PRESS & MEDIA

“A music industry executive comes to terms with childhood trauma in this debut memoir… A poignant exploration of the lasting effects of abuse.”

Author Rob Tonkin shares his story of growing up in a deeply troubled family, his early escape into the world of radio, and the horrific abuse he endured along the way.

Randell Carlton Green interviews author Rob Tonkin about his new memoir Asshole, which documents Rob’s self-destruction and eventual redemption. 

Guest post on Spiritual Media Blog. Author Rob Tonkin discusses his healing journey.

First-time author Rob Tonkin doesn’t sing or play any musical instruments. But he made an outsized and lasting impact on the San Diego and Tijuana music scenes when he lived here between 1982 and 1989. It’s a period vividly chronicled in his new book, “Asshole — A Memoir: Wild Stories of Trauma, Truths, and Transformation.”

Author Rob Tonkin curates a list of music memoirs that resonate with him because they expose the raw, imperfect humanity of their subjects. Rob’s book, Asshole, delves into the complexities and contradictions that make us who we are.

The former 91X radio mainstay recounts the triumphs and trauma in his life.

IndieView interviews Rob Tonkin about his new memoir, Asshole.

★★★★½ In this unflinchingly honest memoir, a man born into privilege but starved of emotional connection takes readers on a California journey through ambition, excess, and the painful search for self-worth.

Rob Tonkin knows a music-industry Asshole when he meets one (or sees one in the mirror) in his unflinchingly honest new memoir — showcasing today on Tinnitist.

In this episode of Citywide Blackout, Rob talks about his career in the music and radio industries, which while very successful, covered up wounds from his past.

Throughout his upward rise in LA’s music industry, Rob looks for love, professional recognition, and personal clarity. He makes mistakes. He puts himself first. He might be an asshole. But he’s also first in line in the long journey of reckoning with his past and moving beyond his trauma.

You can call Rob Tonkin a whole lot of things: Music Industry Executive, Marketing Man, Media Creative, but now you can add a whole new title: Author. Rob joins What Difference Does It Make? to discuss his new memoir.

On this episode of Munn Avenue Muse, author Rob Tonkin discusses reclaiming his story and rewriting the narrative he’d been living through his memoir Asshole.

In this revealing conversation, Rob discusses his bold new memoir Asshole: A Memoir, and how writing helped him unearth his truth, make peace with his past, and live more authentically.

In his often-wild, always-true memoir, "Asshole," Rob Tonkin shares how he buried himself in work and had to dig himself back out, alongside the life-changing steps that facilitated his transformation.

This episode of Big Blend Radio’s “Books & Authors” Show with Books Forward features Rob Tonkin author of the powerful memoir A**hole: Wild Stories of Trauma, Truths & Transformation.