Title: A Great Pop-Culture Read!
Product review: This is a great, easy to read book for anyone out there who grew up in the 80's and/or was/is into metal or hard rock. Brought back a lot of memories for me! Generally well written and engaging. I disagreed with some of his arguments about keyboards (hey, Dio used keyboards, and they were heavy!!) and i think he missed the significance of Operation:Mindcrime (which is eerily relevant today. check it out!!). Also, he didn't give enough credit to Iron Maiden, et al, in my opinion, but he obviously liked the Crue and Poison's more, so can't fault him there. I thought his excuses for some of the racism and sexism and homophobia in some of the 80's metal was a bit thin as well. All in all though, this is a great book, and it's fantastic that someone is thinking about this stuff seriously, and trying to give it some of the context and relevance it deserved. So, if you like heavy music, well worth your time. You won't be disappointed!
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