‘UNPHILTERED: REAL LIFE ON AND OFF THE ROCK ‘N ROLL TOUR BUS’ -- TELL-ALL MEMOIR FROM ROCK DRUMMER PHIL VARONE -- DEBUTS APRIL 17TH FROM RIVERDALE AVENUE BOOKS

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Unphiltered: Real Life On and Off the Rock’n Roll Tour Bus by Phil Varone will be published on April 17th. Varone is the rock drummer, director, producer and comedian, best known for his stint with the rock groups Saigon Kick and Skid Row. The e-book and trade paperback are from Riverdale Ave Books (RAB) and will be available through www.riverdaleavebooks.com, Amazon.com and other online venues.

Varone shares his thoughts on what it’s really like to be a rock star on a bus for weeks on end, the man-band bonding rituals, and the endless groupies.

He tells the inside story of what it was like to sleep with more than 3,000 women -- and remember only half of them. In one of the most riveting chapters of the book, “I Said/She Said -- A Look into the Groupie Mind,” the reader meets many of the women he bedded, It features often explicit stories from numerous women in his life, juxtaposed with Varone’s memories (or lack thereof) of their encounters.

Unphiltered takes the reader through Varone’s childhood on Long Island, his role in founding Saigon Kick, and his bizarre journey through the 80s and 90s rock scene. Throughout the rock’n roll memoir, Varone tells readers how he sees the world in a no-holds barred riff on American culture – what makes it so unique and great to what makes it funny and often sad.

Readers of Unphiltered will find out what Varone thinks about Donald Trump, Mitt Romney and reality TV, and will finally learn what happens when the bathroom doesn’t work on the tour bus.

Varone closes the book with this thought: “I hope this book made you laugh, cry, mad, disgusted, shake your head or want a refund. The idea is to touch on emotions and even if it’s for a split second, make another person think. I had the time of my life writing this for you and I hope to have made a few friends and fans along the way.”

“This is a wildly original stand-up comedy routine, except the reader is sitting down,” said Lori Perkins, publisher of RAB. “It really makes me want to see his ‘Sex, Stand Up, Rock & Roll Show’ when in gets to NYC.”

Riverdale Avenue Books (RAB) publishes six to eight e-books and audiobooks monthly under five imprints: Riverdale Pop issues a pop culture title each month; Riverdale/Magnus Books, a joint venture with award-winning publisher Magnus Books, issues LGBT titles; RAB HSF, a horror, science fiction and fantasy line; RAB Truth is an erotic memoir line; RAB Desire publishes erotica and erotic romance; RAB Sports features sports and gaming titles. RAB is headed by veteran literary agent and publisher Lori Perkins. It is a full service publisher, with a foreign rights department and a Los Angeles film agent.