All I ever wanted : a rock 'n' roll memoir

Valentine, Kathy2022

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Kathy Valentine was 21 when she joined a fledgling band called the Go-Go's as their bassist. They became the first multi-platinum-selling, all-female band to play instruments themselves, write their own songs, and have a number one album. Hit records brought the pressures of a relentless workload and schedule culminating in a wild, hazy, substance-fuelled tour that took the band from the club circuit to arenas, where fans, promoters, and crew were more than ready to keep the party going. For Valentine, the band's success was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream - but it's only part of her story. She traces the path that took her from her childhood in Texas - where she all but raised herself - to the height of rock 'n' roll stardom, devastation after the collapse of the band that had come to define her, and the quest to regain her sense of self after its end.