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Rockers and Rollers Releases Later This Month

Brian Johnson, frontman for the group AC/DC, has written his automotive autobiography about his passion for cars, racing, and collecting. Grab some more details and the on sale date in today's blog and get ready to rock out!

Rockers and Rollers
An Automotive Autobiography
By Brian Johnson of AC/DC
 
By night, Brian Johnson sings in the biggest rock ‘n’ roll band on the planet. But by day, AC/DC’s charismatic, flat-capped frontman gets to indulge his passion for all things automotive. Car racer, car collector and all-round car enthusiast, Johnson is an incurable and certifiable petrolhead who can’t remember a time when four wheels didn’t feature as large in his life as music. In ROCKERS AND ROLLERS: An Automotive Autobiography (It Books; May 2011), Johnson shows just why cars and rock ‘n’ roll were made for each other.
 
Johnson shares thoughts on cars, racing experiences, and celebrities including:
•Racing against (and eventually defeated) by Paul Newman in the 1992 Cleveland Celebrity Grand Prix.
•The Hummer and The Schwarzenegger—Arnold that is, and why the Hummer 3 in nothing like the real Humvee.
•His final touching and hilarious conversation with music legend and Saab enthusiast, Jerry Wexler.
•Johnson’s great love and first race car: the Lotus Cortina Mk1.
•The Land Rover LR3 which Johnson proclaims is the best SUV in the world.
•Why he thinks “Pimp my Ride” is the most ridiculous television show ever made.

By turns surprising, joyful, poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, ROCKERS AND ROLLERS is the story of a man with an insatiable appetite for life, as well as a glimpse into the extraordinary world of AC/DC, set soon to overtake the Beatles as the biggest selling-band in history. ROCKERS AND ROLLERS is essential reading for auto lovers and rock fans.

It Books; Hardcover
On-sale: May 24, 2011 / $25.99
ISBN: 9780061990830