A Fast Ride Out of Here: Confessions of Rock's Most Dangerous Man Kindle Edition

I've been a UFO fan since 1976 when my friend turned me on to "No Heavy Petting". I was a big Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Queen, Kiss fan but I found UFO to be so unique. Obviously, the Schenker years were extraordinary and I was still a big fan of the Chapman era and even liked some of the stuff later in their career. I thought Pete was one of the greatest performers and a big part of their success. I saw them at the Tangerine Bowl the day after Randy Rhoads died and they were still on top of their game. The first time I saw Pete faltering was in Waysted. Although I liked some of their songs, I could see that he was losing his direction.I saw UFO 4 times on the "Walk on Water" tour to make up for the times I didn't get to see them in the 70's. I thought they were great at those shows. I met them after each show and they were all very gracious and seemed revitalized. About ten years ago I saw a documentary made about the "Strangers In the Night" album. Pete was interviewed and I was shocked at how tired he looked. If I've learned one thing I've learned over the years, it's being in a Rock n Roll band isn't an easy life.I wasn't surprised at how graphic this book is...actually I was riveted and couldn't put it down. At one point in a later chapter, Pete was shooting drugs and as I read it I received a phone call and as I picked up the phone I felt guilty as if I had to hide my stash! I appreciate the honesty that he shared without trying to glorify the debauchery he lived through. I've read autobiographies by rock stars where they try to show how indestructible they are...Pete just tells it how it is.The Bible says that we're all broken...damaged. I believe that's true and Pete doesn't seem to try to hide any of his brokenness. I truly hope and pray that he can find a way to shake the addiction that he's suffered from all these years and learns how to rest. I'm disappointed at how little press this book has gotten. I think it should be read by a lot of people. I only found out about it when I googled Pete's name to see if he was still alive!I'd like to suggest to any UFO fans that haven't heard it yet, UFO: The Official Bootleg. It's available on Amazon. It has live performances from the whole Chrysalis era. If you listen to the different performances you can here when they were on fire and you can also tell when they were just plain sloppy.Pete, if you ever read this, I love you and hope you get some rest!

Was really looking forward to reading this book. It was a bit of a let down. Same old story, drugs, sex and rock-n-roll. Ive read a lot of rock and jazz bios. Most recently Three Dog Nightmare. Much better book. Pete and Chuck should write an anti drug book. I really never read remorse in these books. At least Chuck Negron realised after 20 years of heroin addiction that addiction is not about getting high, its about not getting sick. I dont think Pete ever had the same epiphany. UFO was great for 5 or 6 albums. Waysted and the later UFO recordings dont even come close. I guess you could say half this $17 thin paperback book is about UFO. The other half is about Pete's drug and alcohol addictions. Hard to read because of the writing style and the subject matter. Maybe a cautionary tale at best.

Well.......this is the "book of books" when it comes to somebody surviving rock stardom.I don't think I've ever read a book that the words "cocaine","heroin" or "alcohol" appear on almost every page.Between the drugs & the all the wives,and the death of two...or was it three of them,I kinda lost track sometimes.There's parts of this book where it's like the movie "Groundhog Day".It seems like it repeats itself.Maybe it's me,I don't know.UFO is one of my favorite bands.I'm glad Pete Way wrote this.It's a well written book about a life of a guy who went from nobody to somebody because of his love of music/song writing.No doubt,this guy went through hell.Now,I haven't read anything on Ozzy or Keith Richards,but I don't think they've got anything on Pete in the partyin' dept.However,I wish there were more pictures of UFO and more about the time of the late '70's while he was in UFO.This is a great book to ad to your library of musician autobiographies.Thanks Pete.

I wanted to read because I was a UFO fan back in the day to the extent I had a few albums and once saw them in concert. It was interesting to read Pete's story but it also brought me up to speed on some of the inner workings of the group during the course of their history. I saw them in Odessa TX back in '80 or '81 and I remember seeing Pete fall off the edge of the stage. The band continued on playing seemingly unfazed while roadies dusted Pete off and got him back up on the stage. There was no mention of that particular incident in the book, however, it was fun to read Geddy Lee's account of seeing Pete fall off the stage! Something that had happened more than once apparently. Anyway, a fun and informative read despite some of the tragedy that occurred.

Being a lifelong UFO fan (saw them on Don Kirshner's rock concert), of course I would recommend this book. The fact that Pete wrote it himself makes it all the more poignant. Saw them a couple of times in the 70's. Once with Michael... They blew Styx off the stage and once with Tonka, who had just replaced MS. They opened for Kansas, another great band, and were great again. I'm glad Pete got himself sorted out in the end... He is an iconic player, and a charter member of what I consider to be one of the greatest rock bands of all time...UFO. He lived the rock & Roll lifestyle and survived. He does have a story to tell and he tells it well. Cheers to you, Pete!

