LOUDMOUTH. A novel by Robert Duncan.
A story about sex, drugs, attempted murder, successful arson, love, hate, faith, fraud, family, Springsteen, Clash, Stones, Creem magazine, Lester Bangs, New York, Detroit, Memphis and buck teeth. From Three Rooms Press.
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MOST IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW EVER
Robert Duncan finally sat down for an interview with Kat Georges of Three Rooms Press, his publisher, delivering just about everything you could ever want to know about novel or author. A few highlights below:
“When I’m trying to find the quickest way to summarize the book to friends, I often say it’s a ‘veiled memoir.’ But that’s lazy. Let’s just say a lot of it is fact, but all of it’s the truth.”
“…Some I smoked a joint with (Willie Nelson, Moby Grape). Most I drank with (see Mitch Ryder story in interview). Some drove me in their cars (Eric Bloom of Blue Öyster Cult; Todd Rundgren)…. Others became, and remain, friends… Anyway, here… are some of the rock stars of my life: Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Freddie Mercury, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page (watch a clip), Aerosmith, Kiss, War, Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Clash, Joni Mitchell, Tom Waits, Willie Nelson, Elvis Costello, Ramones, Run-DMC/Darryl McDaniels, Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster Cult, Eagles/Bernie Leadon, Janis Joplin, Iggy Pop, MC5, Bob Seger, Mitch Ryder, Dandy Warhols, Penny Lane, Lynyrd Skynyrd/Ronnie Van Zant, ZZ Top, Todd Rundgren, Dionne Warwick, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Wanda Jackson, The Hold Steady, Drive By Truckers, Big Star, Earl Scruggs, Brian Eno, Bryan Ferry, Diana Ross, Brian Jonestown Massacre/Joel Gion, Earth Wind and Fire, Moby Grape, NRBQ, Dictators, Angry Samoans, Robert Moog, Tangerine Dream, Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs, Mink Deville, New York Dolls, Meat Loaf, John Cale, Sammy Hagar, Gary Wilson, Jim Carroll, Andy Warhol…” And the list, like the beat, goes on.
Duncan tries to feed beer to Gene Simmons, while Lester Bangs laughs.
“…And if along the way, like many of my generation, I went to all the parties and sampled all the substances (though probably less than Thomas), that, too, seemed like a part of the quest…”
“Oddly enough, for a guy who… may have written a rock novel, I am deeply wary of this sub-genre. There just aren’t a lot of good ones. They tend to flunk the authenticity test, if not the rock ‘n’ roll test…”
(Full interview: http://threeroomspress.com/2020/07/a-lot-of-it-is-fact-but-all-of-its-the-truth-an-interview-with-robert-duncan/)
ROCK PODCAST TOUR KICKS OFF WITH VISIT TO PRESLEY
Izzy Presley, that is. With whom Duncan shared stories of Creem — and the new Creem documentary — Kiss and other disreputable 70s-era rockers.
HEY, MOM, I’M IN THE NEW YORKER
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-overlooked-influence-of-creem-magazine “The overlooked influence of Creem magazine,” the story (by Lester Bangs biographer Jim DeRogatis) is called. It’s another excellent review for the Creem documentary, but wishes the film paid more attention to “the ambition and ideas of writers such as Nick Tosches, Richard Meltzer, Richard Riegel, Richard C. Walls, Robert Duncan, Bill Holdship, J. Kordosh, and Rick Johnson.” I’ll take it.
Creem co-workers: me & Susan Whitall with omnivorous Lester Bangs.
KISS ARMY SOLDIERS ON (& THEY REMEMBER MY BOOK)
Spent a very pleasant 48 minutes with the erudite and insightful Julian Gill of Sakatchewan, Canada, on his KissFAQ podcast, talking about Loudmouth, Creem and, of course, my old Kiss biography.