Description
Book SynopsisUltimate Heavy Metal Guitars profiles 80+ heavy metal guitarists from the 1970s to today, featuring performance photography and an authoritative text detailing the careers and gear of each.
Trade Review"Headbangers will likely rejoice about the thorough celebration of the power and fury of metal in this enjoyable encyclopedia.—Dan McClure."
-- Dan McClure * Library Journal *
"...based on a strictly objective opinion, ULTIMATE HEAVY METAL GUITARS is superb on every level. The presentation, artists selection, range of eras, and styles, the nice balance of fact, and opinion, the mix of history and gear talk, Prown has done an incredible job on this book." * Metal-Rules.com *
Table of ContentsContents
Introduction: Loud and Proud
Chapter 1: The Dawn of Heavy
Eric Clapton
Jeff Beck
Jimi Hendrix
Pete Townshend
Chapter 2: Forging Metal
Jimmy Page
Tony Iommi
Ritchie Blackmore (Part 1)
Leslie West
Martin Barre
Mick Box
Chapter 3: Rock and a Hard Place
Johnny Winter
Joe Perry & Brad Whitford
Brian May
Robin Trower
Don “Buck Dharma” Roeser
Rick Derringer
Ronnie Montrose
Frank Marino
Mick Ralphs
Chapter 4: Arena Rock
Eddie Van Halen
Ace Frehley
Tom Scholz & Barry Goudreau
Nancy Wilson
Neal Schon
Angus & Malcolm Young
Pat Travers
Chapter 5: Euro-Crunch
Ritchie Blackmore (Part 2)
Michael Schenker
Scott Gorham & Brian Robertson
Glenn Tipton & K.K. Downing
Rudolph Schenker, Uli Jon Roth & Matthias Jabs
Dave Murray & Adrian Smith
Randy Rhoads
Chapter 6: Prog Power
Kerry Livgren & Rich Williams
Alex Lifeson
Michael Wilton & Chris DeGarmo
John Petrucci
Chapter 7: The Headbanging ’80s
Phil Collen & Steve Clark
Gary Moore
Joan Jett & Lita Ford
Brad Gillis & Jeff Watson
Mick Mars
John Sykes
Vernon Reid
Chapter 8: Shred
Yngwie Malmsteen
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Vivian Campbell
Jason Becker
Paul Gilbert
George Lynch
Tony MacAlpine & Vinnie Moore
Chapter 9: Thrash, Smash & Bash
James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett
Dave Mustaine
Kerry King & Jeff Hanneman
Scott Ian
Chapter 10: End of the Century
Slash
Zakk Wylde
Dimebag Darrell
Ty Tabor
Jerry Cantrell
Tom Morello
Kim Thayil
Chapter 11: Black, Death, Math & Masks
Chapter 12: Metal after the Millennium
Mark Tremonti
Alexi Laiho
Herman Li
Brent Hinds & Bill Kelliher
Nita Strauss & Nili Brosh
Resources
Image Credits
Acknowledgments
Index
