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The Mad Dog Speaks: Original E Street Drummer Vini Lopez
Has there ever been a more colorful, controversial figure within The Jersey Sound as Rock’n’Roll Hall Of Famer Vini “Mad Dog” Lopez, the original drummer for Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band? Now, on the precipice of Vini’s unfinished tell-all book, The Madman (his former nickname) tells it like it is, and how it should have been. Fired by Bruce in 1974, ostensibly for his explosive temper, Lopez tells a different story.