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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storminator" data-source="post: 1314620" data-attributes="member: 305">Abso-<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />ing-lutely. There's an extensive breakdown of metal genres, with breakdowns of which albums were real milestones: To Mega Therion, Melissa, Black Metal, Reign in Blood...It covers everything. The glam bands have their chapter, but it's clear they were poseurs: it quotes Rob Halford as calling them "T&A metal." It even describes Manowar's concert ritual: find a kid in the crowd with a Metallica shirt, pull him up on stage, baptise him in ridicule, rip the shirt off, give him a Manowar shirt, and send him back.But it's more than just the bands, it talks about how the fans networked, and how we lived the music. It goes on and on and on about bootleg tape traders swapping bands... and I look at my old tape collection -- half are homemade recordings. It talks about how metal was built on headbanging in your car -- my first car had a kickin stereo, and I needed it. It talks about the importance of shows, because you didn't hear the real bands on the radio, the concert tee uniform... and I look in my dresser, my Iron Maiden Powerslave shirt is paper thin, but it's still there.I too have seen the BS books, that were written by those who knew squat. This guy (Ian Christe) knew his <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />, and it shows. I'm telling you, this is the best book of all time! I've already bought copies for my highschool metal buddies. If you like metal, read this book!PS</blockquote>

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