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Monthly Archives May 2011

Add Stephen Pearcy to the List

By Scott McKenzie Posted on May 26, 2011 In Hard Rock Literature 0 No tags 0

According to Blabbermouth.net, we can add Ratt vocalist Stephen Pearcy to the list of hard rock and heavy metal memoirs.

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Some Good Things Still to Come

By Scott McKenzie Posted on May 20, 2011 In Hard Rock Literature 0 No tags 0

While I have been critical of some recent hard rock and heavy metal books,

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A Note on Co-Authors

By Scott McKenzie Posted on May 20, 2011 In Hard Rock Literature 0 No tags 0

During this weeklong examination of the hard rock and heavy metal memoir trend, it’s impossible to ignore the role of the co-author in these projects.

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Something for Nothing: The Cash Grab of a Shitty Book

By Scott McKenzie Posted on May 20, 2011 In Hard Rock Literature 1 No tags 0

I’ve seen Motley Crue nine times in the last five years. I’ve purchased plane tickets in order to travel to Crue performances.

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Gimme More: Why Recent Rock and Roll Memoirs Leave Me High and Dry

By Scott McKenzie Posted on May 19, 2011 In Hard Rock Literature 2 No tags 0

As the proliferation of hard rock and heavy metal memoirs continues, there is a growing trend of what I consider very “thin”

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Ace’s Authorial Wardrobe

By Scott McKenzie Posted on May 18, 2011 In Hard Rock Literature 0 No tags 0

That Metal Show on VH1 Classic is required viewing around my house. Hosted by Eddie Trunk along with Don Jamieson and Jim Florentine,

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Round Up of Hard Rock Books

By Scott McKenzie Posted on May 17, 2011November 10, 2017 In Featured Stories, Hard Rock Literature, Slushpile Exclusive 3 No tags 0

Yesterday, we discussed the deluge of books related to hard rock and heavy metal.

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The Onslaught of Heavy Metal Books

By Scott McKenzie Posted on May 16, 2011 In General, Hard Rock Literature 1 No tags 0

In 2001, in his debut book Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota Chuck Klosterman wrote “I mean,

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NSSM: “The Birds for Christmas”

By Scott McKenzie Posted on May 3, 2011 In General 0 No tags 0

In honor of National Short Story Month, I’m thinking about Mark Richard’s “The Birds for Christmas.”

I recently finished Richard’s new memoir House of Prayer No 2 and some of the scenes in there are clearly familiar to anyone who had read “The Birds.”

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National Short Story Month Launches

By Scott McKenzie Posted on May 2, 2011 In General 0 No tags 0

I’ve been in full-time nonfiction mode recently. So what little reading I’ve been able to do has been of the factual variety.

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