Heavy Metal: The Music and Its Culture

Deena Weinstein

Da Capo Press, Aug 5, 2009 - Music - 368 pages

The definitive study of heavy metal culture that "does for metal what Greil Marcus's "Lipstick Traces" did for the Sex Pistols" ("-Chicago Sun-Times").

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Review: Heavy Metal: The Music and Its Culture

User Review  - Sam - Goodreads

A particularly enjoyable section in this serious, sociological examination of heavy metal is the segment describing conservative attempts to censor lyrics through organizations like the PMRC. There's ...

Review: Heavy Metal

User Review  - Torthred OR - Goodreads

I bought this book at a local charity shop before leaving on holiday and it was really worth it. The best part is how she has managed to look at heavy metal and its sub-culture from an entirely ...

Contents

• III: 1
• IV: 11
• V: 59
• VI: 93
• VII: 145
• VIII: 199
• IX: 237
• X: 277
• XI: 295
• XII: 299
• XIII: 301
• XIV: 303
• XV: 329
• XVI: 345
• XVII: 353

Bibliographic information

• Title: Heavy Metal: The Music and Its Culture
• Author: Deena Weinstein
• Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2009
• ISBN: 0786751037, 9780786751037
• Length: 368 pages
• Subjects: MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Punk; MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock; Music / Genres & Styles / Heavy Metal