One time ALICE COOPER guitarist/collaborator Dick Wagner recently issued his new book, Not Only Women Bleed: Vignettes From The Heart Of A Rock Musician, as a Kindle eBook via Amazon. It featured a foreword written by Cooper.

Legendary Rock Interviews has issued a new interview with Wagner. An excerpt follows:

Q: Dick Wagner is now an author. Was Not Only Women Bleed a fulfilling challenge to work on?

A: "It was. It’s available now on digital and Kindle format on Amazon with a hardcover version to follow. I wrote it myself rather than having a ghost writer and Alice Cooper wrote the foreword. It’s a good-sized book at around 300 pages and it’s gotten really good reviews. It actually hit #1 on Amazon in it’s category so I’m pretty pleased. I think it’s a really good book, my life has been an ordinary life filled with extraordinary events you could say."

Q: Actually sitting down and writing your memoirs is becoming something of a lost art with everyone leaning on ghost writers and heavy editing. Did it take a while to actually complete?

A: "It did, it took about a year or so to finish. My business associate Suzy helped me with a little editing of what i had written but it’s all my work, she just helped me clean up a few parts and really made sure it all made sense for the most part. She’s very smart. The stories are all stories from my heart and at my heart I am a writer, albeit a songwriter. The act of writing or storytelling is still pretty natural for me."

Read the full interview at this location.

Dick Wagner’s Not Only Women Bleed stands tall amongst a proliferation of memoirs about sex, drugs and rock and roll. Supported by an edgy and ironic wit, Wagner creates rich visualizations that transport and envelop the reader in place and time. An agile and intuitive writer, Wagner’s phrasing is both colorful and literate. He delivers tales of reckless behavior and intimate debauchery with an emotional reverberation that will resonate with a wide reading audience.

A man whose fans and friends refer to as “The Maestro of Rock,” Wagner shares a lifetime of experience as a songwriter, lead guitarist and producer/arranger with top international performance and recording artists, including Alice Cooper, AEROSMITH, LOU REED, PETER GABRIEL, AIR SUPPLY, and dozens more.

Early encounters with such legends as LITTLE RICHARD, ROY ORBISON, BB KING and LES PAUL highlight moments of achievement in personal musical growth. Poignantly recounted stories of youthful days on the road and years of hit recordings, contrast with emotional tales of drug abuse and addiction that led to near fatal health issues. After physical adversity left him disabled and “drying up in the desert,” Wagner finds enlightenment in the intensive care unit and takes the reader on a miraculous journey of courage and commitment. His return to live performance is an inspirational celebration of packed venues, overjoyed fans and critical media acclaim.

The hands-on, day to day collaboration with his editor, Susan Michelson, struck a rare balance, creating a great read that preserves all that is fresh and different about Wagner’s book. No ghost writing here… no heavy handed “fit-the-mold” editing and rewriting. The result is a hard-driving, heart-driven life scripture, vividly and joyfully conveyed. In the pages of this book you will find reflections of family and personal dynamics, uncovering pure and unexpected emotion. Wagner’s collection of vignettes takes you on a literary journey that is an easy, compelling read.