The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal: Completely Revised and Updated Edition

by Daniel Bukszpan

Overview

Headbangers rejoice, because this fantastically illustrated encyclopedia includes all things Metal, from influential bands such as Led Zeppelin, Blue Cheer, Iron Butterfly, Kiss, and Queen, to Mötley Crue, Black Sabbath (before Ozzy became a family sitcom star), Deep Purple, Twisted Sister, and Aerosmith, right up to Jane's Addiction, Las Cruces, Limp Bizkit, and today's most extreme death metal bands. Not a single sub-genre or band goes uncovered. Well-researched and fact-filled, the witty text befits the raucous bands that push musical-and all other-boundaries. From obscure groups like Armored Saint and Norway's Mayhem to pioneers Grand Funk Railroad and Iron Maiden to megastars like Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, Lita Ford, Van Halen, Joan Jett, and Marilyn Manson, each entry contains vital statistics: a description of the band's history and sound; an essential discography; the most current, comprehensive, popular compilations; and much more. Special features cover such important details as "Metal Fashion" and the various metal genres. Def Leppard, Faith No More, Guns n' Roses, Judas Priest, Metallica, AC/DC, Nine-Inch Nails, Poison, Rage Against the Machine, and Japan's Loudness: all of the favorite (and not so favorite) adrenaline-pumped, bizarre bands that make heavy metal the unique form it is appear in all their glory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402792311
Publisher:	Sterling
Publication date:	01/02/2013
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	210 MB
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About the Author

Daniel Bukszpan is a freelance journalist and music critic who has written countless music reviews and feature articles for newspapers, magazines, and online publications. Bukszpan is also the author of The Encyclopedia of New Wave, with a foreword by DEVO's co-founder, Gerald Casale. In his spare time, Bukszpan performs heavy metal and occasionally produces records under his own label, Smoking in Bed Records. Bukszpan lives, writes, and wields his axe in New York.