Metallica: This Monster Lives: The Inside Story of Some Kind of Monster

by Joe Berlinger, Greg Milner

Overview

Metallica is the most successful hard-rock band of all time, having sold more than one hundred million albums worldwide. Receiving unique, unfettered access, acclaimed filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky followed Metallica over two and a half years as they faced monumental personal and professional challenges that threatened to destroy the band just as they returned to the studio to record their first album in four years.
Berlinger's book about the experience reveals the stories behind the documentary Some Kind of Monster, capturing the energy, uncertainty, and ultimate triumph of both the filming and Metallica's bid for survival. It weaves the on-screen stories together with what happened off-screen, revealing intimate details of the band's struggle amid personnel changes, addiction, and controversy. In part because Berlinger was one of the only witnesses to the intensive group-therapy sessions and numerous band meetings, his account of his experience filming the band is the most honest and deeply probing book about Metallica—-or any rock band—-ever written.
This is the book both Metallica and film fans have dreamed of—-a stark and honest look at one of rock's most important bands through the eyes of one of the most provocative documentary filmmakers working today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312333126
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/01/2005
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.74(d)

About the Author

Joe Berlinger is an award-winning filmmaker and journalist. In addition to Some Kind of Monster, his films include Brother's Keeper, Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, Revelations: Paradise Lost 2, and Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, among many other film and television projects. Metallica: This Monster Lives is his first book.
Greg Milner is a senior contributing writer and columnist for Spin magazine. His work also appears in Slate, Salon, the Village Voice, Wired, and other publications. Metallica: This Monster Lives is his first book.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	ix
	Foreword	xi
	Preface	xiii
	Introduction: The Living Monster	1
1	Pitch 'em All	9
	Some Kind of Numbers	13
2	Give Me Fuel, Give Me Fire, Gimme Shelter	15
3	West Memphis and Beyond	24
4	The Witch's Spell	34
5	Safe and Warm	45
	Phil's First Day	52
6	No Remorse	54
	Some Kind of Monster	61
7	Exit Light	64
	Early Warning	73
8	Enter Night	76
	The Rock	85
9	The Boots That Kick You Around	86
10	Shoot Me Again	99
11	Visible Kid	109
12	Karmas Burning	119
	The Unforgiven	129
13	Seek and Deploy	131
14	Welcome Home	140
	Shooting The Monster	149
15	Madly in Anger	151
	The "Fuck" Scene	171
16	To Live is To Die	173
17	Silence No More	186
	The Lars Doctrine	200
18	Their Aim is Trujillo	205
	The Joint	217
19	The Bell Tolls	222
20	Frantic-Tic-Tock	236
	Editing The Monster	253
21	Monster, Inc.	257
	Too Many Bears	265
22	The End That Will Never End	267
	Unleashing the Monster	282
23	Living The Monster	284
Appendix	The Oslo Interviews	295
Appendix	Some Kind of Credits (A Partial List)	303
	Notes	307

Editorial Reviews

Takes on the momentum of a suspense novel, and triumphs because of the commitment and fearlessness of Metallica…This Monster Lives shows that tenacious reporting can still produce great narratives, even about the most mega of megaplatinum stars.” —New York Times

“Berlinger takes us even deeper into the inner sanctum. One of the book's bonuses: many events that were edited for the film, including a pivotal scene in which drummer Lars Ulrich laces into singer James Hetfield, are transcribed in full.” —USA Today

“A fascinating look at the logistics of making an album and the dysfunctional family that bands can become.” —Chicago Tribune

“Berlinger truly puts the meta in Metallica. Loads of deleted scenes and a metal-friendly theme (everyone has a monster to slay) are riffs we can all bang our heads to.” —USA Today

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