Nöthin' But a Good Time by Tom Beaujour; Richard Bienstock Pub Date: 16 Mar 2021 I've read lots and lots of musicians' memoirs and books about rock music. During the years when I was in high school (1987-91) I read every rock/metal magazine I thought was worth reading (so, no Circus or Hit Parader), over and over, because I managed to be both a headbanger and a bookworm. However, Nothin' But A Good Time still managed to teach me a few things about the bands of my era, and keep me enthralled for the weekend it took me to read it. (That I got through it so fast is proof of how difficult it was to tear myself away.) I enjoyed the format (using the words of the people who were interviewed, instead of hearing the authors' voices directly) because it made me feel closer to the musicians and others who were there for all this. (However, it did get confusing at times to remember who each person was if they weren't one of the band members whose names were engraved in my brain 30 years ago.) I particularly like that it doesn't just end in the early 90s and blame the downturn in hair metal completely on grunge bands, but spends some time on what else happened, and a little bit about what figures in the scene did later. It's as much of a happy ending as the facts allow.Nöthin' But a Good Time by Tom Beaujour; Richard Bienstock Pub Date: 16 Mar 2021