From PinkCadillac to Low Rider to Little Red Corvette , rock music hasalways had a racy love affair with cars. And AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson isnot only a rock legend, second-to-none at infusing razor-sharp lyrics with thescreaming metal energy of a true rock and roller, but also a dyed-in-the-woolcar fanatic. Books like AC/DC: Maximum Rock and Roll and Why AC/DC Matters revealed the secretsof the the world’s greatest rock band—now, in Rockers and Rollers , fans will get arare, riveting window into Brian Johnson’s other driving passion, his love forautomobiles. From teenage memories in the backs of beat-up coups to a sidecareer as a racecar driver, Johnson shares his tantalizing life story—a memoirtold through his lifelong love affair with cars. “It’s surprisingly refreshing that Johnson’s lively memoir basically has little to do with writing about life with AC/DC--it’s really all about cars.” - Publishers Weekly “A boyhood memory of sneaking into a scrapyard and climbing aboard rusting military trucks and cast-off train cars...a fast, fun read...Mr. Johnson’s gifts for storytelling and humor shine,” - New York Times By night, Brian Johnson sings in the biggest rock ’n’ roll band on the planet. But by day, AC/DC’s frontman drives balls to the wall. Cars and rock ’n’ roll—they were made for each other. When he was a young boy growing up in a working-class English town, Brian developed what would become a lifelong passion for cars, trolling junkyards and even pretending to drive the family car. From there, he steamed up the windows of his old Mini Cooper as a teenager, spent untold time in hygienically challenged tour buses with helpful signs such as No Shitting Allowed . Shagging Expected , was chauffeured in leather-trimmed limos, and raced cars to a checkered flag. Featuring guest stars Cliff Williams, Malcolm and Angus Young, and many, many others, even Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rockers and Rollers is a tribute to Brian’s obsession with four wheels. By turns surprising, poignant, funny, and maybe a little bit bawdy, these are the stories of a man who drives as hard as he rocks. Brian Johnson is the lead singer of AC/DC. When he’s not performing, he hosts a couple of cable TV shows:   Life on the Road  (interviewing other performers) and  Cars That Rock . He lives in Florida, with his wife. Rockers and Rollers A Full-Throttle Memoir By Brian Johnson IT Books Copyright © 2011 Brian Johnson All right reserved. ISBN: 9780061990830 Chapter One As I finish writing this exercise in fun and self-indulgence, I can only think that we, the generations of people from the 1920s till now and probably the next thirty years, we are the ones who drove cars, real cars. We are the ones who rode in the steam and diesel trains; some of us were lucky enough to fly in Concorde, to listen to the growl of a V8 Chevy engine, the purr of a Ferrari. We are the ones who could watch cars and motorcycles racing against each other and not feel like criminals. We are the ones who could still get speeding tickets, impress girls with our cars first and penis engineering afterwards. Someone picking this up in 2050 might be being transported in God knows what, some grass-powered hybrid. We have been the lucky generations. And that?s why every new car, every turn of the ignition key, is a new baby to me. It?s what man?s made out of nature. It?s rock ?n? roll. Do I like cars?! (Continues...) Excerpted from Rockers and Rollers by Brian Johnson Copyright © 2011 by Brian Johnson. Excerpted by permission of IT Books. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. Excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book Inc. solely for the personal use of visitors to this web site.