Steven Van Zandt Tell All Book: Bruce Whipped My Testicles With Car Antennae
Musician Steven Van Zandt has released a shocking new tell all book, “Unrequited Infatuations – My Life As a Whipping Boy For the Boss”.
Little Steven’s memoir will cover his tenure in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, the establishment of Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, his role as Silvio Dante in the HBO series “The Sopranos” and his time as a butt model in Paris.
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” writes Van Zandt. “In the beginning, the E Street band was run as a Democracy, but Bruce felt it wasn’t working. One day he announced I’m the Boss! There was some grumbling, so he made an example out of me. He made me pull down my pants in front of everyone and whipped me on the nads with a car antennae. No one said a word after that. To this day Bruce keeps that car antennae in the studio, just as a reminder and a warning.”
“Bruce could be the nicest guy and then he would just snap. Once when we were playing at the Capital Theater in Passaic, Bruce chased Danny Federici with a chair because he hit a wrong note. He would come after us with a staple gun, throw batteries at us. He could be very cruel. We were scared to death, and often cried ourselves to sleep.”
The most shocking story revealed in the book is what happened to drummer Max Weinberg. One night in Sweden, Bruce accused Weinberg of trying to upstage him by twirling his sticks. Bruce took Max and slammed the piano down on his hands multiple times. The next night, Bruce stuck Max’s hands in liquid nitrogen and duct taped the sticks to his hands. “Try twirling them now big shot” Bruce snorted. Weinberg had to have seven operations on his hands.
“I’ve seen enough things that could be useful that justified writing them down and sharing them,” Van Zandt told Madhouse News. “As far as my life story? Well I hope this book explains it to me! Writing the book was empowering and an amazing journey. I laughed, I cried. Some nights I just sat in the shower blubbering.”
