Hammered
Heavy Tales from the Hard-Rock Highway
Published on 29. February 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
230 pages
978-0-85965-485-2 (ISBN)
Description
Features exclusive stories and encounters with some of the biggest names in rock and metal, including Guns N'Roses, Ozzy Osbourne, Kiss, Metallica, Motörhead, Queen, Sepultura, Alice Cooper, Judas Priest, Pearl Jam, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Fleetwood Mac & Iron Maiden. As one-time editor of Metal Hammer, rock scribe Kirk Blows became drawn into a world of exaggerated egos and hedonistic excess. Here, he presents a unique collection of adventures, anecdotes and close encounters with the world's most notorious rock stars, noisily exploring the stairways to heaven and highways to hell.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight
351 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85965-485-2 (9780859654852)
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E-Book
07/2014
Plexus Publishing Ltd.
€10.00
Available for download
E-Book
07/2014
Plexus Publishing Ltd.
€10.00
Available for download
Person
Kirk Blows is an experienced writer who has edited and launched magazines in both music and sport. As a rock journalist, he edited Metal Hammer and Metal CD magazines and contributed to titles as diverse as RAW, Music Week, Rock CD, Tower Records magazine, International Musician, Guitar magazine, What's On In London and Penthouse, among others. More recently, he has been a staff sports writer for The London Paper and sub-editor on The Sun, while he currently contributes a weekly column on West Ham United for the East London Advertiser. Hammered is his seventh book, with his other titles including The Essential History of West Ham (Headline, 2002), Claret & Blue Blood (Mainstream, 2004) and the five-star rated Bring Me The Head of Trevor Brooking (Mainstream, 2010).