The Rough Guide to Heavy Metal

The Rough Guide to Heavy Metal
ISBN-10
1843534150
ISBN-13
9781843534150
Category
Music / Discography & Buyer's Guides
Pages
410
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
Rough Guides
Author
Essi Berelian

Description

With more than 300 artist biographies and band stories, this is the essential heavy metal companion. Additional features include dozens of boxouts and sidebars on topics as diverse and disturbing as Weird Hobbies, Christian Metal, the Japanese Scene, Weird Day Jobs, the Eastern European Scene, Hardcore Crossover and Drummer Jokes. From Alien Ant Farm to Biohazard and yes, all the way to ZZ Top the Rough Guide to Heavy Metalis the ultimate brain-warping A to Z. If you love metal, this is the book for you.

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