Randy Blythe Warns That His Upcoming Book Won’t Be Appropriate for Children
Later this year, Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe will release his second memoir Just Beyond the Light and almost everyone who has any interest in Lamb of God is really excited to read it. However, Blythe wants to make it clear that not everyone should read it, and that apparently his new book won’t be appropriate for children because, well, frankly, Blythe’s life hasn’t been appropriate for children.
In a post made to Instagram yesterday morning, Blythe explained why he doesn’t recommend bringing children to the upcoming book tour for Just Beyond the Light:
“Aloha and happy New Year to everyone! I am very busy grinding away at stories for my upcoming spoken word tour to support my new book, ‘Just Beyond The Light’. I am quite excited for the tour, but I do feel the need to clarify something in advance about these shows.
“I just got an email from an acquaintance mentioning that they have already bought tickets to one of the shows, and that they will be bringing their son, a lovely young man I have met before. I had to reply and tell them that I am not so sure this is a good idea.
“As I have mentioned elsewhere, this is NOT a regular book tour, meaning an author sitting at a stool looking all scholarly and reading a few passages from their book, then sitting at a table and signing copies. I will be reading a tiny excerpt at one point from the book, but the rest of the time I’m onstage I will be attempting to illustrate the major themes of the book via stories from my life.
“Just in case any of y’all are completely unaware of my history as a human being, over the years, at times I have lived a very, ahem, ‘full throttle life’ — there is a VERY GOOD reason that I have been clean and sober for 14 years now. This means that some, not all, but SOME of the stories I will be telling will involve heavy, HEAVY alcohol and drug usage, as well as the batshit insane situations that occurred as a result of said substance intake. Some of this will be very funny (at least to me),and some of it will be sad/pathetic — regardless, I’m fairly certain it will NOT be appropriate for children. This is your warning, ok?
“I’m not going to be gratuitously foul-mouthed, but I’m not a choir boy, my life hasn’t been a never-ending trip to Sunday school and we aren’t going to be sitting around a campfire at summer camp- it’s adult story telling time, y’all, so leave the kids at home. I don’t want to traumatize your children, and trust me, you don’t want to have to answer the questions your 8 year-old will have after hearing some of this stuff.
“Everyone else, I’ll see ya there!”
I mean, that should have been pretty apparent to most people, but for the few who will be surprised to hear that Blythe’s memoir had some serious drug stories in it, it’s good that they got a warning.
The full list of dates for the upcoming book tour are listed below:
“Just Beyond The Light: Making Peace With The Wars Inside Our Head” tour dates:
February 19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
February 21 – Harrisonburg, VA @ The Golden Pony
February 23 – Somerville, MA @ Arts at the Armory
February 25 – Montreal, QC @ Théâtre Fairmount
February 26 – Toronto, ON @ Red Room at The Concert Hall
February 28 – Lansing, MI @ Grewal Hall at 224
March 01 – Joliet, IL @ The Forge
March 03 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement East
March 04 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
March 05 – Austin, TX @ Parish
March 07 – Denver, CO @ Meow Wolf
March 09 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
March 12 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
March 13 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
March 14 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
