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Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music
William Phillips and Brian Cogan
ISBN:
0-313-34800-6
ISBN-13:
978-0-313-34800-6
DOI:
DOI:10.1336/0313348006
285 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication:
3/20/2009
List Price:
$69.95
(
UK Sterling Price: £48.95
)
Availability:
In Stock
Media Type:
Hardcover
Trim Size:
7 x 10
Subjects:
Popular Culture
»
Popular Culture (General)
The Arts
»
Music (General)
History
»
American History -- 1946 to Present
Reviews:
"Phillips (digital technology and music culture, New York U.) and Cogan (media ecology, Molloy College) have written this encyclopedia on heavy metal to define the specific boundaries for this musical genre while being as broad and inclusive to as many performers as possible. Entries offer biographies, discographies and critical analysis of bands and solo
performers as well as books, films, festivals and record labels that are considered essential to the genre. General audiences will appreciate descriptions of sub-genres such as grindcore, grunge and death metal, and artifacts of the culture such as body piercings, leather and even the video game
Guitar Hero
are also explained."
—Reference & Research Book News
May 2009
". . . information provided by Cogan (The Encyclopedia of Punk) and independent music scholar Phillips is enlightening and reveals the personalities driving the rise, fall, resurrection, and subsistence of profiled bands."
—Library Journal
6/15/2009
"We know what you are thinking, 'Oh no, another metal encyclopedia that will be inaccurate and useless'. However, this book is first of it's kind that actually works. The authors researched, they learned the metal scene and they debated on the content before deciding on including it. This work is an incredible collection of information that will be of use to the seasoned metal fan as well as the uninitiated. Written to be a college level textbook for a music class, this book is more 'grown up' than a lot of other similar works. . . . Overall, the diversity of subject matter and the bands included paint a fairly complete picture of the world of heavy metal. The authors have lived up to their introductory statement about being authentic and they have given the metal world the first truly worthwhile work of this type.
The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music
delves deep into the world of metal while allowing the novice to understand what they are experiencing. We can only hope that William Phillips and Brian Cogan may one day work together again and write more on the subject that is our lives, Heavy Metal."
—Metal Life Magazine
8/13/2009
"Most notable is its inclusiveness of the artists and related topics that best embody heavy metal's broad context. The introduction alone can assist scholars with understanding the music's complexities and the elements informing its practitioners. . . . Band entries conclude with complete discographies that enumerate an artist's creative output, followed by a list of compilation releases (i.e., greatest hits)--a beneficial approach for comprehending a band's body of work. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; general readers."
—CHOICE
9/1/2009
"More than 350 entries ranging from several paragraphs to several pages in length provide capsulated
biographies of bands and their key members and include discographies. The authors also include entries
for cultural topics such as Fashion and metal and Moshing and metal subgenres like Death metal and
Grunge. More than 50 black-and-white images of performers and metal fans supplement the text.
There are other reference books on this topic, including The Guinness Book of Heavy Metal (1995) and
The Rough Guide to Heavy Metal (2005), among others, making this volume a well-researched update on
the genre..."
—Booklist
9/15/2009
Description:
It has been reviled, dismissed, attacked, and occasionally been the subject of Congressional hearings, but still, the genre of music known as heavy metal maintains not only its market share in the recording and downloading industry, but also as a cultural force that has united millions of young and old fans across the globe. Characterized by blaring distorted guitars, drum solos, and dramatic vibrato, the heavy metal movement headbanged its way to the popular culture landscape with bands like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath the 1970s. Motley Crue and Metallica made metal a music phenomenon in the 1980s. Heavy metal continues to evolve today with bands like Mastodon and Lamb of God.
Providing an extensive overview of the music, fashion, films, and philosophies behind the movement, this inclusive encyclopedia chronicles the history and development of heavy metal, including sub-movements such as death metal, speed metal, grindcore, and hair metal.
Essential and highly entertaining reading for high school and undergraduate courses in popular music studies, communications, media studies, and cultural studies, the
Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music and Culture
offers a guide to the ultimate underground music, exploring its rich cultural diversity, resilience, and adaptability. Entries for musicians include a discography for those wanting to start or develop their music collections.
Table of Contents:
List of Entries
Guide to Related Topics
IntroductionPreface
Acknowledgments
Timeline
The Encyclopedia
Heavy Metal Music: An Introduction
Entries A-ZThe Encyclopedia
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Author:
WILLIAM PHILLIPS is an independent scholar. He has written extensively on music, technology, and culture. He is currently at New York University, writing his Ph.D. on digital technology and music culture, where he teaches courses on media, communication, and culture. He also works on a variety of musical projects as a guitarist and producer out of his Brooklyn home recording studio.
BRIAN COGAN is a professor who has written extensively on music and popular culture as well as music criticism. He received his Ph.D. in Media Ecology in 2002 from New York University. He teaches at Molloy College and has taught at New York University and the College of Staten Island. Cogan is the author of Greenwood's
Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture
(2006).
LCC Class:
781.66-dc22
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