| 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists Contributor(s): McIver, Joel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1906002207 ISBN-13: 9781906002206 Publisher: Jawbone Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: December 2008 Annotation: From its earliest days, heavy metal has been defined by its screamingly loud, distorted guitars, so it's no wonder that the genre is rife with fabulous players. This large format, well-illustrated book showcases metal's 100 greatest axe men, from early heroes like the legendary Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck to stars from the 1970s and 1980s such as Motorhead's Fast Eddie Clarke and Pantera's "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott to hot new talents like Mick Thompson of the nu-metal band Slipknot. Each entry includes a career biography, with makes and models of guitars played, and explains in technical but informal terms why the player deserves a spot on the coveted list. Sidebars and boxes detail each guitarist's trademark playing style and top riff. Throughout, the book celebrates guitarists like Steve Vai and Joe Satriani, who don't play metal but do merit honorable mention for their contributions to rock. |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Heavy Metal - Music | Musical Instruments - Guitar - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 1091369 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.3" W x 10.6" L (1.70 lbs) 224 pages |
| Features: Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
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| Publisher Description: The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists is a book with a mission. Since we emerged from the primeval ooze, mankind has laboured under the mistaken impression that hard rock is heavy metal and heavy metal is hard rock. Author Joel McIver sets out to rectify this tragic situation with the definitive list of guitar warriors: one hundred axe-slingers who don't bother with show-off rock riffage and power ballads--they play METAL. Specifically thrash metal, death metal, power metal, doom metal and the traditional heavy metal that fans have known and loved since Tony Iommi first placed his industrially-truncated fingertips on a power chord back in 1970. In this book, metal guitar expert McIver selects the most accomplished guitarists from the four generations of metal to date and places them in order according to their technical proficiency, or their pioneering ideas--or both. Whether you're into the modern metal of Trivium, Avenged Sevenfold and Dragonforce, classic 80s and 90s extreme metal from Metallica, Slayer and Pantera, or the movement's original pioneers Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, you'll love this book--and from the moment you lay eyes on No. 100, you won't put The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists down until you've gone all the way to No. 1, the most gifted metal guitarist of all time |
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