Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, Permuted Press Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP RAINBOW IN THE DARK is likely one of the most anticipated Heavy Metal themed autobiographies in several years. That is not just because it is the life story of Dio but this book has been in the works and public…
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Stanley, Paul-Backstage Pass (Book Review)
Reviewed: July 2021 Released: 2019, HarperOne Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP When it was first published I reviewed Paul Stanley’s 2014 autobiography, FACE THE MUSIC. In that review, I made a comparison to the other three previously published autobiographies by the original members of Kiss (Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley and Peter…
Manning, Mark-Collateral Damage (Book Review)
Reviewed: July 2021 Released: 2002, Creation Books Rating: 2/5 Reviewer: JP Do you recall Zodiac Mindwarp? There had a huge amount of press and buzz in the late 80’s and early 90’s when their album TATTOOED LOVE MESSIAH was released. The band toured North America with Alice Cooper and Guns…
Wheat, Brian – Son Of A Milkman:My Crazy Life With Telsa (Book review)
Reviewed: March 2021 Published: 2021, Post Hill Press Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP I’ve read a lot of rock star autobiographies and this is one of them! On a more serious note, I don’t know why but I came away feeling slightly…underwhelmed after reading SON OF A MILKMAN. Brian Wheat, bassist,…
Laiho, Alexi (w. Silas, Peter) Chaos, Control & Guitar (Book review)
Reviewed: February, 2021 Released: 2020, Johnny Kniga Publishing Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP In very early 2021 (Jan 4th) the world discovered that Alexi Laiho, guitarist and founder of Children Of Bodom had passed away. I personally was not shocked, very disappointed yes, but not shocked. I saw COB on the HEXED…
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…
Shaw, Snowy, -The Book Of Heavy Metal (Book Review)
Reviewed: November, 2020 Released: 2020, WunderWurld Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: JP I was very excited to read the new autobiography of Snowy Shaw. At one point I stopped and wondered why I was looking forward to this book so much. I mean, after all it is ‘just’ another autobiography from a…
Halford, Rob-Confess (Book review)
Reviewed: September, 2020 Published: 2020, Hachette Books Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP CONFESS by Rob Halford is likely one of the most anticipated Metal autobiographies of 2020 and/or even recent memory. Rob Halford, The Metal God has come down off the mountain-top and has bestowed on us a detailed and explicit…
O’Brien, Anna-Marie, Adventures Of A Metalhead Librarian (Book review)
Review Date: April 2020 Released: 2019 Publisher: Independent Rating: 4/5 Review: JP There is a growing field of work that I have dubbed ‘Metalographies’. This term is used to define a book written by someone who chose to write their memoirs or autobiography but primarily framed it in a Metal…
Ellefson David (with Thom Hazaert) More Life With Deth (Book Review)
More Life With Deth (Book review) Published: 2019, Jawbone Press Reviewed: October, 2019 Reviewer: JP Rating: 4/5 Back in early 2014 David Ellefson published his first autobiography MY LIFE WITH DETH. I had the pleasure of reviewing it and enjoyed the book very much. In my review at the time…
Zazula Jon – Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. (Book review)
Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. (Book review) Published: 2019, Crazed Management Reviewed: October, 2019 Reviewer: JP Rating: 4/5 As much as I really enjoy reading autobiographies by my favourite Metal musicians, they can be, at times, a bit one dimensional or repetitive. For my tastes as an…
Interview with J. Marshall Craig, author of Megalife, the new autobiography of Megadeth’s Nick Menza.
Interview with J. Marshall Craig, author of Megalife. by JP What inspired you to write a book about Nick Menza? What is it about his story that makes for such a compelling read? Are you a drummer as well? Nick approached me after I was recommended to him by…
Smith, Chris -What You Make It-The Authorized Biography of Doug Pinnick (Book review)
Smith, Chris – What You Make It Reviewed: August, 2018 Publisher: Independent Year Published: 2018 Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP King’s X has always been one of those bands appreciated, admired and enjoyed by Metal fans, although the band themselves may not be ‘Metal’ in the strictest sense of the term. …
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…
Carmine Appice (with Ian Gittens)- Stick It! My Life Of Sex, Drums and Rock ‘n’ Roll
Reviewed: February 2018 Released: 2017, Chicago Review Press Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP Carmine Appice started his career as a drummer way before I became a music fan. He really first came into my sphere of influence and recognition with his band, King Kobra. To me, he has always been about…