Metallica: The Frayed Ends of Metal

by Chris Crocker

Metallica, the frayed ends of sanity.
Heavy Metal's most influential voice.

With their cross-bred cacophony of punk's jagged anger and rock and roll's monolithic muscle, they've blown apart the temple doors of the once-sacred Top Ten. Their hurricane mosaic of guitar riffs and feverish lyrics has left America gasping for more from these titans of thrash.

They've done it all on their own terms, crowning themselves true monsters of rock without compromise. Lars, James, Kirk, and Jason gave imploded any existing ideas about metal and replaced the entire genre with a raw, new staple of rock and roll.

Genres: Music, Nonfiction, Biography

240 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 1992

Reviews

[Rabbit · Rating 3 out of 5]

this book isn't anything special - but it's a pretty detailed account of metallicas career from the beginning to 1992. nothing special but worth a read. there's a couple really minor bits of incorrect information (John Marshall of metal church, who filled in for James hetfield after his arm injuries, is called 'Jim'), but they're small and the book still works fine.

[Jafar · Rating 3 out of 5]

This from my headbanging days.