Ehwmatt wrote:I finished the book last night. Pretty good, but I was surprised at how little detail there was about Toto's songs, tours, and songwriting experiences.
I have this criticism of almost every single rock bio I've read, all the way back to Keith Richards' book, which seemed to kickstart the rock bio trend.
I wonder if that kind of stuff gets removed in the editing process (I'm sure publishers think readers are more interested in salacious details or crazy stories than "how did you write 'Live For Today'"), or if the musicians themselves don't think anyone's really interested in those stories.
I remember owning a few books, at least one on the Beatles, Yes, and the Stones, that methodically went track by track through the discography and cobbled together as much as they could on each song based on old interviews with band members and others associated with the recordings. I wish these guys could do two books concurrently...one with the life story, and one that just talks, in graphic detail, about their records.
-Steve C.