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Christopher John Campion, author of Escape from Bellevue, our guest blogger for the week of 3/16

Fri, 03/13/2009

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Christopher John Campion is our guest blogger during the week of March 16th. If you have any questions for Christopher John Campion, add a comment to any of his posts.

Here is more information about Escape from Bellevue:

(Read an excerpt and view a trailer for the book.)

Indie rock raconteur Chris Campion-one of the few patients ever to escape from Bellevue's locked ward-recalls his band's tumultuous ride, his plummet into addiction, and the strange road back to sobriety.

Chronicling more than twenty years in the life of a Long Island kid who became a hardcore fixture of Manhattan's indie rock scene, Escape from Bellevue is a coming-of-age tale like no other. As the lead singer of New York-based indie rock band Knockout Drops, Campion got a taste of fame (but, alas, no fortune) on a wild ride that lasted from the early 1980s through the 1990s.

Charting Campion's extensive experience in the music industry alongside his personal tales of struggle and survival, Escape from Bellevue puts the spotlight on the collective psychosis of twenty years spent in a rolling bacchanal. Just as the Knockout Drops reached the height of their success, having toured with headliners such as Soul Asylum and Violent Femmes, Campion began his downward spiral. Campion was eventually able to come to grips with his addictions, molding his songs and stories into a sold-out off-Broadway musical, Escape from Bellevue. Now presenting these tales in a memoir of madness and redemption, Campion once again proves to possess the creative genius of a die-hard front man.

About Christopher John Campion:

Christopher John Campion is the lead singer of the indie rock band Knockout Drops and is the creator, playwright, and star of the hit off-Broadway rock musical Escape from Bellevue.

Escape from Bellevue: A Dive Bar Odyssey
Christohper John Campion - Author