Description

How do you help someone whose life is spiraling out of control? Make a movie, and make him come face to face with his own demons. For a solid four years, Emmy award winning journalist and filmmaker Fabio Jafet, documented the seedy underworld of the music business through the eyes of friend, Phil Varone, of Saigon Kick and Skid Row fame. Jafet reveals what really goes on behind the scenes in a way never captured before on camera. Waking Up Dead uncovers the addictions betrayals and pitfalls on the relentless road to rock stardom. Drummer Phil Varone was one of the founding members of Saigon Kick and played with Skid Row on Thickskin and with Vince Neil. This is the documentary that every young rock n roll dreamer should see before they decide to take the chance on a career as a musician.This guy made it, by more levels than most musicians will ever achieve in their lifetime. Bad contracts, deceptions, ruined home lives, mountains of debt, the temptations of sex and drugs, all in the name of music.