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Enter Night
Enter Night: A Biography of Metallica | Mick Wall
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Their roots lie in the heavy rock of 70s groups like Deep Purple. The music they playedheavy metal mixed with punk attitudebecame its own genre: thrash. Their bassist died and they survived to became the biggest-selling band in the world. As grunge threatened to overtake them, they reinvented themselves. Then their singer went into rehab and they almost fell apart. They are Metallica, the most influential heavy metal band of the last thirty years. As Led Zeppelin was for hard rock and the Sex Pistols were for punk, Metallica became the band that defined the look and sound of 1980s heavy metal. Inventors of thrash metalSlayer, Anthrax and Megadeth followedit was always Metallica who led the way, who pushed to another level, who became the last of the superstar rockers. Metallica is the fifth-largest selling artist of all time, with 100 million records sold worldwide. Their music has extended its reach beyond rock and metal, and into the pop mainstream, as they went from speed metal to MTV with their hit single "Enter Sandman". Until now there hasn't been a critical, authoritative, in-depth portrait of the band. Mick Wall's thoroughly researched, insightful work is enriched by his interviews with band members, record company execs, roadies, and fellow musicians. He tells the story of how a tennis-playing, music-loving Danish immigrant named Lars Ulrich created a band with singer James Hetfield and made his dreams a reality. Enter Night follows the band through tragedy and triumph, from the bus crash that killed their bassist Cliff Burton in 1986 to the 2004 documentary Some Kind of Monster, and on to their current status as the leaders of the Big Four festival that played to a million fans in Britain and Europe and continues in the U.S. in 2011. Enter Night delves into the various incarnations of the band, and the personalities of all key members, past and presentespecially Ulrich and Hetfieldto produce the definitive word on the biggest metal band on the planet.
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BookishRedhead
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Yaaaasss Metallica!
Interesting look on the history of the band.

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britt_brooke
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⭐️⭐️⭐️ Metallica was formed the year I was born (1981) and I became a fan by default because of my older brother. He and I saw them live recently and, in a burst of nostalgia, I picked up this biography. Central to their story is bassist Cliff Burton‘s wholly devastating death in 1986; something they never really recovered from even with their massive success. Mick Wall gets bogged down in the minutiae, but it‘s a fascinating history.

Ericalambbrown Where‘d you see them? I took my husband to see them in Tulsa in January. 6y
britt_brooke @Ericalambbrown Thats awesome! We saw them in Nashville last month. 🤘🏻 6y
Ericalambbrown @britt_brooke OMG! I love Nashville! So we saw the same tour! 🤘🏻 6y
britt_brooke @Ericalambbrown Nashville is pretty fun! My family and I moved to the area about 4 years ago. I don‘t go down into the city nearly often enough. (edited) 6y
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britt_brooke
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I‘m certainly glad they didn‘t go with “Thunderfuck.”

readordierachel I dunno, it has a certain charm 😆 6y
Prairiegirl_reading This brought back a clear memory for me. My friend and I went to Minneapolis to see Metallica and GNR. We had no idea there was a wicked storm happening and we could hear thunder but we both totally thought it was part of the show! Lol! 6y
britt_brooke @Prairiegirl_reading Too funny! I love those kinds of memories. My brother and I just saw them a couple of weeks ago which is why I picked this up. 6y
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Prairiegirl_reading @britt_brooke lol! I think mine was in maybe 1992? Maybe 91? 🤣👵🏼 6y
Megabooks Lolololol! And years later it would be corrected in your texts to Thunderduck! 😉🤣🤣 6y
britt_brooke @Prairiegirl_reading I‘ve been listening to them that long! My brother was always blasting them from his room so I had no choice (but I always liked them). Just hadn‘t been to a show yet. 😁 It was pretty badass. He sprung for good seats. 6y
britt_brooke @Megabooks 😆😆😆 Exactly!! And Lars would be so pissed. (edited) 6y
sprainedbrain 😂😂 6y
Gina I guess they didn't use "Thunder****" cuz they didn't want to be put at the back of the record store...??? 6y
Prairiegirl_reading @Megabooks oh this is sooooo true!!! 🤣🤣😢 6y
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britt_brooke
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🤘🏻Metallica!! ⚡️Saw them last night with my brother who has been a MASSIVE fan since the 80s. I can remember him constantly blaring them from his bedroom. I became a fan by default (no complaints). They put on a fantastic show!

❓- Has anyone read the tagged Metallica biography? I‘m thinking about reading it soon.

Gina That is FAB-U-LOUS 6y
BethM I've not read it but we saw them in October. 6y
Aleida Back to never never land. 6y
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DefLeppard @britt_brooke cool shot. Loved their "Through the never" DVD. ? (edited) 6y
AmyG LUCKY! 6y
daniwithtea I saw them back in the early 90s and they put on a fantastic show! 6y
britt_brooke @Gina @AmyG Thanks! It was a great show!! 6y
britt_brooke @BethM Did you like the stage setup? I thought it was pretty cool. 6y
britt_brooke @daniwithtea I bet that was freaking awesome! 6y
TrishB Hubby‘s read it! Music biographies are his first go to. 6y
britt_brooke @TrishB I love that! I enjoy them, too, but haven‘t read a ton yet. 6y
BethM Yeah it was nice. My only complaint was the lack of big screens so If you were higher it was harder to see. 6y
britt_brooke @BethM That‘s a good point. While those cube screens were cool, they were small and not very practical. 6y
readordierachel Metallica was my first concert when I was a teen 🖤 6y
britt_brooke @readordierachel That‘s so cool! Mine was Janet Jackson when I was 12. 😆 6y
Reviewsbylola I love that you went with your brother! 6y
britt_brooke @Reviewsbylola I‘m glad he invited me. He‘s going through a tough time right now (divorce 😔). We live about 2 hours apart so it was nice to spend kid-free time with him. 6y
Reviewsbylola Ugh that‘s tough. 6y
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TheNeverendingTBR
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I learned a bit about the history of Metallica but the author could have cut this book by a third.

It was very wordy and didn't have as much information from the band as I would have liked, he does go into detail about the inspirations for each band member.

I look forward to reading more about the band, this book just falls flat.

I'd like one where the band are completely involved.

That being said, I love Metallica! 🤘

#biography

Cinfhen Love them too, even though they brought down Napster 😜 6y
AmyG 🤘🏻Also a fan. 6y
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RedbagReadbooks
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Love rocking out to one of the first rock albums that I bought in middle school. My tastes have become a lot heavier and eclectic over time, but still love this music 🎶

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victoriaburstrom
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3/5⭐️ A good biography about a good band! It could have been a little shorter, but it's still a book worth reading if you like Metallica. Read in February 2017.