An American Demon

Jack Grisham is an addiction recovery mentor, a hypnotherapist, and a public speakeron the circuit of 12-step sobriety, spiritual awakening, and back-to-basics ideology. He lives in Huntington Beach, California.

Depravity,redemption, terror, and spiritual deliverance abound in this physicallyand psychologically complex memoir from the front man of the pioneer punk band True Sounds of Liberty (TSOL). Spanning the extremes between hard-core punk memoir and handbook for recovery and survival, this narrative documents a youth rebellion that changed the world and offeredlife lessons rooted in 1980s punk culture. At times unsettling and violent, this book is doused in aggression, rebellion, alcoholism, and drug abuse, culminating in tough lessons of sobriety and absolution. This captivating, dark, and ultimately redemptive life story will fascinate fans of punk and resonate with those who have suffered from addiction issues.

“If you’ve ever found yourself unable to turn away from witnessing an accident, crash or natural disaster, you’ll read AMERICAN DEMON straight through, like I did. Jack Grisham’s memoir is as original as it is horrifying. I couldn’t put it down.” — James Frey, bestselling author of A Million Little Pieces and Bright Shiny Morning

"Sociopathic art in its rawest form, as wickedly relayed through the eyes of a surfer demon. 'American Demon' is a punk rock parable written by a bedlamite, whose immoral compass is cranked up to 11."
– Heidi Siegmund Cuda, author of Sublime's Brad Nowell: Crazy Fool, Vans Warped, and Got Your Back

“Jack Grisham finally, irrevocably, puts to death the slander that the early Los Angeles punk scene was ‘plastic.’ The first true literature to come out of our pathetic little punk lives, American Demon is haunting and awakens monsters. But it should come with a warning label: it’s a dangerous book. Read Patti Smith's Just Kids. Then read this. But only if you have the courage to follow poetry as far as it can go.” — Paul Roessler, producer, composer, musician

“What isn't shocking is that Jack wrote a fantastically depraved, heart wrenching, thoroughly engaging book that you'll want to read in one sitting. What is shocking is that it wasn't written from inside a jail cell at a maximum security prison." — Jim Lindberg, former lead singer of Pennywise, and author of Punk Rock Dad