Interview with Ian Chapman by JP Tell us a bit about who you are and what you do! I’m a Senior lecturer in Music at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, also a musician and an author. What first prompted you to write a book about Alice Cooper?…
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Interview with Snowy Shaw, author of The Book Of Heavy Metal
Interview with Snowy Shaw, author of The Book Of Heavy Metal by JP When did you first decide it was the time to write your life story? Well, to actually make it into a book, to be released into the world all happened kind of gradually. It’s a long story…
Interview with Christopher Hilton, author of The Spectacular Rise, Fall And Rebirth Of Hair Metal.
Interview with author, Christopher Hilton by JP Tell us a bit about yourself and how you came to be a fan of Hair Metal. I am simply a self-admitted “hair metal” uberfan who’s been living and breathing the music and artists for the past 35 years, who also happens to…
Interview with Dean Swinford Author of the Death Metal Epic Trilogy.
Interview with Dean Swinford Author of the Death Metal Epic Trilogy. by JP Tell us a bit about yourself. I’m Dean Swinford, the author of the Death Metal Epicbook series. The books tell the story of David Fosberg, the guitarist of an obscure Florida death metal band. I’m from…
Interview with Jean Simoulin creator of Analogue Black Terror
Interview with Jean Simoulin creator of Analogue Black Terror by JP How did you come up with the idea for a pictorial history/coffee table book of Black Metal demos? Last year, a close friend of mine exhumed a couple of dusty shoeboxes that had been sleeping in a basement…
Interview with Mats E. Eriksson, author of Another Primordial Day
Interview with Mats E. ERiksson author of Another Primordial Day. by JP (all photos and images courtesy of M.E. Eriksson) Tell us a bit about yourself as a Metal fan. Because I was born way back in 1972 (and thus am nearly a fossil myself) I have gone through much…
Interview with author Greg Prato
Interview with author, Greg Prato by JP It has been seven long years since we chatted with prolific author Greg Prato, just about the time he released his excellent biography of deceased Kiss drummer Eric Carr. Since then Prato has cranked up his productivity into high-great and has…
Prato, Greg -The 100 Greatest Rock Bassists (Book review)
Author: Greg Prato Title: The 100 Greatest Rock Bassists Publisher: Indie Year: 2018 Reviewed: Dec 2018 Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP Greg Prato is a writing machine and seems to be trying break some sort of record for most cool, Rock and Metal books every published! Independent publishing is so convenient and…
Interview with James Curl, author of Ronnie James Dio
Interview with James Curl By JP Tell about your introduction to Metal and how you became such a Dio fan! My first introduction to hard rock and heavy metal really began in the late 1970s and early 80’s with bands like Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Black Sabbath and Van…