Motörhead: The Rise of the Loudest Band in the World
Title | Motörhead: The Rise of the Loudest Band in the World PDF eBook |
Author | David Calcano |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 135 |
Release | 2021-09-07 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | 1970047151 |
Spanning 144 pages, this deluxe graphic novel tells the story of Motèorhead's frontman Lemmy Kilmister and the band's meteoric rise to becoming an influential rock band.
Fargo Rock City
Title | Fargo Rock City PDF eBook |
Author | Chuck Klosterman |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2012-12-11 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1471104508 |
The year is 1983, and Chuck Klosterman just wants to rock. But he's got problems. For one, he's in the fifth grade. For another, he lives in rural North Dakota. Worst of all, his parents aren't exactly down with the long hairstyle which rocking requires. Luckily, his brother saves the day when he brings home a bit of manna from metal heaven, SHOUT AT THE DEVIL, Motley Crue's seminal paean to hair-band excess. And so Klosterman's twisted odyssey begins, a journey spent worshipping at the heavy metal altar of Poison, Lita Ford and Guns N' Roses. In the hilarious, young-man-growing-up-with-a-soundtrack-tradition, FARGO ROCK CITY chronicles Klosterman's formative years through the lens of heavy metal, the irony-deficient genre that, for better or worse, dominated the pop charts throughout the 1980s. For readers of Dave Eggers, Lester Bangs, and Nick Hornby, Klosterman delivers all the goods: from his first dance (with a girl) and his eye-opening trip to Mandan with the debate team; to his list of 'essential' albums; and his thoughtful analysis of the similarities between Guns 'n' Roses' 'Lies' and the gospels of the New Testament.
Lemmy and Motörhead
Title | Lemmy and Motörhead PDF eBook |
Author | Jake Brown |
Publisher | Bonnier Zaffre |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2017-04 |
Genre | Heavy metal (Music) |
ISBN | 1786061244 |
One of the founding fathers of heavy metal, Lemmy Kilmister's musical legacy can never be forgotten despite his death in December 2015. As their frontman, songwriter and bassist, Ian Fraser 'Lemmy' Kilmister was truly the beating heart of Mot�rhead. The group's energy and thrilling fusion of genres led to sales of over 30 million albums, Grammy Awards and giant world tours right up until Lemmy's death. During his life, Lemmy granted music writer Jake Brown extraordinary access to the band, and this book explores Mot�rhead's creativity and musicianship with unique insight from their writing and recording sessions alongside exclusive interviews. This new edition now stands as a unique testament to Lemmy's remarkable career and the indelible mark he left on heavy metal.
Motörhead: Where is Lemmy?
Title | Motörhead: Where is Lemmy? PDF eBook |
Author | David Calcano |
Publisher | Fantoons |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2019-11-05 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9781970047059 |
Officially licensed Motörhead search-and-find book. This official Motörhead hardcover volume features 14 double-spread pages filled with search-and-find art inspired by Motörhead's classic albums! Try to find Lemmy living the fast life in the middle of the chaos, sex, drugs and rock n’ roll across these amazing pages jam-packed with rock n’ roll. Celebrate Lemmy and Motörhead with this book. Enjoy it with a couple of drinks… and loud Motörhead tunes. The book is 12.5 x 9.5 inches! 32 pages and 14 Motörhead worlds
Electric Wizards
Title | Electric Wizards PDF eBook |
Author | JR Moores |
Publisher | Reaktion Books |
Pages | 481 |
Release | 2022-11-28 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1789144493 |
From Black Sabbath to Big Black, a ride through the evolution, diversity, and influence of genre-defying heavy music. It began with the Beatles’ “Helter Skelter.” It was distilled to its dark essence by Black Sabbath. And it has flourished into a vibrant modern underground, epitomized by Newcastle’s Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs. This is the evolution of heavy music. The voyage is as varied as it is illuminating: from the lysergic blunt trauma of Blue Cheer to the locked grooves of Funkadelic, the aural frightmares of Faust to the tectonic crush of Sleep, alighting on post-punk, industrial, grunge, stoner rock, and numerous other genres along the way. Ranging from household names to obscure cult heroes and heroines, Electric Wizards demonstrates how each successive phase of heavy music was forged by what came before, outlining a rich and eclectic lineage that extends far beyond the usual boundaries of heavy rock or heavy metal. It extols those who did things differently, who introduced something fresh and exciting into this elemental tradition, whether by design, accident, or sheer chance. In doing so, Electric Wizards weaves an entirely new tapestry of heavy music.
Soundgarden
Title | Soundgarden PDF eBook |
Author | Chris Nickson |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 1995-09-15 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0312136072 |
New Metal Crown
Denim and Leather
Title | Denim and Leather PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Hann |
Publisher | Constable |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023-02-09 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9781472134103 |
In the late 1970s, aggressive, young bands are forming across Britain. Independent labels are springing up to release their music. But this isn't the story of punk. Forget punk. Punk was a flash in the pan compared to this. This is the story of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, a musical movement that changed the world. From this movement - given the unwieldy acronym NWOBHM - sprang streams that would flow through metal's subsequent development. Without NWOBHM there is no thrash metal, no death metal, no black metal. Without the rise of Iron Maiden, NWOBHM's standard bearers, leading the charge to South America and to South Asia, metal's global spread is slower. Without the NWOBHM bands - who included Def Leppard, Motorhead, Judas Priest, Diamond Head and many others - the international uniform of heavy metal - the 'battle jacket' of a denim jacket with sleeves ripped off, and covered with patches (usually sewn on by the wearer's mum), worn over a leather biker jacket - does not exist: 'Denim and leather brought us all together,' as Saxon put it. No book has ever gathered together all the principals of British heavy rock's most fertile period: Jimmy Page, Rick Allen, Michael Schenker, Robert John 'Mutt' Lange, Ritchie Blackmore, Rick Savage, Phil Collen, David Coverdale, Cronos, Biff Byford, Joe Elliott, Rob Halford, Ian Gillan, Phil Mogg, Robert Plant, Tony Wilson, Lars Ulrich, Pete Waterman to name a few. In Denim and Leather, these stars tell their own stories - their brilliant, funny tales of hubris and disaster, of ambition and success - and chart how, over a handful of years from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, a group of unlikely looking blokes from the provinces wearing spandex trousers changed heavy music forever. This is the definitive story about the greatest days of British heavy rock.