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When the news broke that Neil Young is writing an all-encompassing memoir, it got us thinking about what other musicians — and specifically which of our favorite current indie rockers — we’d like to see compose tell-all autobiographies. Mysterious band break-ups, high-profile couplings gone awry, reclusive behavior, extensive touring, and cult childhoods exposed would all make for awesome, page-turning reads for those of us who have always been curious about the private goings-on behind the music. So, in hopes of giving our favorite potential memoirists a gentle push, we’ve complied a list of  ten artists whose lives who we’d love to learn more about.

Julian Casablancas

As the lead singer and main songwriter of The Strokes, Julian Casablancas was thrown into international indie-rock stardom, after the release of the band’s breakout LP Is This It. But not everything in leather jacket-clad musician’s life was sunshine and daisies. He insists that his childhood wasn’t the elitist Manhattan fantasy the press has painted it to be, and The Strokes’ life-changing transition from NYC underground to international stardom was burdened by heavy partying, which led to a two-year nose dive into alcoholism and band break-ups. While the drama seems to have cooled down — Casablancas is married to, and has children with, his former manager, and The Strokes have reunited with talks of possible future albums — he should still write that book and to set the record straight.