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- ISBN 9781472241443
- Categories 25QT1, [2025], BX, BXOS, Entertainment, FEB25_1, Film & TV, MAR25_1, Music and Movie, NA25Q1, New Arrivals OS, NF MM, Non-Fiction, P@ns1ng, SEPT24_1
- Author(s) Andrew O'Neill
- Publisher Headline Publishing Group
- Pages 320
- Format Trade Paperback
- Dimensions 15.3cm x 2.3cm x 23.4cm
- Weight 0.417 kg
product description
In A HISTORY OF HEAVY METAL, acclaimed comedian and life-long metalhead Andrew O'Neill tells the fascinating story of the larger-than-life characters who have influenced this most perennial of music genres; from the household names of Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy to the brutal notoriety of the underground Norwegian black metal scene; from Satanists and murderers to stadium-touring billionaires and toilet-circuit journeymen.
Along the way you will learn that:
*Any Old Iron by Harry Champion was the first heavy metal record
*When Judas Priest singer Rob Halford, writer of the song 'Hell Bent For Leather', came out as gay in the mid-90s the metal community was shocked. They later expressed surprise at the defecatory habits of woodland bears and the religious inclination of the Pope
*Satan has all the best tunes (though their second album is patchy)
WARNING: This book will contain references to the musical genre known as heavy metal, not a loosely scientific defined subset of elements that exhibit metallic properties.
