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Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal

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In this first-ever atlas of the heavy metal phenomenon, Ian Christe delivers a bird's-eye view of this dark and forbidden music. The ultimate headbanger history, "Sound of the Beast" reveals tales of concert hysteria, courtroom drama, and musical triumph with: Interviews with Black Sabbath, Metallica, Morbid Angel, Megadeth, Twisted Sister, Kiss, Slipknot, and many others Genre boxes explaining black metal, power metal, thrash metal, nu metal, and more More than a hundred rare and unpublished photos A thirty-year graphic timeline of metal milestones, hilarious metal lists, and the twenty-five most original recordings of all time
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About the Author

Ian Christe grew up in the metal strongholds of Switzerland, NewMexico, Indiana, Germany, and Washington. He moved to New York Cityin 1992, and has covered emerging technology and fringe culture forReuters, Wired, and Salon.com. His hundreds of articles on heavymetal have appeared in Spin, AP, CMJ, Metal Maniacs, and the Trouser Press Guide to '90s Rock and been cited by The New York Times.
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lukas, February 16, 2007 (view all comments by lukas)
An exhaustive and entertaining history of the equally beloved and reviled genre. The book begins with Black Sabbath (named after a Boris Karloff film), the bedrock of heavy metal, and covers the increasing arcane subgenres like death metal, doom metal, and Norwegian black metal, the latter of which resuled in deaths and church burnings. Author Ian Christie deals with both important bands like Metallica and Iron Maiden as well as the glammy, flashy L.A. bands like Motley Crue. A must for all true believers. 3 devils' horns up!
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ISBN:
9780380811274
Subtitle:
The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal
Author:
Christe, Ian
Author:
by Ian Christe
Publisher:
It Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
Rock
Subject:
Heavy metal (music)
Subject:
Rock groups
Subject:
Heavy Metal
Subject:
History & Criticism - General
Subject:
Genres & Styles - Rock
Subject:
Genres & Styles - Heavy Metal
Subject:
Heavy metal (Music) -- History and criticism.
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Edition Description:
Pbk
Series Volume:
no 401
Publication Date:
March 2004
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
416
Dimensions:
902x617x113 108
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