Nöthin’ But a Good Time Parties Like It’s 1989
Nöthin’ But a Good Time takes readers on a loud tour of the monster decade of the ’80s, but not for the reasons you’d think.
Nöthin But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the 80s Hard Rock Explosion
Tom Beaujour, Richard Bienstock
March 2021
The 1980s: a decade of decadence, glam metal, and what later became known first disparagingly, and then embraced as hair metal. Mötley Crüe, Ratt, Guns N’ Roses. Going by many of the chapters, Nöthin’ But a Good Time seems to live up to the book’s title, from the Poison song, but with ëxträ ümläüts for ëxträ mëtäl. As the majority of this oral history, a phrase the authors wisely eschew, the chapter titles are direct quotations from the book’s huge cast of rock stars, managers, photographers, record executives, and more.