Get To Know Miss Pamela

Pamela’s Podcast

Get cozy and gather your friends for a virtual pajama party! Pamela is joined by the fabbest people she knows—famous pals, old flames, childhood friends, and new favorites—for an intimate chat.

I’m With the Band
Rock Tours

Come along for a rock history tour of Los Angeles, curated and guided by Miss Pamela. See the Sunset Strip, the Hollywood Hills, and Laurel Canyon through the eyes of rock’s most legendary groupie as she recounts her adventures.

Pamela’s Books

Purchase Pamela’s latest book,
Let It Bleed: How to Write a Rockin’ Memoir, as well as her bestseller I’m With the Band: Confessions Of a Groupie and other scintillating nonfiction.

Writing Classes and Workshops

Join Miss Pamela in Los Angeles for her weekly women’s writing class, or catch her in a city near you for a weekend memoir workshop.

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Miss Pamela’s ‘Please Kill Me’ Columns

About Pamela

Photo Courtesy of Baron Wolman

Photo Courtesy of Baron Wolman

Pamela Des Barres, like the Summer of Love and the Sunset Strip, was born in California.

She fell in love with rock ’n’ roll as a little girl in sunny Reseda, swooning along to the dreamy sounds of Elvis and Dion spinning on her turntable.

While she was in high school, Pamela’s friend Victor Hayden introduced her to his cousin, the psychedelic pioneer Captain Beefheart, and her odds of living a normal-formal life were obliterated…

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