Todd rundgren biography book

  • This is a book that reflects how Todd Rundgren perceived people and events around him from as far back as he can recall or has been told about, up until the age.
  • A collection of one-page personal reminiscences and commentaries about events throughout his life by rock musician Todd Rundgren, accompanied by images from both his personal and professional lives.
  • Over pages of recollections, structured into bite-sized 3 paragraph chapters, about Rundgren's encounters with rock royalty including Janis Joplin, Brian.

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    The Individualist: Digressions, Dreams & Dissertations

    February 17,
    Todd Rundgren (and Utopia) is one of my favorite all-time artists who I've been listening to for well over forty years. Unfortunately, I found this to be a very sad read. There is little joy coming from Todd in these pages. A depressing and troubled childhood, eventual drug and alcohol abuse, plenty of problematic relationships, and little direction (although he always goes back to his music). I knew little about his personal life before reading these musings and, in a way, I would have been better off not knowing. While he does provide interesting glimpses into his life and thought, there is plenty disturbing (the aforementioned for starters) and uninteresting (particularly his Asia trip which spans many pages).

    Each "chapter" is one page (sometimes sparse, sometimes smashed in) with paragraph one recounting an event, paragraph two reflecting on it, and paragraph three waxing philosophical (the latter providi

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    Couldn&#;t He Just Tell-All? Todd Rundgren Reveals Enough in Candid, Funny New Memoir

    Todd Rundgren has spoken up about his feelings on not having made the transition this year from Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee to actual inductee. “I’m heartbroken,” he says. “For LL Cool J. Five times a bridesmaid…”

    That’s an indication of how seriously he took the Hall of Fame’s much-belated flirtation with inducting him, a reaction that will come as a surprise to no one with a memory long enough to remember that this is a man who titled an album “The Ever-Popular Tortured Artist Effect.” But if bona fide heartbreak is not something he’s likely to wear on his sleeve, Rundgren has a serious enough side that presents itself in thoughtful spades in his new memoir, “The Individualist: Digressions, Dreams & Dissertations,” which comes out Dec.

    The book has chapters, but don’t let that daunt you: E

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    “If you know what you want, I’ll get it for you. If you don’t know what you want, I’ll do it for you.”

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