Very professional... I get asked to sign copies of this book all over the world. (Lars Ulrich, Metallica)
McIver has left no stone unturned to discover the truth... Exactly the weighty tome Metallica deserve. (Record Collector)
McIver is exhaustive in his research... A book for the [Metallica] obsessive. (Q)
When the first edition of this book was published in 2004, it caused enormous controversy, with author Joel McIver's account of Metallica's rise and fall exposing the multiple myths that had surrounded the band for years.
For the first time, a book dared to tell the unvarnished truth about their early life on the San Francisco circuit, their heyday as the world's most uncompromising metal band and the notorious controversies which plagued their later years.
