I’m sure most people when they think of “Rock
Star Recipes,” they think of the lot of us drinking
Jack Daniels for breakfast and doing a couple of
needles full of heroin for lunch. That may be how
it used to be in the industry, but life requires more
flexibility than the “party all night, sleep all day”
axiom that prevailed with our musical forefathers.
Don’t get me wrong, I have plenty of nights
where I come home late and am ready to crash
until 2:PM the next afternoon. But, I’ve also got
conference calls and publicity appearances in
various different countries and timezones on the
same day, not to mention interactions with my
fans and friends on social networking platforms,
as well as in person meet and greets.
Let’s face it, our forefathers didn’t have a flat
technology-connected world propelling their
careers. They physically went from city to city,
country to country to meet fans and promote
their endeavors, and that’s it. All though David
Lee Roth is filled with some great advice, part
of me thinks he would have spiraled into a Bret
Michaels style stroke and sleep deprivation
psychosis in a matter of months if he were to be
active in today’s demanding lifestyle.
I know. I’ve lived the stereotypical rocker life too.
Back in the 90s and early 2000s when we were
just starting out as a band, a common breakfast
for me would be a lot of smoke, 12 beers, and a
fistful of Xenadrine. If it was a video shoot day,
we would wrap up by nightfall and would party
until we passed out – with me usually being the
last one up, awake, and still going. Our food
choices were ridiculous.
When Ryba and I were roommates and were
writing and recording initial Anand Clique and
A&A tracks, we were also college students at
UIC (the University of Illinois at Chicago). I
irresponsibly consumed a pound of ground beef
every day, and my only vegetable was probably
whatever was on a pizza. If it weren’t for Zantac
prescriptions (and some great David Lee Roth
advice that would allow you to keep your immune
system up even when sleeping on a bus) I’d
be dead by now; and keep in mind that I’m
neglecting to mention much of the body-taxing
partying details on top of it all.
I remember a period where every night for an
entire summer, during times when I wasn’t out
until dawn after my “day” job of playing bar
mitzvahs and weddings, I’d go to bed early and
wait
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