she was a fast machine, she kept her motor clean

eyyoooo so I do like to give a little opinion on books I have read, and as I have finished Brian Johnson's Rockers and Rollers (and indeed am over 100 pages in to the next book) I feel I should give it a little write up. I knew when I bought it that it would not be straightforward rock autobiography, i.e more Rollers, less Rockers. But it had good reviews and was supposed to be so charismatically written - the sort of book equivalent of Top Gear although I wouldn't describe Clarkson as charismatic - plus it was within my 'spend no more than £5 on a book rule', (which I will disregard when Steven Tyler's comes out) so I took it out for a spin (I still can't drive...)

The book is consisted of very short chapters which flit all over the place chronilogically, which actually makes it an ideal commuting book as you can read snippets depending on how long your journey is, and not worry that you've missed parts of his life because it isn't strung together like that; little concentration is needed, basically. Brian's way of expressing himself is often hilarious, and although the content is car-centric I did enjoy reading it (but I think I prefer Bon Scott's vocals...). I would recommend it as a Christmas present to any car nuts, especially if they are of similiar age to Brian (or the same age, like my pops) as they will probs have personal experience with a few of the cars discussed.

I have really gotten in to AC/DC again since seeing them at Download this year. I have had a couple of their albums for a few years (High Voltage and For Those About To Rock) but they've never been one of my main faves. Now I'm really chuffed that some of my fave DC songs are on those two albums and intend to add more to my collection. My second tattoo is in the AC/DC font but as I am not a super fan it is not intended as an AC/DC tattoo, just paying respect to the fact that they have the most awesome rock n' roll font out there (the KISS font looked like it read 'we're nat warthy'; nat caal). No one really likes it because it's a bit stupid, but that makes me love it more (this is a shitty phone pic but you get the idea):