Bibliograph

Raising hell, backstage tales from the lives of metal legends : into the fiery pits of chaos ..., Jon Wiederhorn

Type

Label

Raising hell, backstage tales from the lives of metal legends : into the fiery pits of chaos ..., Jon Wiederhorn

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Raising hell

Oclc number

1134529751

Responsibility statement

Jon Wiederhorn

Sub title

backstage tales from the lives of metal legends : into the fiery pits of chaos ...

Summary

"Through the decades, the metal scene has been populated by colorful individuals who have thwarted convention and lived by their own rules. For many, vice has been virtue, and the opportunity to record albums and tour has been an invitation to push boundaries and blow the lid off a Pandora's box of riotous experiences: thievery, vandalism, hedonism, the occult, stage mishaps, mosh pit atrocities, and general insanity. To the figures in this book, metal is a means of banding together to stick a big middle finger to a society that had already decided they didn't belong. Whether they were oddballs who didn't fit in or angry kids from troubled backgrounds, metal gave them a sense of identity. Drawing from 150-plus first-hand interviews with vocalists, guitarists, bassists, keyboardists, and drummers, music journalist Jon Wiederhorn offers this collection of wild shenanigans from metal's heaviest and most iconic acts--the parties, the tours, the mosh pits, the rage, the joy, the sex, the drugs . . . the heavy metal life!"--, Amazon.com

Target audience

adult

Classification