I don’t know if there are a lot of folks out there that are UFO fans but I am a big one. Thus I was very surprised to see a book by Pete Way and snapped it up immediately. If you are at all interested in Rock N Roll this is a great book, going through all the crazy stuff that happens when you are a rock star. I did not know how connected Pete Way was to all the big players in hard rock and heavy metal. I wish they would have spent more time on the various UFO songs but that’s just me, the average person would probably want to hear about him partying with Motley Crue and hanging out with Ozzy (where he was viewed as a bad influence). Too bad a lot of his later stuff didn’t pan out and his ex wives generally did poorly for a bunch of reasons which was quite sad.

Pete Way is an icon and fair to say the lion heart of the classic UFO lineups. Without him, the band lost their way ( pun intended) and the magnificence of a band releasing ultra classics like 'Obsession' faded quickly. That is what makes this book so utterly compelling yet bitterly sad in equal measure.Pete describes the depths he sank to and it sounds wretched. No glamour about it here, it hits home, worsened by knowing this man was the bassist in one of my favourite bands.I would have liked to have heard more anecdotes and stories about his late 70's to 80's UFO days , and that is covered but fairly rapidly. I bet there's some stories there.The drug use is heavy reading and his deterioration sufficient enough to act as an anti drug campaign in itself.I get the feeling that Pete , whilst over the worst of it, is still extremely fragile and not too far from falling back into it Paul Gascoigne style. I really hope this is wrong and Pete continues to get stronger.Get this book. It's Pete Way for God's sake. The main man!!!

UFO were the first band I ever saw live, and it was life-changing. I remarked at the time, in my teen-age diary, that Pete Way was my favourite performer, and was looking forward to reading this. While it reports myriad exploits of excess and tragedy, high literature it is not. He has to have had the assistance of a ghost writer, as no one person could write so badly on their own. Halfway down the first page l could hear the text being narrated in Charles Dance's voice ( like on The Big Fat Quiz of the Year) and it seemed too appropriate to be able to shake it off. An interesting and full life, indulgently and selfishly executed, but people queuing up to lavish praise on him/ his personality, and I, for one, am certainly grateful for the rock'n roll world to which he helped open my eyes.

Read it cover to cover in one sitting, just couldn't put it down. I was fortunate enough to have seen Pete with UFO a number of times and he always delivered a brilliant show, I'd say Pete at least shared the frontman's role with Phil but that's just my opinion. Pete's passing saw another rock great sadly bow out and having read this, it would have been something of a miracle had he continued to survive his chosen lifestyle which ticked all the boxes in sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. The lights may have gone out however at least this book and his music leaves us a record worth playing again and again.

I will admit straight away that I was a huge UFO fan, and saw them with Pete Way multiple times back in the day. I was not aware of this book until after Pete's death last year, but I purchased it immediately when I discovered it. Like most rock star autobiographies, it peaks quite early on, which tends to reflect the way rock stars lives go. It's well written, and Pete seemed to have a good degree of insight into the fact that hanging out with him could be a pretty destructive endevour. UFO were known as extreme party animals even by rock start standards, and considering they were one of the biggest hard rock bands around in the 70s, they seem often over-looked.Pete again seems realistic enough to acknowledge that none of his post-UFO projects worked that well.If you like UFO, or 70s hard rock in general, this is essential reading.There were some areas I would have liked to know more about, such as what it was like to work with Michael Schenker (difficult), but maybe this can be found in other books.

Now this really IS an honest autobiography! Lots of people claim that, but Pete Way can say that with confidence. He even includes quotes from people who are the subject of certain anecdotes, even if their account of an episode differs from his. How many other people would do that? Hats off to him!I learnt loads. For starters, it had never sunk in before how much he contributed to the writing of music (i.e. not "just" a ten-a-penny bassist then!) I was amazed to hear, for example, about Paul Chapman being in the band in the early days, too. And of course, it was good to get a proper account of all the Schenker shenaningans over the years!I wasn't at all shocked by the drugs per se, but only at the amount of money spent. Was it really a grand a week? You hear so much in the rock business about managers and record companies taking huge percentages. Yet if the artist can still afford such extravagance, they can't be doing that bad, can they? Food for thought anyhow....Whilst he recognises his mistakes and regrets them, especially surrounding the heroin abuse, I do have to pick him up on one thing he says : "I didn't need Phil Mogg and Paul Raymond ordering me around!"Sadly Pete, that is exactly what you DID need!That aside, I wish him nothing but the best for his future!