Pamela Des Barres

Biography

Pamela Des Barres is a rock 'n roll groupie and writer born Pamela Ann Miller on September 9, 1948. She rose to fame with her 1987 memoir I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie, detailing her experiences in the Los Angeles rock music scene of the 1960s and 1970s. A former member of the experimental Frank Zappa-produced group the GTOs, Des Barres has also taught writing and appeared in various projects, including the archive footage in "Tura!" (2024).