From "Almost Famous" to "Rock of Love," women still want to be with the band. Aug. 14, 2009— -- The 1960s were a time of cultural revolution, with music leading the way. From the clubs of Los ...
I’m a ghostwriter. I’m not, and never was, a groupie. But my debut novel, "The Last Days of the Midnight Ramblers," features one of each, and both female characters were loosely based on me. The ...
Back in 1964, teenagers across the country bought an album called “Meet the Beatles.” Pamela Des Barres was one of the few who took that invitation literally. Des Barres wears her status as “the world ...
If the wisdom of retrospect makes books like Patti Smith’s Just Kids a moving portrait of an era, then it’s the naivety of the present moment that makes Pamela Des Barres’s I’m With the Band equally ...
Nell Campbell is a midnight movie icon. She played the tap-dancing, sequin-wearing groupie Columbia in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Released in 1975 to modest expectations and mediocre reviews, it ...