you know who we are? I’m a millionaire. I can have your stupid ass!” (AP/Wide World Photos)
Snoop Doggy Dogg in the courtroom. “The media made us guilty, but by the grace of God the jury found us not guilty.” (Lisa Rose/Globe Photos)
G. G. Allin onstage—a stage dangerously slippery with his own blood and feces. (Courtesy of Merle C. Allin)
ROCK BOTTOM: DARK MOMENTS IN MUSIC B
ABYLON. Copyright © 1996 by Pamela Des Barres. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Des Barres, Pamela.
Rock bottom: dark moments in music Babylon / Pamela Des Barres.
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I . Rock musicians—Biography. 2. Rock music—History and criticism. I. Title.
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