The Great Metal Discography 2 Ed: Complete Discographies Listing Every Track Recorded by More Than 1,200 Groups - Softcover

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9781841951850: The Great Metal Discography 2 Ed: Complete Discographies Listing Every Track Recorded by More Than 1,200 Groups

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ISBN 10: 1841951854 ISBN 13: 9781841951850

Publisher: Canongate U.S., 2002

From Martin C. Strong, the man who brought you The Great Rock Discography (now in its fifth edition), comes the next indispensable installment in the ongoing chronicle of music's rich tapestry: The Great Metal Discography. Whether you're a seasoned Sabbath stalwart or a death-metal debutante, this authoritative almanac is the ultimate guide to amplified guitar abuse in all its multifarious guises, guiding you fearlessly, and often irreverently, through "hard rock," "heavy metal," "thrash metal," "funk metal," death metal," "hardcore," "grindcore," "grunge," "black metal," and more. Fully revised and updated to the end of 2000, The Great Metal Discography contains over one thousand individual entries. Each entry features complete discographies that detail every release in all formats, full track listings for each album, B-sides for each single, expanded biographies and band histories, catalog ordering numbers, top U.S. and U.K. chart positions, and recommendations of must-have recordings and essential listening. From Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith and AC/DC, to Motorhead and Iron Maiden, Nirvana and Marilyn Manson, this book has the lowdown on everyone who ever turned the amplifier up to eleven. "The discographical book every self-respecting Classic Rock reader should have on their bookshelf." -- Classic Rock

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About the Author:

MARTIN C. STRONG has been researching and compiling discographies for around 25 years, among them The Great Metal Discography, The Great Alternative and Indie Discography, The Great Psychedelic Discography and, of course, The Great Rock Discography and The Essential Rock Discography. He is currently working on the second installment of Lights, Camera, Soundtracks which focuses on classical soundtracks and film scores. He lives in Falkirk, Scotland. BRENDON GRIFFIN has worked sporadically on the Great Rock Discography series since the late 90s. His work has also appeared in Songlines and Record Collector, and he's a regular contributor to HMV Choice. When not fielding exacting calls from Martin, he's often wandering abroad for Rough Guides, contributing to the West Africa, Central America, Bolivia, Spain and Portugal titles, and writing Spain: 25 Ultimate Experiences. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife Erika.

From Library Journal:

Tackling heavy metal, hard rock, grunge, and a few punk bands, Strong treats rock fans to a heavy-metal sequel to his groundbreaking The Great Rock Discography and The Great Psychedelic Discography. As in his other exhaustive works, Strong begins each entry with a fact-filled, engaging biography of the band or artist. He includes career highlights, noteworthy dates, names of band members, and recommended recordings rated on a scale of one to ten. The discography that follows offers a comprehensive list of every seven-inch, 12-inch, and long-playing record and CD issued by the artist through 1997, complete with the top British and American chart positions of each entry. Though he repeats entries for many well-known groups included in The Great Rock Discography (e.g., Metallica, Kansas, Nirvana, and Led Zeppelin), Strong chronicles the output of such heavy-metal madmen as Barren Cross, Excalibur, Gorefest, and Lawnmower Deth that appear in few other readily accessible rock compendiums. Metalheads and rock fans who do not own Strong's seminal rock volume will use this book as the ultimate reference. Highly recommended.ADavid P. Szatmary, Univ. of Washington, Seattle
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