Horrible. I didn't expect this to be a literary masterpiece, but I did expect some cool stories. Nothing. Even the editing is horrible. Paragraphs are repeated. This reads like a middle school project.

I'm honestly baffled, why all the mixed opinions? This is one of the funniest memoirs out there. It's not really a rock-bio, it's just Zakk telling wild stories. I reckon it's probably the first part of the book that disappointed some readers as it's littered by a bit too much rambling but, what the fuck, the closing chapters are absolutely hysterical. At one point, I was laughing so hard, I was in tears. Come on, there's heaps of savage stories of alcoholic debauchery that'll keep you entertained for a while.

Also, funniest bit...

Spoiler

I had Brian and JD play some fucked-up song they came up with called “Bo Gacko,” about a really nice guy who would do anything for you. At the end of each lyric line, Brian would play this riff on his guitar that sounded like the phrase Bo Gacko—which JD came up with when he was stoned out of his gourd one day. So these guys go into this ridiculous goofy-ass shit:

When you need him to walk your dog for you
he will… Bo Gacko
He’ll wash your car for you when you’re not
home… Bo Gacko

“And then…,” JD sang as he and Brian broke into the next part of this musical masterpiece…

Meanwhile, I was fucking dying laughing and the DJ, with a deadpan stare, wasn’t saying a fucking thing. He thought this shit was for real.
They finished the song, live on the air, and the DJ came back in saying, “Okay, well that was Pride & Glory with Bo Gaaaacko.”

BO GAAAAAACKO!

Five stars!

I really wanted to enjoy this book more than I did. There are some good laughs to be had throughout the book but I was hoping to know more about Zakk Wylde and to have read less about puking, assholes and how he has sex with his Immortal Beloved.