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Metallica, the seventh-biggest recording act in American history, are consummate musicians--but it wasn't always that way. A significant proportion of their playing expertise was acquired from a pivotal three-year period in their history--1983 to 1986--during which their music, a potent variant of thrash metal, evolved from garage level to sophisticated, progressive heights thanks to the teachings of their bass player, Cliff Burton. The San Francisco-raised Burton, born in 1962, pushed the band to new musical levels with his musical training, songwriting ability and phenomenal bass guitar skills. Across three albums--Kill 'Em All (1983), Ride The Lightning (1985) and Metallica's undisputed masterpiece, Master Of Puppets (1986)--Burton's awe-inspiring playing, derived from a unique blend of classical and punk approaches, received worldwide recognition from fans and bass players alike. He was the first heavy metal bassist since Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler to regard the bass as a lead instrument, delivering intricate live solos based on classical fugues and even laying down a solo track on Metallica's debut album. Cliff's life was short but influential; his death was sudden and shocking. At the age of just 24, he was killed when Metallica's tourbus overturned on a remote Swedish mountain road in the early hours of September 27, 1986 for reasons which have still not been ascertained: he was crushed to death after being thrown from his bunk through a window. The driver, who has never been identified, told the rest of the band that the bus had hit black ice, leading to the accident: singer James Hetfield refused to believe him and has often spoken publicly about his doubts. With Cliff's death, Metallica's most critically acclaimed period of activity ended. They went on to record huge-selling albums, but by their own admission never pushed the creative envelope as radically as they had done in the first four years of their career.

A well-cooked bio of a man, his music and his public persona. It is obvious that it is impossible to separate James Hetfield and Metallica. This book might as well be the biography of the band. While chronologically assessing James' life, it also traverses the life of the band. When James' life is hitting the all time low, the band suffers as well, for example: as most of the fans agree about the Load, Reload and St. Anger period. Another accomplishment of the book is the way it captures and describes the music. It is amusing and at the same time actually informing those aspiring to learn about music. It manages to avoid the pitfalls of writing about a band or music in general (as mostly found in magazine articles) which often dry and empty. It's commentary to the songs in Metallica's album is both entertaining and eye-opening. Although I can't say I share all those praises and criticisms, they made me pick up my iPod and listen again to those old songs and hear it in a new way. This biography makes me think more deeply (and less stereotypical) about musicianship, fame and the world of a rock n roll. And James Hetfield as a subject happens to be one that manages to achieve success in many levels beyond the superficialities typically presented. It also captures how a genre is defined. Metallica is one of the defining figure in the heavy/trash metal genre. The tug-of-war between the band and the fans and critics about what should and should not be in the genre is also interesting to observe. How "free" can actually a musician be with regards to the genre he is playing in?I would certainly recommend this book to any Metallica fans :-)

At fourteen, Toronto school friends Steve 'Lips' Kudlow and Robb Reiner made a pact to rock together forever. Forming their band 'Anvil' they went on to become the 'demi-gods of Canadian metal', releasing one of the heaviest albums in metal history, 1982's Metal on Metal. The album influenced a musical generation including the world-dominating bands Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax, all of whom went on to sell millions of records. Anvil's career would take a different path, however, as they slipped straight into obscurity...Almost thirty years later Lips and Robb, our unlikely musical heroes, are still chasing their dream. Anvil! The Story of Anvil, their autobiography, follows the ups and down of their career and their volatile friendship (which has now spanned almost four decades), reveals their dedication and unadulterated passion for their music, and carries us along on their last-ditch quest for fame and fortune. Based on Sacha Gervasi's award-winning film of the same name, and published to coincide with its worldwide release, this hilarious yet poignant book reminds us that if you believe in yourself, stick by your friends and never give up, you really can make your dreams come true. You cannot fail to be moved by this story. Anvil rock!

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