Author Description

The founding member and drummer for Aerosmith courageously tells the world how he has wrestled with the great demon of depression as part of the most successful band in American history. Set in the wildly glamorous, crazy, drug-addled world of some of the greatest rock stars in history, Hit Hard unpacks the history of rock and roll star who was both fragile and tough, who after years of insane wildness got himself off drugs, only to find that the real terrors and real work were still ahead. This is also the story of a kid from an average American suburb who went through physical and emotional abuse, and how he went on to numb himself with sex and drugs and alcohol the same way millions of troubled people do. But ultimately, it's about how Kramer found his way out of all that and into a healthy sense of himself-with the kind of self-awareness and self-acceptance that makes other healthy relationships possible.