RISE UP AND ROCK: A Front Woman's Journey
513 pages. 264 photographs. One woman's unfiltered journey.
After setting aside her passion for singing for nearly two decades to raise her two sons, Natasha Neece did something no one expected—she founded and fronted an otherwise all-male Led Zeppelin tribute band and led them through 75 shows across the West Coast.
What followed were six years of creative brilliance, spiritual seeking, and an unflinching confrontation with one of the oldest forces a powerful woman can face—the systematic resistance of insecure men threatened by feminine leadership. What unfolded was not just ego-driven conflict but something far more archetypal—the demonizing of the visionary, the scapegoating of the sacred feminine, and the exiling of the woman who dares to lead. This is her story of descent, transformation, and sovereign rise.
Rise Up and Rock is her memoir—wise, vulnerable, and fiercely honest. It weaves together the wild grit of the rock stage with the quieter, often lonelier spaces of deep self-reckoning—spiritual seeking across Buddhist temples, shamanic journeys, and ancestral visitations, all in pursuit of healing, truth, and the kind of freedom that can only come from finally choosing yourself. It is, at its core, a love letter to anyone who has ever felt the tension between staying safe and marching fully into their truth.
"After raising two sons and leaving an abusive relationship, Natasha leaps into the rock & roll deep end. She stumbles and soars, taking us with her as she turns 'ache into thunder and longing into flame.' This blazing goddess woke up the Sunset Strip."—Pamela Des Barres, author of I'm With the Band
"A powerful portrait of feminine leadership — not as something soft or secondary, but as something intuitive, resilient, and revolutionary."—Hollywood Times
"Riveting!"—Vanessa Finney, Jefferson Public Radio
"This book will sit on my shelf of women's empowerment bibles to use and refer to for my own clients. I highly recommend it for life coaches and book clubs alike. This book is about The Feminine working and leading in a man's world, and the particular mettle required of a woman who refuses to simply endure, but insists on excelling."—Suzanne Mathis McQueen, author of 4 Seasons in 4 Weeks
"A testament of a woman who refuses to shrink."—Jeanette Yoffe, author of Archeology of You
Available in: E-book, Black and white paperback, Full-color hardcover