The definitive oral history of heavy metal, Louder Than Hell by renowned music journalists Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman includes hundreds of interviews with the giants of the movement, conducted over the past 25 years. Unlike many forms of popular music, metalheads tend to embrace their favorite bands and follow them over decades. Metal is not only a pastime for the true aficionados; it’s a lifestyle and obsession that permeates every aspect of their being. Louder Than Hell is an examination of that cultural phenomenon and the much-maligned genre of music that has stood the test of time. Louder than Hell features more than 250 interviews with some of the biggest bands in metal, including Black Sabbath, Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Spinal Tap, Pantera, White Zombie, Slipknot, and Twisted Sister; insights from industry insiders, family members, friends, scenesters, groupies, and journalists; and 48 pages of full-color photographs.

Metallica: The $24.95 Book features an in-depth look at Metallica's cultural significance with chapters devoted to each member, each album, touring, fashion, books, film, influences, fandom, and more, exploring the band's ideologies along the way. With over 125 million records sold worldwide, Metallica is the biggest metal band of all time. Four decades into their unparalleled career, Metallica is a massive cultural force who drastically changed the sound of popular music by creating their own rules. Yet for all their popularity, Metallica can seem impenetrable, raising more questions and inspiring more discourse as their mythos grows. Metallica questions run deeper than what people find on the internet. Metallica questions deserve a book. Metallica, by dedicated fan and music journalist Ben Apatoff (including a foreword by What Are You Doing Here? author Laina Dawes), is that book, honoring Metallica’s history of fighting retail price gouging in the title. Metallica provides an in-depth look at the band and their music that both die-hard fans and Metallica beginners can enjoy.

An affectionate, honest tribute now updated with new revelations about the rock and roll icon who helped make AC/DC an international sensation The second edition of Bon: The Last Highway includes a brand new 16-page introduction. Fink examines… • New information from French media that changes what we know about who was with Bon Scott the night he died • The London drug-dealing connections of the late Alistair Kinnear • A possible heroin link involving the late Yes bassist Chris Squire • Revised theories on how Bon died With unprecedented access to Bon’s lovers and newly unearthed documents, this updated edition contains a new introduction and more revelations about the singer’s death, dispelling once and for all the idea that Scott succumbed to acute alcohol poisoning on February 19, 1980. Meticulously researched and packed with fresh information, Bon: The Last Highway is an affectionate, honest tribute to a titan of rock music.

Meat Loaf, the larger-than-life rock icon, starred in the biggest cult film of all-time, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, before releasing one of the best-selling albums of all-time, Bat Out Of Hell, and some of the most celebrated and successful singles in music history, such as I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That), Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad and Paradise By The Dashboard Light. The Grammy Award-winning singer has released an impressive eleven UK Top 10 studio albums, including the #1 releases Dead Ringer and Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell and his latest offering, 2016's Braver Than We Are. Meat Loaf's epic collaborations with songwriter Jim Steinman are legendary, as are his striking album covers, wide-ranging operatic voice, female duet partners, signature red handkerchief and theatrical live performances. In 2016, he was presented with the Q Hero Award; to many that have had a hand in helping him sell near 100-million records, he is exactly that – a musical hero. CONTENTS Introduction From Marvin To Eddie Making Bat Out Of Hell Unleashing Bat Out Of Hell Dead Ringer Midnight At the Lost And Found Bad Attitude Blind Before I Stop Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell Welcome To The Nightmare Couldn't Have Said It Better Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose Hang Cool Teddy Bear Hell in a Handbasket Braver Than We Are Meat Loaf Albums I) Studio Albums II) Live Albums III) Compilation Albums Meat Loaf Singles Meat Loaf Tours Meat Loaf Music Videos Meat Loaf Films Meat Loaf Awards

Mikiko Ohara is shocked and overwhelmed with grief when she learns on her 20th birthday that her maternal grandmother committed suicide. Finding the American serviceman she holds responsible for her grandmother's death wish becomes Mikiko's sole mission in life. Tenacious research on her part reveals that the guilty man, her grandfather, is president of Barwick Bank & Trust in La Jolla, California. For seven years she rigorously prepares herself physically and intellectually for her trans-Pacific mission. This is the intriguing story of her revenge... and what happens after 27-year-old Mikiko comes face to face with Lance Barwick. She's made a personal pledge to her deceased grandmother and to herself that absolutely nothing will prevent her from executing her plan.FYI: With reference to the front cover, the Japanese characters on the left mean tanto or short sword; on the right, revenge. The tanto has been used traditionally to commit seppuku, which is a form of ritual suicide by self-disembowelment. In the middle of the circle is Mt. Fuji, the highest and most famous mountain in Japan. It has become a symbol of that nation, the home of Mikiko Ohara and the final resting place of her beloved, deified grandmother.

I was almost as hard headed as it gets while repeatedly insisting on missing and ignoring the entire point that Mom and a few others tried to get me to realize. "GET YOUR EDUCATION!!!" I still had some great times here and there every now and then, and I can only imagine how beautiful-my-life-would-have-been if I would have followed the "The Golden Rules." Some wonderful things have happened to me even though I still feel that I truly did not deserve or even know how to sincerely enjoy thoroughly, but on the other hand, some not so wonderful things have happened to me that I basically brought on myself as a direct result of not following "The Golden Rules." EDUCATION IS A MUST!!! I know my family was not the only family that has gone through a divorce, and I know there are millions of kids who went through divorce without a scratch. I am not blaming any of my failures as a man on the pitfalls of divorce, but I can clearly see now that my "character flaws" were a direct hit stemming from the casualties of my parents divorce. I did not ask to be me, and I certainly did not ask or expect to be stuck on stupid for almost three tenths of a century. It was what it was! If I would have known their divorce would eventually effect me which I believe set the wheels in motion that turned towards me turning out the way I have, I would have started Praying that night. But I had no idea it would, and neither did they. I can only imagine how beautiful my life would have been if their marriage was meant to be, but it was not about me. Brooke!