Hell Bent For Leather: Confessions Of A Heavy Metal Addict (SCARCE FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)

Hunter, Seb

ISBN 10: 0007160496 / ISBN 13: 9780007160495

Published by Fourth Estate, London, 2004

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VG. First edition, first printing. Paperback. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, SEB HUNTER, without dedication or inscription on title-page. viii,309pp. Illustrated with photographs. The autobiography of English musician Seb Hunter, (born1971). The account of his 15-year Heavy Metal journey: from his first guitar, to his first gig, and on through groupies and girlfriends and too many drugs, to a faltering career in London, the arrival of Grunge music and a much needed haircut. Reading creasing and chipping on spine; else a very good copy of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hell Bent For Leather: Confessions Of A Heavy Metal Addict (SCARCE FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
• Publisher: Fourth Estate, London
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007160496
• ISBN 13: 9780007160495
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography and Autobiography
  • Performing Arts

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Synopsis

Seb HunterA HEARTBREAKING AND HILARIOUS CONFESSION OF A HEAVY METAL OBSESSION.Seb Hunter was a Heavy Metal fan and he's not proud.HELL BENT FOR LEATHER is the story of Seb Hunter's 15-year Heavy Metal from his first guitar (his dad's), to his first gig (Rag 'n' Bones play the John Stripe Theatre in Winchester

Review

Anyone who's ever perused the headbanger press can attest that, when writing about heavy metal, one should not attempt to emulate the music's crushing, extravagant, vehement brutality. No, the excess of metal is best conveyed in more subdued tones, and it would seem that Seb Hunter concurs. Thanks to the first-time London author's light touch, the part primer, part memoir works well. Chronicling his devotion to the genre from his first encounter with an AC/DC record as a 10 year old through stints as a guitarist for a progression of bands with names like Armageddon's Ring, Excalibur, Rag 'n' Bones, the Trash Can Junkies, Cool Hand Luke, Cat Ballou, and Love Knuckle (that last one signaling his split from metal in a post-Nirvana alternative universe), Hunter relies heavily on humor, peppered with pathos and stark realism. Hunter's sad sack telling of his own rags-to-leather story is interrupted periodically for lessons on the fundamentals of metal, like why keyboards suck and how to tell the difference between thrash metal and speed metal. Useful stuff, and, in Hunter's hands, deftly delivered. Metalheads will appreciate Hunter's keen understanding of their beloved music and its attendant folkways, but one needn't know the difference between Stryper and Slayer to get a rush from Hell Bent for Leather. --Steven Stolder