{"product_id":"heroes-of-the-metal-underground-the-definitive-guide-to-1980s-american-independent-metal-bands-paperback","title":"Heroes of the Metal Underground: The Definitive Guide to 1980s American Independent Metal Bands - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexandros Anesiadis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eYiannis Scarpelos\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe only encyclopedic and definitive book on American indie metal!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf all you know about metal music was what was heard on commercial radio, then you don't know metal at all. \u003cem\u003eHeroes of the Metal Underground\u003c\/em\u003e profiles over 1100 American bands from every town and city in the United States who ever released a record.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMetal bands exploded during the 1980s. Influenced by the heavy sounds coming out of Britain via Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, young guitar shredders turned the amps up and played harder and faster. American record companies scooped up a few bands and signed them to major label recording deals (Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax) but that left hundreds of bands--and their fans--trying to get their songs heard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese intrepid metal bands borrowed a page from punk's DIY handbook and did it themselves. Regional favorites. Hometown heroes. Tour van veterans. Bands who invested their life-savings into recording and pressing their songs onto albums for a shot at immortality on vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"With his previous books, \u003ci\u003eCrossover the Edge\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWe Can Be the\u003cbr\u003eNew Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, Alexandros Anesiadis has already proven beyond doubt his commitment\u003cbr\u003eto his subject matter when it comes to unearthing long-lost musical gems. A\u003cbr\u003esonic archaeologist on an arcane mission, he does all the digging and gets his\u003cbr\u003ehands dirty, so we don't have to. And once again, \u003ci\u003eHeroes of the Metal Underground\u003c\/i\u003e is\u003cbr\u003eno exception, a warm and enthusiastic trawl through the American metal\u003cbr\u003eunderground of the Eighties - a deep dive so deep your ears will be bleeding...\u003cbr\u003eand not just from the hydrostatic pressure! This one will take you a month to\u003cbr\u003eread, but a whole year to digest, such is the colorful smorgasbord of rare\u003cbr\u003edelicacies served up for your attention.\" - Ian Glasper, \u003ci\u003eSilence Is No\u003cbr\u003eReaction: Forty Years of Subhumans\u003c\/i\u003e (PM Press, \u003cbr\u003e2023) and \u003ci\u003eBurning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984\u003c\/i\u003e (PM Press, 2014)\u003cbr\u003e\"Alexandros' in-depth research and clear love and fervor for\u003cbr\u003ethis music bleeds all over this book! A reference book to a movement that\u003cbr\u003echanged music from the underside, through the back door and crashing the gates\u003cbr\u003eto get in. A never taking no for an answer youth movement of music which is\u003cbr\u003elike a library full of classics for you to discover! 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