VICKY HAMILTON – Appetite For Dysfunction

April 27, 2016, 7 years ago

(Vicky Hamilton)

Aaron Small

Rating: 6.5

review guns n’ roses

VICKY HAMILTON – Appetite For Dysfunction

The title and cover art are purposefully meant to attract the attention of Guns N’ Roses fans – and that’s exactly how the book begins. It’s 1986, with author Vicky Hamilton attempting to get the unruly Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan, Izzy Stradlin and Steven Adler over to the Geffen Records offices to sign their deal, as she was the band’s manager. Interest piqued? Well it’s about to be put on hold as the next several chapters go back to Vicky’s “Hillbilly Roots” in West Virginia and Indiana. At age 21, Hamilton moves to Los Angeles and reader interest is renewed when she gets hired on as a management consultant for Mötley Crüe – a job without pay. After being replaced by Doc McGhee and Doug Thaler, Hamilton went on to work with Stryper, Poison and eventually Guns N’ Roses. At one point the whole band was living in her apartment; yet salacious stories are few and far between. That being said, a $1,000,000 lawsuit was the end result.
 
Landing a highly coveted A&R position with Geffen, Hamilton has brief liaisons with Faster Pussycat, Enuff Z’Nuff and Salty Dog. By this point Vicky “stayed stoned morning, noon and night;” her love affair with marijuana front and center. After a successful stint with Capitol Records, Hamilton hits “financial and emotional bottom.” Turning to dog-walking as a way to make money, Vicky finds sobriety – along with yoga, prayer and meditation. Those looking for the dirt (pun intended) won’t find much of it within these pages. Despite being a significant player in the ‘80s era of excess, Hamilton’s book is much more about her personal highs and lows, as opposed to the opulent decadence surrounding the bands she guided through the Sunset Strip.
 

 



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