“If there’s a rock and roll heaven,” the Righteous Brothers once sang, “well you know they’ve got a hell of a band.”

Buzz has been building about the new book, “The Rock & Roll Book of the Dead” by David Comfort of Santa Rosa, which traces the tragic paths of seven of rock’s biggest names.

In Comfort’s own words:

“Ten years in the making, this ‘thinking man’s’ rock book is an in-depth study of the traumatic childhoods, tormented relationships, addictions, and tragic ends of Elvis, Lennon, Janis, Morrison, Hendrix, Cobain, and Garcia. Revelations abound: Elvis committed suicide; Hendrix and Cobain were murdered, and much more.

“As if cast in the same mythic mold, the Seven —  like Michael Jackson — are revealed as brilliant but deeply conflicted human beings beset by demons of the past and insatiable fans. In our age of American Idolatry this exposé should afford a stunning new perspective on the hell inside the heaven of stardom.”

Take a look at his web site, and judge for yourself: rockandrollbookofthedead.com.