A loud and thoroughly engrossing love-story. A History of Heavy Metal is a comprehensive, landmark analysis of an enormous area of music that has been too long without such a thing, and has the massive advantage of the funny being turned up to twelve. * John Higgs - author of The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds * One of the funniest musical commentators that you will ever read. * The Sunday Times * Loud, unapologetic and full of love, Andrew O'Neill's essential and much-needed History of Heavy Metal is as funny and preposterous as this mighty music deserves. a man on a righteous mission to persuade people to "lay down your souls to the gods rock and roll", as Newcastle's Venom would have it. * * This, then, is the work of a fan first and foremost, driven by his prejudices and passions. He has obviously gone to great effort to leave no plectrum unturned in the pantheon of heavy metal. His chronological expedition through the ages, as seen through his own eyes, is backed up by constant witticisms and footnotes of in-jokes and opinions. * * O'Neill's knowledge is nothing short of impressive. But beneath the light tone lies a deep reverence for metal, and beneath that passion lies an encyclopedic knowledge and a balanced approach. The chapters are packed full of jokes, footnotes and personal anecdotes which are very very funny. reading this book was like suddenly having a mate to go to the pub with and discuss my favourite subject for about fifteen hours.
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