Thirteen years after the original HELL YEAH! first hit shelves. Ryan Birdland returns with the encore nobody thought was coming.
HELL YEAH! Part 2: The Final Encore and Other Truths gathers way over 500 quotes drawn from decades of interviews, memoirs, and broadcasts. Rock and pop's most outspoken voices, talking unfiltered about the business that made and broke them. Kurt Cobain on Guns N' Roses. Robert Smith on Morrissey. Gene Simmons on the industry that built KISS. Johnny Rotten, Nikki Sixx, and dozens more, on fame, failure, sex, ego, and the long, slow business of getting older in a young person's game.
Organized into twelve themed chapters, varying from Peers & Love-Hate Relationships to Death & The End, from Excess & Lifestyle to Music & Craftsmanship, this is not a nostalgia lap. Every quote is drawn from a verifiable, publicly available source and credited to the artist who said it. Nothing here is invented, paraphrased, or lifted from an unverifiable internet meme. This is a working reference for anyone who wants the real words, not the myth.
For fans of rock history, music journalism, and the people who said the quiet part loud, HELL YEAH! Part 2 is the encore rock and roll earned.