The Sentinel wrote:I don't have any Swedish book about metal. I tried to find one but unfortunaltely, never found one. So, one big book about swedisch metal definately has my vote, because I will never find a volume I or II.
Volume 1 is unfortunately out of print, but Vol 2 is still available. You can purchase it through me directly or www.premiumpublishing.com, or Metal pages in Germany.
Just thought I'd bump this thread since Janne has been coming around lately and I'm sure I'm not the only one a wee bit curious..
Qs:
- How far into the work on vol. 3 are you?
- Will it be the "Ultimate Swedish HM/HR Book" we're all hoping for?
..and on a more touchy subject:
- Have you considered "weeding out" some of the bands featured in the 2 previous volumes, that in hinsight might not really qualify as hard rock?
(and yes, I've still got those 7"s I've promised you ages ago + more. will mail them to you next week if you adress is still the same )
No worries about the singles
I still haven't come around to exactly how I will present Vol 3. I'm currently doing the layout for a forthcoming encyclopedia of Swedish punk written by Peter Jandreus, meaning my hands are pretty full at the moment with this and all the other writing, recording, plus a full time dayjob.
If you have any suggestions on how you would like to see Vol 3 it would be appreciated. Should it be yet another update, or maybe one mother of a book with all bands from the previous books, too? What do you think?
Well, to be frank I really think another "update" book would be hard to sell, considering how rare the 1st volume is by now. If size is a purely technical problem I guess a simplyfied layout might be the answer. As well as more strict definitions on what really is considered hard rock/heavy metal.
Stark wrote:
If you have any suggestions on how you would like to see Vol 3 it would be appreciated. Should it be yet another update, or maybe one mother of a book with all bands from the previous books, too? What do you think?
Hi Janne,
if you do a new book, it really should be a complete one, not "just" another update! It should not be called Vol3 but "ultimate edition" or something like that, I'd love to see that
everyone needs this book:
"HEADBANGERS: The Worldwide Megabook of Heavy Metal Bands" by Mark Hale.
covers 80's up to 1992. came out in 1993. I have never found a mistake in it (doesn't mean there are not any) Best book I have ever seen on the subject. I would say it is strongest on American metal but it covers a lot of territory. I refer to it constantly. It is of course missing bands. The beauty of it is it is only old metal and is not diluted by so much crap like is on Metal Archives. And no opinions, except for the usual one line descriptor like "hard mainstream metal" which isn't a lie and isn't wrong either, it is really just a 540 page book full of hard data and nothing else except indexes. TONS of demo bands in it.
long out of print but I bet you can find used copies , a google search turns u p these links: http://www.bestwebbuys.com/Headbangers- ... c=b-search
I picked this one up half a year ago and it's indeed essential stuff when you want to dig deep into the 80's (mainly US-) metal underground. A lot of obscure bands that remained in their demo days are listed here. I use it quite a lot and I've found many interesting stuff. Very, very recommendable
Stark wrote:
If you have any suggestions on how you would like to see Vol 3 it would be appreciated. Should it be yet another update, or maybe one mother of a book with all bands from the previous books, too? What do you think?
Hi Janne,
if you do a new book, it really should be a complete one, not "just" another update! It should not be called Vol3 but "ultimate edition" or something like that, I'd love to see that
I'm with you. The ultimate edition would be perfect
Look this site it's main feauture is a Scandinavian 80's records special.Many bands never seen ever mentioned.It is in japanese only covers can be useful there.
I recently got the book Metal Generation by Darryl Keck (who did the Amplified Assault zine in the 80s). Not so much a resource as a retelling of the author's own experiences in the 80s metal scene. A very interesting read, especially for someone like me who didn't get into metal until the late 80s and therefore missed a lot of metal history.
My favourite book is "Heavy Metal Aus Osteuropa" by Stefan Riermeier from Karthago Records. The book presents Heavy Metal vinyls and CDs by East European bands covering countries such as Bulgaria, Russia, Poland, Ex Yugoslavia, Hungary or Austria. Too bad it is in German...
There also exists a good book about the history Spanish Heavy Metal...
I know this is an old thread, but since it resurfaced...
Poppoff's books are never very good IMO. Some useful info at times, but his price guides are never very accurate and books that contain his ramblings are just hard to read. I don't like his writing style at all, and I rarely agree with his opinions (he gushes way too much over any metal band that uses even a single blues riff).
Re: the Swedish volumes, they're great for discography information, but they're a bit thin on band history and what the heck the bands sound like. Personally I'd love to see the band entries contain more background info on the bands, their sound, and their influences rather than just the bare-bones facts (i.e., more like the entries in Malc's book(. Granted, this would add significantly to the page count, but maybe the format could be revised to give all the catalog #s in an index/appendix rather than having them take up so much space in the main text.
"I'm sorry Sam, we had real chemistry. But like a monkey on the sun, our love was too hot to live"
-Becky
Keir wrote:I recently got the book Metal Generation by Darryl Keck (who did the Amplified Assault zine in the 80s). Not so much a resource as a retelling of the author's own experiences in the 80s metal scene. A very interesting read, especially for someone like me who didn't get into metal until the late 80s and therefore missed a lot of metal history.
I got that book too, but I didn't like it very much. I couldn't believe how many times he gave in to label pressure and featured bands he didn't like in his 'zine, or gave them better reviews than they deserved. Then he'd say something like "I didn't want to sacrifice my integrity again"... and then he'd do it again!
Keir wrote:I recently got the book Metal Generation by Darryl Keck (who did the Amplified Assault zine in the 80s). Not so much a resource as a retelling of the author's own experiences in the 80s metal scene. A very interesting read, especially for someone like me who didn't get into metal until the late 80s and therefore missed a lot of metal history.
I got that book too, but I didn't like it very much. I couldn't believe how many times he gave in to label pressure and featured bands he didn't like in his 'zine, or gave them better reviews than they deserved. Then he'd say something like "I didn't want to sacrifice my integrity again"... and then he'd do it again!
I recently got the book too. I found it fairly enjoyable.
In terms of giving in to label pressure I think it was because he wanted to be taken seriously and Amplified Assault to be treated as a bona fide magazine rather a fanzine. If he had just kept as a fanzine he could feature who he wanted etc. That's my view on it anyhow
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