Ever wondered what it takes to be a heavy metal journalist? In this comprehensive collection, Neil Daniels has interviewed a staggering 65 of the world's most successful writers of heavy metal and hard rock. Many of these writers are successful biographers, editors and long-standing freelancers who have interviewed some of the genre's leading artists from KISS to Metallica and Black Sabbath to Slayer. They've travelled the world over, lived in tour buses, got drunk with their idols, attended some of the greatest gigs in history and are still alive to tell the tale. It's all here; the wild stories, the anecdotes.. .and the advice! All Pens Blazing offers a potted history of the genre as well as the publishing industry from the legendary Sounds and Melody Maker to metal bibles Kerrang! and Metal Hammer to modern day magazines like Terrorizer, Powerplay and Classic Rock. There's also a wealth of information on fanzines and webzines as well as long-gone magazines like Metal Forces, RIP and RAW. With a foreword by the Canadian metal historian Martin Popoff, this collection makes essential reading for the heavy metal fan. It is also a worthy historical document for the serious enthusiast and can be used as a handy reference tool for the aspiring metal writer. NEIL DANIELS has written about classic rock and heavy metal for a wide range of magazines and fanzines. He has penned books on Judas Priest, Robert Plant, Linkin Park and Bon Jovi and co-authored Dawn Of The Metal Gods: My Life In Judas Priest & Heavy Metal with Al Atkins. More information is obtainable at www.neildaniels.com
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If your looking for a flashback to the good old days of rock then you can't really go wrong with this one. Some classic moments from the past and stories to keep you reading. To be honest I typically keep these kind of books on the loo as toilet read but this one was bedside material. Trust me that is a good recommendation!
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All Pens Blazing is basically a collection of 65 interviews with some of the world's leading metal writers, including, Geoff Barton, Dante Bonutto, Paul Brannigan, Steffan Chirazi, Ian Christe, Dave Dickson, Malcolm Dome, Paul Elliott, Lonn Friend, Neil Jeffries, Howard Johnson, Dave Lewis, Dave Ling, Peter Makowski, Matthias Madder, Joel McIver, Alexander Milas, Derek Oliver, Martin Popoff, Greg Prato, Dave Reynolds, Steven Rosen, Xavier Russell, Brian Slagel, Paul Suter and Jeb Wright.
It's a great read and the kind of book that you can dip in and out of. There are so many stories especially from the Kerrang! writers of the eighties. There's also a cool foreword by the Canadian writer Martin Popoff. If you want to learn about the bands read the writers. In fact these interviews are more interesting than the artists themselves. It's a killer tome! Great title too...
It's a great read and the kind of book that you can dip in and out of. There are so many stories especially from the Kerrang! writers of the eighties. There's also a cool foreword by the Canadian writer Martin Popoff. If you want to learn about the bands read the writers. In fact these interviews are more interesting than the artists themselves. It's a killer tome! Great title too...
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What a great title! What a great idea. For years we read the words of those rock journo's in Sounds, Record Mirror, NME, Kerrang! etcetera, but here we have those very people, like Geoff Barton, Steffan Chirazi, Malcolm Dome; telling us how they became rock scribes in the first place, along with pretty interesting details about what they have done with their luck since. Many have written rock biogs, others have become rock radio DJ's; but this book gets in there with every gritty detail and tells it like it is.
A very original idea by Neil Daniels in getting this book together, and when you have read it, you'll be pleased he did. A masterpiece!
A very original idea by Neil Daniels in getting this book together, and when you have read it, you'll be pleased he did. A masterpiece!
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