Mick Wall Bücher

Das unentbehrliche Handbuch, vollgepackt mit Informationen zur Musik von Metallica. Album für Album informiert es detailreich über jeden Song, der jemals von Metallica veröffentlicht wurde - von ihrem Debütalbum Kill 'Em All (1983) bis zum heutigen Tag.Zu allen Alben und Songs gibt das Buch Auskunft über die Orte, Daten und Produzenten der Aufnahmen und nennt die Autoren der Songs. Zusätzliche Kapitel informieren über Kompilationen und Neuveröffentlichungen. Mit 16-seitigem Fototeil und einem Song-Register.Mick Wall und Malcolm Dome haben für verschiedene Rockmagazine wie Raw oder Kerrang! über Metal-Themen im Allgemeinen und Metallica im Besonderen geschrieben. Als Autorenteam verfassten sie Bücher über Bon Jovi, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots und andere Bands.

Als AC/DC 1976 von Sydney nach England gingen, waren sie in ihrer australischen Heimat bereits Stars. In Europa schafften sie mit einer Reihe legendärer Auftritte im Londoner Marquee Club den Durchbruch. Auch wenn sie hart und laut waren und Angus Young in seiner Schuluniform und Bon Scott mit seinen Tattoos aus der Menge der langhaarigen Rockveteranen herausstachen, hatten sie mit der zeitgleich aufkommenden Punk-Bewegung nichts gemein. Sie waren gestandene Musiker, die einfach nur RocknRoll machten und von Anfang an ziemlich klare Vorstellungen davon hatten, was sie erreichen wollten. Als Bon Scott, ihr charismatischer Sänger, im Februar 1980 starb, stand die Band dank ihres erfolgreichen Albums Highway to Hell kurz vor dem internationalen Durchbruch. Ihr Aufstieg in den Rockolymp war stets von schweren Krisen begleitet, doch es gelang ihr stets, sich auf ihre Stärken zu besinnen. Heute sind AC/DC populärer denn je. Mick Wall, der Grandseigneur des Rockjournalismus, hat für seine kritische Biografie über die Band der beiden Brüder Malcolm und Angus Young mit zahlreichen Weggefährten gesprochen. Es gelingt ihm, in die Mauer des Schweigens, die die Young-Brüder um AC/DC errichtet haben, zumindest einige Löcher zu reißen.

They released no singles; most of their albums have no lettering or titles of any description; they spent their early years touring in America - but all that aside, Led Zeppelin remain probably the greatest, biggest-selling heavy rock band of all time. This book tells their story.

Alongside contemporaries Slayer, Megadeath and Anthrax, Metallica came to prominence in the eighties as one of the 'big four' of thrash metal. Metallica were to thrash, though, what the Sex Pistols were to punk. Nearly thirty years on, their tale is one of alcohol, rule breaking and tragically early death.

In "The Ace of Spades," Motorhead's iconic frontman, Lemmy, expressed a desire to live just before forever to avoid the rush. This biography tells his strange yet true story, capturing his brutally frank, painfully funny, and beautifully told journey. It chronicles the life of a rock 'n' roller who never sold his soul for fame, while keeping the devil "very close to my side." From his school days in North Wales to his rise to fame in the mid-60s with the Rockin' Vicars, Lemmy's path is filled with memorable moments. He served as Jimi Hendrix's personal roadie, famously scoring acid for him, and led Hawkwind to chart success with "Silver Machine," despite being fired for taking the wrong drugs. The formation of Motorhead, initially named Bastard, marked a significant chapter, with their album NO SLEEP 'TIL HAMMERSMITH hitting No. 1 in the UK charts. Based on extensive interviews with Lemmy by biographer Mick Wall, along with insights from friends, bandmates, and industry insiders, this biography offers an unputdownable account of one of Britain's most unique characters. Lemmy's legacy is solidified, revealing how he became a legend in rock history.

This official biography is an accurate and unflinching account of the highs and lows that have accompanied the rise to fame of Britain's hardest rocking band. It demonstrates the artistic validity of Iron Maiden as much as their commercial impact.

The final word on the only name synonymous with heavy metal - Black Sabbath.

The final word on the world's greatest rock band, Led Zeppelin. They were 'the last great band of the sixties; the first great band of the seventies'; they rose, somewhat unpromisingly, from the ashes of the Yardbirds to become one of the biggest-selling rock bands of all time. Mick Wall, respected rock writer and former confidant of both Page and Plant, unflinchingly tells the story of the band that wrote the rulebook for on-the-road excess - and eventually paid the price for it, with disaster, drug addiction and death. WHEN GIANTS WALKED THE EARTH reveals for the first time the true extent of band leader Jimmy Page's longstanding interest in the occult, and goes behind the scenes to expose the truth behind their much-hyped yet spectacularly contrived comeback at London's O2 arena last year, and how Jimmy Page plans to bring the band back permanently - if only his former protégé, now part-time nemesis, Robert Plant will allow him to. Wall also recounts, in a series of flashbacks, the life stories of the five individuals that made the dream of Led Zeppelin into an even more incredible and hard-to-swallow reality: Page, Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, and their infamous manager, Peter Grant. The culmination of several years research, this book tells the full, shocking story of Led Zeppelin from the inside, written by someone who has known Jimmy Page for over twenty years.