Joel Mciver: 24 books

Rage Against The Machine's founding member and guitarist Tom Morello has given author Joel McIver his blessing to write this unauthorised biography of one of the most pro-actively political rock bands on the planet. In this book Joel McIver gives a clear and unbiased analysis of the group’s stance on a wide range of issues, as well as a chronology of their career.

Joel McIver's acclaimed Black Sabbath biography, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, concluded in 2011 that its subjects were at a crossroads. Could Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill manage after over 40 years in business to get back together one more time? After all, the veteran heavy metal musicians were grieving...

Joel McIver erzählt mit akribischer Genauigkeit Metallicas Geschichte, enthüllt die Mythen, die seit Jahren mit der Band umgeben und verrät die ungeschminkte Wahrheit über seine Entstehung und seine Entwicklung. Fangen Sie an mit den frühen Jahren mit den volltrunkenen Club-Gigs und endlosen...

When the Los Angeles thrash metal band Slayer redefined the parameters of heavy music in 1986 with the horrific Reign In Blood album few of their fans would have predicted that nearly a quarter of a century later their fame would be undimmed and their subject matter still as controversial as ever....

Erykah Badu stands at the forefront of a whole new genre of music. Before Macy Gray, Alicia Keys and Angie Stone, Erykah was bringing the unique sounds of neo-soul - the classic vibes of Motown and Stax smoothed by Jazz and toughened by Hip-Hop - to the people. quite simply, there is no other artist...

Groupe anglais par excellence, Motörhead joue du rock depuis 1975. Le groupe est emmené par le légendaire Lemmy et ne montre aucun signe de faiblesse. Depuis les classiques des débuts comme Ace Of Spades, Overkill et No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith, le groupe a enregistré vingt-cinq albums. Overkill...

Arriving on the music scene in 2003 the Kings of Leon embarked on a sex drug and booze-fuelled rampage through the London music and fashion scene never afraid to reveal all to the press and somehow surviving to tell the tale. Joel McIver's new book the first ever Kings of Leon biography digs deep into their history to reveal a band like no other.

They are the band that created metal music . . . and they have defined it for more than four decades. Black Sabbath's career spans eleven different line-ups and nineteen studio albums in addition to the twenty-eight solo albums of the original four members. The band began in 1968 as a blues rock band...

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...

In 1975 legendary bassist Lemmy decreed that Motörhead would be “the dirtiest rock’n’roll band in the world. If you moved in next door, your lawn would die.” Overkill: The Untold Story Of Motörhead tells the whole story of the ultimate rock trip. The Omnibus Enhanced edition includes...

Over 17 years and eight albums, heavy metal band Machine Head have sold millions of units, earned a Grammy nomination and won personal awards from Metal Hammer and other magazines. The story is a classic rise, fall and rise again scenario -- they exploded onto the metal scene in 1994, enjoyed a successful...

The very first book about the Anglo-American metal band Tool explores not only their uncompromising music but also their unsettling self-made image based on mythological symbols and arcane theories. The quartet of master musicians - Maynard James Keenan Danny Carey Justin Chancellor and Adam Jones -...

Von den meisten als die erste Heavy-Metal-Band überhaupt bezeichnet und von Millionen vergöttert, hat die Band in ständig wechselnder Besetzung weltweit Tausende von Konzerten gespielt, dabei die unheilige Dreifaltigkeit aus Sex, Drogen und Skandalen ausgelebt und auf diesem Weg so ziemlich jede...

Ceci est le tout premier livre écrit sur Tool, lequel est bien plus qu’un simple groupe de métal ; il explore non seulement leur musique sans concession, mais également l’image trouble que le quatuor s’est fabriquée en se basant sur divers symboles mythologiques et d’obscures théories. Maynard...