''Absolutely hilarious'' - Neil Gaiman
''One of the funniest musical commentators that you will ever read . . . loud and thoroughly engrossing'' - Alan Moore
''A man on a righteous mission to persuade people to "lay down your souls to the gods rock and roll".'' - The Sunday Times
''As funny and preposterous as this mighty music deserve'' - John Higgs
The history of heavy metal brings brings us extraordinary stories of larger-than-life characters living to excess, from the household names of Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy, Bruce Dickinson and Metallica (SIT DOWN, LARS!), to the brutal notoriety of the underground Norwegian black metal scene and the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. It is the story of a worldwide network of rabid fans escaping everyday mundanity through music, of cut-throat corporate arseholes ripping off those fans and the bands they worship to line their pockets. The expansive pantheon of heavy metal musicians
