The Kennedy Chronicles

Kennedy’s off-the-wall memoir reliving the pop music and the madness as an MTV VJ in the 1990s

Back when MTV still played rock music, the outrageous, outspoken VJ Kennedy was thrust headfirst into the world of fame, gaining a new perspective on music and unparalleled access to the most talented artists of the era.

Despite her young age, Kennedy boldly asked the taboo questions that no one else would. In the midst of the alternative revolution and the birth of grunge, she talked to everyone from fame-averse Seattle rock musicians to vapid celebrities, navigating between true artists and phonies. Fame followed Kennedy wherever she went, and her riotous memoir dishes a plethora of celebrity encounters: dragging Jon Stewart to a strip club, getting naked with Jenny McCarthy, making out in a coffin with Dave Navarro, and even inspiring the Goo Goo Dolls song "Name." Interspersing her memoir with priceless interviews with such game-changers as Henry Rollins, Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan, and Pat Smear of Nirvana, Kennedy presents a juicy and revealing narrative perfect for the Gen Xers that grew up with her and MTV.

In her characteristically edgy and irreverent voice, Kennedy chronologically picks up where the recent hit book I Want My MTV left off and holds nothing back as she offers candid accounts of Courtney Love, diva Tabita Soren, and reality-TV star "Puck" Rainey. The Kennedy Chronicles is the ultimate insider’s look at the golden age of MTV during the years of Alternative Nation, MTV Beach House, and The Real World.