A History of Heavy Metal

By: Andrew O'Neill

Narrated by: Andrew O'Neill

Based on the "absolutely hilarious" (Neil Gaiman) stand-up show.

The history of heavy metal brings us extraordinary stories of larger-than-life characters living to excess, from the household names of Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy, Iron Maiden and Metallica to the brutal notoriety of the underground Norwegian black metal scene and the New Wave of British heavy metal.

It is the story of a worldwide network of rabid fans escaping everyday mundanity through music, of cutthroat corporate arseholes ripping off those fans and the bands they worship to line their pockets. The expansive pantheon of heavy metal musicians includes junkies, Satanists and murderers, born-again Christians and teetotallers, stadium-touring billionaires and toilet-circuit journeymen.

Award-winning comedian and lifelong heavy metal obsessive Andrew O'Neill has performed his History of Heavy Metal comedy show to a huge range of audiences, from the teenage metalheads of Download festival to the broadsheet-reading theatregoers of the Edinburgh Fringe. Now, in his first book, he takes us on his own very personal and hilarious journey through the history of the music, the subculture and the characters who shaped this most misunderstood genre of music.

©2017 Andrew O'Neill (P)2017 Headline Audiobooks

Best epilog ever

Loved it! I highly recommend it and it's a laugh to boot. Give it a try and enjoy.

One man’s story and Opinion on heavy metal

I enjoyed this and did agree with some things and definitely disagreed with others .Like most metal heads I think k I’m right and you’re wrong and it’s his book not mine. But I have deducted one star for saying Pantera last Lp Reinventing the Steel sucked!!!! Your wrong!!also. It knowing Troy Sanders is the bass player in mastodon?? Unless I listened to that part wrong I didn’t rewind it. .. I’d love to do this myself. I’d include more of the stoner doom and sludge though in mine

worth it on so many levels

Worth it on so many levels. Informative. Funny. and the delivery by the author / comedian / metal band member is exceptional.

This is an amazing book

I ❤️ this book. It is amazing. I do wish that it would have talked more about prog, but that’s ok. The author is also funny. I would recommend this book to any metal fan.

I love this

This book kept my attention and cracked me up at times when I didn't agree with his opinion. I think thr time line for metal was well written and executed.