Contents

Introduction 

Prologue 

 

Part One: Before

Screams 

Acting 

Crash 

My Three Sons 

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 

The First Real Break 

Burt 

Bed-Wetting 

Per Diem 

Escapes to the North 

The Dating Game 

Becoming a Busy Actor 

Masturbation 

School 

Three for the Road 

David MacLeod 

Michael Lloyd: First Record 

Israel 

Losing My Virginity 

Led Zeppelin 

Shaun’s Loss, My Gain 

Peter Lundy 

Back Up North: Moonlight 

 

Part Two: During

The Scotti Brothers 

Teen Magazines 

Brad Elterman 

Atlantic Records 

The First Album 

The First U.S. Promotional Tour 

Magic Mountain 

Sweet Sixteen 

The First European Promotional Tour: London Hotel 

Bad Habits 

First Time in Japan: August 1978 

Tenerife 

John Belushi 

Joe Perry 

Skateboard 

Australia 

“Dead” Dad 

The Attention 

Charity 

Feel the Need and “I Was Made for Dancing” 

Family and Wonder Woman 

Ali 

Mysterious Illness 

The First Concert 

The Astrodome 

Monique St. Pierre 

Off the Wall 

The Leif Garrett Special 

My Dinner with Brooke 

Getting Out of Control 

The House 

Car Burial 

The Meeting 

The 1979 Tour 

“Dear Beautiful Boy” 

Same Goes for You 

The Accident 

Nicollette 

Back on the Road: Japan and Europe 

Korea 

Queen 

Rick Finch 

The Photo 

Nicollette Moves In 

Brian Johnson 

Long Shot 

The Outsiders 

Money Talks 

More John Belushi 

 

Part Three: After

More Nicollette 

Roland Settlement 

Shaker Run and Nicollette Breakup 

The Road to Freedom: Scientology 

Justine Bateman 

Jason Bateman Road Trip 

Heroin 

Night with Robert Downey Jr. 

Elaine 

Working in a Bike Shop 

Intervention 

Reunion? 

1997: Dave Navarro, Billy Zane, Marilyn Manson 

1997: Chris Farley 

1998: The Death of David MacLeod 

Behind the Music 

What You Do for Money 

Arrests 

2010: Back to Korea 

Epilogue 

 

Postscript 

Afterword by Chris Epting