Recommendable Metal books

Ihslahm · Joined: 12 Jun 2008 Posts: 825

There's an older book from the 90's analyzing metal culture that seems to be lesser known. I don't know how it holds up today, but when it came out it was one of the only books I found that looked at the subculture in an academic way. Sort of a precursor to the Metal Journey film.

http://condor.depaul.edu/~dweinste/mb/index.html

Also the Motley Crue autobiography "The Dirt" is super entertaining.

I still need to get around to Lemmy's book. Been told that it is a great read as well. I got Tom Warriors book "Are you Morbid?" but quit reading it halfway through, before it pissed me off so much I had to burn my CF and Hellhammer albums.
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Dhorshonkari · Joined: 19 May 2006 Posts: 209 Location: Blashyrkh

The only tip I have is that you should AVOID anything and everything by Martin Popoff.
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SWEDISH DEATH METAL - *forgot the author's name, that Insision bassist*
THE BLOODY REIGN OF SLAYER - Joel McIver
Autobiography of JOHN PEEL - good reading though not exactly metal but his influence on promoting the early 90s grind scene is indisputable.
CHOOSING DEATH - Albert Muldrain

Iscariah · Joined: 23 Feb 2008 Posts: 1492 Location: Norway

I know mentioned in original post but I really enjoyed 'The Dirt' and 'White Line Fever'. My wife gave me some book written by Gene Simmons last year but I never read it..prob never will. Cant stand the guy. Love Kiss though.

EDIT: Also Tom G Warriors "Are you Morbid?" should be an interesting read although he does come off as a bit of a twat.

ishoulddie · Joined: 24 Oct 2008 Posts: 110 Location: Portland, OR

The 33 1/3 "Reign in Blood" entry is a pretty interesting read.

HELLTHRASHER -l- · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:11 pm Post subject:

No matter what you're into - 'The Dirt' is the rocknroll party bible! Blows 'Hammer of the Gods' out of the water.

Once in a while when i'm in Hollywood, I look behind the Whiskey and wonder which apartment was theirs.
I'm sure the current owner living there now has no idea of the raunchy nasty history within those vile walls.

The Crue house -
" The bedroom Tommy and I [Vince] shared was to the left of the hallway, full of empty bottles and dirty clothes. We each slept on a mattress on the floor draped with one formerly white sheet that had turned the color of squashed roach. But we thought we were pretty suave because we had a mirrored door on our closet. Or we 'did'. One night, David Lee Roth came over and was sitting on the floor with a big pile of blow, keeping it all to himself as usual, when the door fell off the hinges and cracked across the back of his head. Dave halted his monologue for a half-second, and then continued. He didn't seem to be aware that anything out of the ordinary had happened - and he didn't lose a single flake of his drugs."
Laughing

I also [still] need to get a hold of Swedish Death Metal book!
Damn thing is a bit pricey though. I keep hoping that i'll find it used/cheap on Amazon or something similar.

'Are you Morbid?' was an absolute dissapointment.
Nothing but putting down the classic CF era.
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20 Buck Spin · Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 889

there's a new book that collects Decibel magazines Hall Of Fame articles which is where they interview all members of a band about a "classic" album. Now there are plenty in there to skip over, but several good ones like Repulsion, Napalm Death (Scum), Darkthrone (Transylvanian Hunger), etc... If you haven't already read them, they are enjoyable.

probert · Joined: 15 Jul 2009 Posts: 6909 Location: stankonia

extreme metal by keith kahn-harris and choosing death are my personal favorites. the one by ian christie is a fun read too, i think its called "the sound of the beast" or something.

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Weltering in Blood · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 4:09 am Post subject:

Ordered this SLAYER bio this morning...looking forward to it. Well, more looking forward to seeing if theres good stories/info from the first half of the bands career but anyway. should be good for the train to/from work everyday

anyone else read it? opinions?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bloody-Reign-Slayer-Joe-McIver/dp/1849383863/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1360670956&sr=1-1
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Typhon · Joined: 28 Apr 2007 Posts: 778 Location: Some place else

Hellbent for Cooking is a must have! Cool

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