Wheels Of Steel: The Explosive Early Years of NWOBHM by Martin Popoff Paperback

Description: Wheels Of Steel by Martin Popoff Charts headbanging through the late `70s, arriving at the first years of this flash phenomenon — 1979 & 1980.Popoff along with dozens of headbanging buddies tell the tale of the genres birth & mischievous, defiant adolescence — heavy metal would forever be transformed. Wheels of Steel celebrates plainly & yet powerfully, all the reasons why. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The year was 1979, and a brash new breed of heavy metal-maker was busy shovelling dirt over the death of punk, while simultaneously mourning the waning energies — or outright demises — of hard rocks earlier heroes, namely Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Uriah Heep.In Wheels of Steel: The Explosive Early Years of the NWOBHM, Martin Popoff charts the long ramp-up to this detonation of headbanging mania through the late `70s, arriving at the penultimate first years of this flash phenomenon — namely 1979 and 1980.Utilising his celebrated oral history method — rich with detailed chronological entries to frame the story, Popoff blasts through all of the reasons the NWOBHM had to happen, and then drops down on all the singles, albums, live events and conceptual trends studding those remarkable two years, an era that essentially marks a coming-out party for heavy metal.Come join Martin, along with dozens of his old school headbanging buddies, as they together tell the tale of this ersatz genres birth and mischievous, defiant adolescence — heavy metal would forever be transformed, and Wheels of Steel celebrates plainly and yet powerfully, all the reasons why. Details ISBN1912782189 Author Martin Popoff Year 2019 ISBN-10 1912782189 ISBN-13 9781912782185 Format Paperback Publication Date 2019-07-12 Pages 240 Publisher Wymer Publishing UK Release Date 2019-07-12 Imprint Wymer Publishing Place of Publication Bedford Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2019-07-12 NZ Release Date 2019-07-12 Edition Description New edition Subtitle The Explosive Early Years of NWOBHM DEWEY 787.87166092 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134151759;

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