Yeah, yeah, I know. This must be a work of fiction. After all, how could a roadie write a book when they can't even read? The only reason most bands have roadies is to make the bassist and drummer look a little more capable as human beings. But having said that... Joel Miller is either … Continue reading Book Review: Memoir of a Roadie – Joel Miller
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We don't do too many book reviews on this site, mainly as it takes longer to plough through a few thousand words than it does to wallow in a gig or sink into a good album for a few listens. However, we got sent this one some time before publication date and it sat on … Continue reading Book Review: Dear Mr Pop Star – Derek & Dave Philpott
With Guns n’ Roses in the middle of their enormous global ‘Not In This Lifetime’ tour and Appetite For Destruction re-entering the music charts, perhaps it’s as good a time as any to take a look back at one of the all-time great musical autobiographies. While Duff McKagan and Steven Adler have both released highly-readable … Continue reading Book Review – Slash: The Autobiography
In a way it seems almost strange to review a biography, doesn’t it? Even if it is one of the finest and most successful metal vocalists of all time. What am I doing; reviewing his life and giving him a gold star for success but could do better in parts? Let’s face it, before you … Continue reading Book Review: Bruce Dickinson – What Does This Button Do?
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What began as a one-off offshoot from the now-extended Eviscerated Panda "trilogy", Cleo Howard's diary has also just hit its third volume. Focussing, as the title suggests, on the pre-Millennium year of 1999 it's another year in the life of the red-headed Reading-based metalhead. I do often wonder how much of these diaries are biographical … Continue reading Book Review: The Nearly New Millennium Diary Of Cleo Howard 1999 by Sarah Tipper