Publisher's Synopsis
"Jack Russell attended military school with high hopes of becoming an archaeologist, but the gift of The Beatles' Help! on vinyl changed the course of his future. With the record dizzily spinning, Russell recalls: "Music filled the room... I had a vision, an extraordinary rush of feeling. I knew exactly what was to become of me... I knew who I was going to be." Russell joined his first band at the age of eleven, not long after finding love for drugs. After continually bumping heads with school and the law, he moved to Los Angeles, where the focus shifted from rebellious suburban antics to unruly nights on the Sunset Strip. After years of gigging in Hollywood came the birth of Great White and the break of a lifetime. Russell and the gang signed with Capitol and quickly saw Platinum success, moving on to tour with Poison, Dokken, Judas Priest, and others. But the road was an invitation for continued substance abuse, relationship problems,
