Not just a blanket discussion on metal, this book offers essays on the 50 heavy metal bands that had the biggest influence on building a scene that perplexes, thrives and provokes deep into the rock 2000's.

The book comprises essays on each act, ranked within the three separate decades of metal's existence: the '70s, the '80s and the '90s. In addition, each essay is peppered with fascinating and often lengthy and heartfelt direct quotes from the musicmakers themselves, as well as discographies of their work, just in case you want to run out and buy up what all the fuss is about!

Also included are instructive appendices on the following:

Influence By Genre - a list of close to 1000 bands qualified by
style of metal

15 Amazing Bands Too Unique To Make The List - along with succinct
descriptive write-ups on each

25 "Almosts", once more with arguments on each's impact on the scene

Heavy Metal's Top 100 Most Influential Albums Of All Time, the hallowed
recorded works laid out in chronological order

The Pre-History Of Metal - an archaeological analysis of metal's trace
rumblings through the '50s and '60s

The Top 15 Tribute Albums Of All Time - each offered with a short review

The Future Five - a look at five bands who are taking metal to new places in the 2000's

An entertaining and provocative read for anybody who wants to learn more about the most creative and fearless of metal pioneers, Heavy Metal: 20th Century Rock And Roll is 191 pages of loud 'n' proud madness sure to spark metal debate long into the night (please excuse the puffery of this text: it's from the flyer). Email me at [email protected] with any questions.


IMPORTANT NOTE:

THIS BOOK IS NOW OUT OF PRINT AND ALL COPIES ANYWHERE HAVE BEEN SOLD.