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WHERE YOU GOIN' WITH THAT GUN IN YOUR HAND: THE TRUE CRIME BLOTTER OF ROCK 'N' ROLL
A captivating look at 21 true-crime cases in rock ’n’ roll history.
To Alice Cooper, the outlaw quality of rock ’n’ roll is little more than theater. “Just
because I cut the heads off dolls, doesn’t mean I hate babies,” he once said. But
others have lived by the criminal philosophy espoused in their work. “The only
negative thing about murder is that when you kill someone, they . . . no longer
suffer,” said Norwegian black-metal rocker Varg Vikernes of Mayhem in 1993, the
same year he stabbed musical rival Euronymous to death.
His tale is prominently featured in Where You Goin’ with That Gun in Your
Hand? The True Crime Blotter of Rock ’n’ Roll. The book examines a total of 21
fatal crimes tied to the music industry, such as the murders of Marvin Gaye,
Biggie Smalls, Tupac Shakur, and Selena. In the case of Vikernes—dubbed the
most violent musician in the history of metal—the performer is the perpetrator. In
other instances—the deaths of John Lennon or Run DMC’s Jam Master Jay, for
example—the star is the victim. Other chapters deal with conspiracy theories
involving musicians whose lives ended prematurely (e.g., the Rolling Stones’ Brian
Jones, the Doors’ Jim Morrison, and Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain).
Each story is written as a compelling narrative, in a style the author perfected
while writing several true-crime books, as well as December 8, 1980: The Day John
Lennon Died and Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die: James Dean’s Final Hours.
