Book: The Whyte Python World Tour
Author: Travis Kennedy
Reviewer’s Instagram: subakka.bookstuff
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Original Book Review
For anyone who lived through the 1980s and ‘90s and lived for music, MTV, and carried a lighter instead of a phone to concerts, you will love this book! Anyone who loves music, mayhem, and mystery will find this hilarious and a great escape read.
Rikki Thunder, a drummer who has finally made it into the popular ’80s metal band Whyte Python, is living his dream life. He’s on top of the world. It’s parties every night, he’s got a beautiful girl, and the band is climbing up the charts.
However, things are not always what they appear to be.
The band is going on a world tour but gets caught being “recruited” by the CIA to help blast the youth revolution in the Eastern Bloc (the vestiges of the Cold War). It sounds cool to use music to unite the world, but it proves not to be all fun and games.
This was a totally nostalgic read for me; it was highly entertaining and all about rock & roll. I understand this is being developed into a Paramount Pictures feature, and I can easily see why.
The audiobook is narrated by Wil Wheaton, who does a fantastic job with Rikki Thunder and his bandmates. I’m curious how many times he lost his voice with all the screaming he had to do – that’s the rock & roll life.
Do you remember your first concert?
