The Confessions of a Failed Rock Star
(A Drop of Sherry)
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I’ve had few passions in life, and the main ones have probably been drinking and shagging. The other big one would have to be music, which is probably why the biggest ambition I’ve ever had was to have my band play our own songs on stage. I have slept with many, many women, a lot more than what I can even probably remember. And I’ll admit I’ve always preferred having sex while drunk, with women that I don’t really know. Certainly as a preference to having any type of relationship. I remember a gig we were doing where we were one of the support acts to some political mob raising money for some bullshit cause or other. After we’d played, I was sitting at the bar getting whammed, like what I always did after a gig, and the conversation came up about the political stance of the main act. The sexy (but not too smart) chick that I’d been trying to make moves on asked me how all of that related to my band. SexyChick: “So do you write songs about political things?” Me: “Oh God no, I don’t write about any of that crap.” SexyChick: “So what do you write songs about then?” Me: “I write songs about drinking and shagging.” SexyChick: “Why do you write songs about that?” Me: “Well you have to write about what you know.” I then took her home and fucked her.
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My name is Maximilian Kidd, and I have been called an alcoholic womanizer more times than I can remember. And that was by the people who liked me. I may well have been both those things, worse and more, but what I really wanted to be was a Rock Star. Join me at the bottom end of rock n roll. A story of drunken debauchery outlining what and who influenced me in my songwriting. But also a tale of five misfit losers, the lifelong friendships that were formed, and how we went from rehearsing in my bedsit, to a record deal, and the verge of potential stardom… …and an explanation of why, ultimately, we failed.
About the Author
Maximilian Kidd, born and bred in Scotland, now living in Australia, is a self-confessed failure and loser. Maximilian dreamt of being a Rock Star and claims to have almost made it. With little accomplished in life, except for perhaps sleeping with more women than he can remember or the sheer volume of alcohol that he can consume. Maximilian is now a new author, an expert in conjecture with a strong turn-of-phrase and observational humour, allowing him to tell his hilarious stories with wonderful wryness and understatement.