Richie Dagger: Life & Times by Chris Walter

Imagine if your favourite punk band signed to a major label and released a hit record… Success can be a double-edged sword, and Triple Negative is feeling the pressure. Will they soar with the eagles or will they plunge into a desperate quagmire of hard drugs and even harder women like so many bands before them? The young musicians soon learn that fame is the least of their worries—that their main problem is singer Richie Dagger, who seems intent on destroying himself even as the band approaches a dizzying level of punk stardom. What inner demons compel Richie to act so outrageously? Why would he throw it all away just as everything they ever wanted is within reach? Even more importantly, how can they save the frontman from total annihilation? Or maybe is it already too late…