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Skip to main content October 28, 2025 Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Cameron Crowe may be an acclaimed film and music video director, but his first memoir, The Uncool, is largely about his first job: a Rolling Stone writer. Crowe profiled artists like the Allman Brothers Band and David Bowie during his stint at the magazine, which influenced his semi-autobiographical 2000 film, Almost Famous. The Uncool: A Memoir Buy at bookshop.org Buy Now On Amazon The Uncool lands on shelves today from publisher Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster. Crowe got his start as a music journalist when he was just a teenager, traveling with bands like Led Zeppelin on tour. He pivoted to a career in film when he wrote Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and his directorial debut came with 1989’s Say Anything, before directing films like Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous, and Vanilla Sky. Crowe spoke to Rolling Stone in September, ahead of the memoir’s release, explaining that the book was born out of the idea to make a compendium of his early journalism writing. “Ultimately, it also came time to do a collection book of all the journalism that I’d done for Rolling Stone and other places in the day, because I’d gone back and re-interviewed a lot of those people again. And that was my little long-term project. But it turned out that this [memoir] was a good kind of first chapter to all of that.” Tom Petty helped Crowe get his start as a director with Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party, which was released as an MTV special in 1983. Crowe explained, “[Petty] says, ‘Pick up the camera and film this.’ I’m like, ‘There’s no director around.’ [He said] ‘Pick up the camera!’ And he does this song, ‘I’m Stupid,’ right into the camera. I’m like, ‘This is amazing. This feeling doesn’t happen when you’re transcribing 12 hours of interviews in the middle of the night. This is going right to the center of the creative process.’ Cut. He goes, ‘Congratulations, you’re a director.’ How to Watch LA Dodgers Games Online Without Cable Dodgers Livestream Oscar Hartzog L.L. Bean and Noah Kahan's 'Northern Attitude' Collab Is a Stylish Nod to Rural New England It Has All Our Love Alexis Mikulski Ruiz Vineyard Vines Reimagines Dead Head Style In Its Second Grateful Dead Collection Alexis Mikulski Ruiz How to Watch Tonight’s Knicks vs. Bucks Game Online Without Cable Basketball Livestream Oscar Hartzog 'Freakier Friday' Gets Disney+ Release Date streaming guide Jonathan Zavaleta Go to PMC.com Most Popular Jennifer Lawrence Says She Was 'Annoying' in Old Interviews and Gets Why the Public 'Rejected' Her Personality: 'I Lose Control Over My Craft When I Have to Do Press for a Movie' Isabelle Tate, ‘9-1-1: Nashville’ Actress, Dies at 23 Who Got Married on Love Is Blind Season 9? Plus Where the Couples Stand Now MoMA Discovers 'Hidden' Layers Beneath Andrew Wyeth’s Famed ‘Christina’s World’ You might also like Joe Torre Documentary Directed by John Turturro in Production 7 minutes ago Lily Allen's 'West End Girl' Is Full of Anthems for Divorced Moms 3 hours ago ‘Fackham Hall’ Trailer: ‘Downton Abbey’ Gets ‘The Naked Gun’ Treatment in Period Piece Spoof 2 hours ago Invest in Sports Event to Include Fenway Sports Group Insights 2 hours ago Rolling Stone is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2025 Rolling Stone, LLC. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.com VIP
