Rockers and Rollers

by Johnson, Brian

• ISBN13: 9780061990847
• ISBN10: 0061990841
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-06-05
• Publisher: It Books

Summary

By night, Brian Johnson sings in the biggest rock 'n' roll band on the planet. But by day, AC/DC's frontman drives balls to the wall. When he was a young boy growing up in a working-class English town, Brian developed what would become a lifelong passion for cars, trolling junkyards and even pretending to drive the family car. From there, he steamed up the windows of his old Mini Cooper as a teenager, spent untold time in hygienically challenged tour buses, was chauffeured in leather-trimmed limos, and raced cars to a checkered flag. Featuring guest stars Cliff Williams, Malcolm and Angus Young, and many, many others'"even Arnold Schwarzenegger'" Rockers and Rollersis a tribute to Brian's obsession with four wheels. By turns surprising, poignant, funny, and maybe a little bit bawdy, these are the stories of a man who drives as hard as he rocks.

Author Biography

Brian Johnson was born in Dunstan in Gateshead, England., After working various jobs in Tyneside and fronting local band Geordie, he joined AC/DC in 1980. He lives in, Sarasota, Florida, and Rockers and Rollers is his first book.

Table of Contents

The Last Chapter	p. 1
Reflecting on the end of the beginning
Kids In Dunston	p. 2
Exploring dangerous places
The Driving Test	p. 4
The harrowing adventures of the road test
Tour Bus	p. 7
Not your father's tour bus story
Rovers and Rollers	p. 9
Dead or alive, you will be driven in style
Cliff Williams	p. 11
Occupation: World's Best Rock 'n' Roll Bass Player
Beauty and the Beast	p. 14
If Hell were a vacation, this would be it
The Hummer and the Schwarzenegger	p. 16
AC/DC, an Austrian, a music video, and a rather large vehicle
Lotus Cortina Mkl	p. 18
How to crash your first race car
From Bedfords to Bedknobs	p. 20
Building a car with a headboard
The Wolseley	p. 22
My first love
Grand National	p. 25
The race that stopped a country
The Bulldog and the Chick	p. 26
When an old Brit shags a beautiful Italian
The Bsa Bantam	p. 28
The opposite of a chick magnet
A Lovely Story	p. 30
How not to order room service
The E-Type Penis Extension	p. 31
Too hot to run
The Pilbeam	p. 33
A lot more tit for your bang
TVR	p. 38
Two seats and a shelf
The Mini	p. 39
The Beatles of cars
Phil Rudd	p. 41
Occupation: World's Best Drummer
Sebring	p. 44
"Does Rose Kennedy have a black dress?"
My Dad and Mam	p. 48
Trying to repay a debt
Popular	p. 50
King of the road
The Isle of Man	p. 51
Escaping the tax man
Reckless on the Airbus 320	p. 52
"What the fuck are you doing?"
Land Rover LRs	p. 54
Cheering up Cliff
Road Trip	p. 55
Drive this
Brendan Healey	p. 58
Drinking fractionally
Crackerjack	p. 61
It all starts with the toys
Take a Backseat	p. 63
"Don't be shy, your mother wasn't."
The Phantom	p. 65
The black velvet humpback whale
My First Race Meet	p. 68
Finding the Autodrome
Austin A35	p. 72
A smiling pregnant snail
Malcolm Young	p. 75
Occupation: Worlds Greatest Riffmeister
Günther	p. 77
If a marine were on steroids and driving
My Brother, Maurice	p. 79
Car rats in arms
Angus Young	p. 82
Occupation: Devilish Imp Schoolboy Guitarist
Cars and Music	p. 84
You can't have one without the other
Tour Bus Tippy-Toe	p. 86
Taking on the mentally challenged moral minority
Marital Blues 1968	p. 89
Riding shotgun
Jerry Wexler (Rock in Peace)	p. 90
Rhythm and blues and Saabs
Tour Bus II	p. 92
"No shitting allowed. Shagging expected."
The Things You Do For Vans	p. 94
Parachute jumping ain't fun
Car Porn	p. 96
Make sure the door's locked
Lots of Trouble, Usually Serious	p. 101
What L-O-T-U-S really stands for
Paul Newman	p. 104
Gentleman of the track
Pimp My Ride Rant	p. 106
Making beautiful cars awful
Awesome Bill From Dawsonville	p. 108
How moonshine made race cars
The Greats	p. 111
Are they drivers or gods?
The Bounder Unleashed	p. 114
Too huge to drive
Moscow 1991	p. 118
Playing the sound of freedom for a million people
Alligator Alley	p. 121
Home is where the alligators are
Teacake	p. 123
Handicapped cars are dangerous
The Italian Job	p. 125
Death and destruction
La Dolce Vita	p. 123
How Italy changes you
Aston Martin Zagato	p. 132
When a Renzo marries a Zagato
Citroënds	p. 135
"Right, I'm up and I'm staying up until I get a shag."
Hurley Haywood	p. 138
Keeping your head horizontal
The Memphis Belle	p. 140
The noise that will live with me forever
Concorde	p. 142
Sitting on top of Mount Vesuvius
The Anal Intruder	p. 145
The terrorizing of AC/DC
Accident-Prone	p. 147
Unsafe driving
James Dean	p. 149
Were directors shagging him?
Cars On Film	p. 150
The movies that get it right
Donald "Duck" Dunn	p. 154
The Blues Brother
Notes From the Front Line: Wilkes-Barre	p. 155
The Godfather of Music transportation	p. 157
The kind of car royalties get you
Geordie Defty	p. 159
Stilletoed shagger
The Tyne Tunnel	p. 161
She crosses her legs so you can't get out
Brands Hatch	p. 183
Supergluing your ass to the wall
Haggis	p. 165
What happens when you microwave it
The Biggest Winning margin Ever	p. 187
From Peking to Paris
Notes From the Frontline: Minneapolis	p. 169
Scientologist Dave	p. 170
A spooky fuck
Harley-Davidson	p. 172
What you find in Australia
Notes From the Front Line: Toronto	p. 174
Derek "Deke" Rootham	p. 175
Peeing in a pint glass
David Whittaker	p. 178
Tighter than a fish's arse
The Unreality of the Race	p. 177
Why reality television sucks
Geordie	p. 184
Starting a band in a lousy year
Fiat 500	p. 188
A cautionary tale
Jaguar 2.8 MK2	p. 187
Owning a car you can't afford
Windshields	p. 189
A career born
The Dog's Dangly Bits	p. 193
How to pass time on the road
Lincoln Continental	p. 195
Safe operating speed: O
The Benefits of Driving in France	p. 198
Siamese twins walk into a pub
Sexy French Cars	p. 197
I'm-French-and-fuck-you attitude
Porsche Twin Turbo	p. 199
Smoking is dangerous foryour car
Historic Racing Machines	p. 202
When it's magic time
Notes From the Front Line: Atlanta	p. 203
North-East Vinyls and Ac/Dc	p. 204
The two career choices and what I chose
The End	p. 209
The end
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