The Uncool

Release Date: October 28, 2025
Publisher: Avid Reader Press
Pages: 322

Notes:

• The memoir focuses on Cameron’s family, their early days in Palm Springs and San Diego and his career as a music journalist in the 1970s.
• Cameron finished the manuscript the day before the Palisades Fire nearly destroyed his home. It stopped in his driveway. While his house was unlivable due to the toxic levels, the contents inside were saved.
• You can read an excerpt from the book focused on Led Zeppelin (published by the Guardian) here.
• A second excerpt about Fast Times at Ridgemont is available here (first published by The Hollywood Reporter).
• The book entered the New York Times Bestsellers List at #5 in the Non-Fiction cateogry on November 9, 2025.
• All the press Cameron did for the book, can be found in the Press Section.