Bastian Greshake Tzovaras reviewed Louder Than Hell by Jon Wiederhorn
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3 stars
This book actually started pretty interesting and then went on to become quite boring. While the general interview-style worked fine in the beginning it became pretty boring pretty fast. This is in part because not all of the different metal styles are my cup of tea, but that would be acceptable if it wasn't for the endless repetition.
I mean: How often can you read about excessive drug use (with either people driving themselves to death or plain OD'ing), people starting some kind of violent rage and trashing hotel rooms, group sex backstage & on tour busses and virtually every other rock'n'roll cliché you can think of before you stop caring? For me: Not that often. Yes, of course all those stories are told by the different well-known names of the genre(s), but still…
It may work better though if you don't try to read it from cover to cover …
This book actually started pretty interesting and then went on to become quite boring. While the general interview-style worked fine in the beginning it became pretty boring pretty fast. This is in part because not all of the different metal styles are my cup of tea, but that would be acceptable if it wasn't for the endless repetition.
I mean: How often can you read about excessive drug use (with either people driving themselves to death or plain OD'ing), people starting some kind of violent rage and trashing hotel rooms, group sex backstage & on tour busses and virtually every other rock'n'roll cliché you can think of before you stop caring? For me: Not that often. Yes, of course all those stories are told by the different well-known names of the genre(s), but still…
It may work better though if you don't try to read it from cover to cover but stick to the genre/era you're most interested in.