Week of September 19, 2011

Heavy Metal Music

In the News: Big Four Makes Stop at Yankee Stadium
Featuring Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer, (four of the most popular heavy – some would say, “thrash” – metal bands of the 1980s) the Big Four have showcased their top hits and fan favorites since it began its U.S. tour in April.

Arlen Roth’s Heavy Metal Guitar
By Arlen Roth. Schirmer Books, 1991
Call Number: MT582 .R814 1991

Damage Incorporated: Metallica and the Production of Musical Identity
By Glenn T. Pillsbury. Routledge, 2006
Call Number: ML421 .M48 P55 2006

Death Metal Music: The Passion and Politics of a Subculture
By Natalie J. Purcell. McFarland, 2003
Call Number: ML3534 .P91 2003

Dream Deceivers: The Story Behind James Vance vs. Judas Priest (VHS)
Directed by David Van Taylor. First Run/Icarus Films, 1991
Call Number: VH 2822 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music
By William Phillips and Brian Cogan. Greenwood Press, 2009
Call Number: ML102 .R6 P54 2009 (Boca Raton Reference – Non-Circulating Item)

The Great Metal Discography: From Hard Rock to Hardcore
By M. C. Strong. Mojo, 2002
Call Number: ML156.4 .R6 S795 2002

Great Satan’s Rage: American Negativity and Rap/Metal in the Age of Supercapitalism
By Scott Wilson. Manchester University Press, 2008
Call Number: ML3531 .W55 2008

Heavy Metal in Baghdad: Havi Mital in Baghdad (DVD)
Directed by Eddy Moretti and Suroosh Alvi. Arts Alliance America, 2007
Call Number: ML421 .A27 H43 2008 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam
By Mark LeVine. Three Rivers Press, 2008
Call Number: ML3918 .P67 L48 2008

Heavy Metal Music in Britain
Edited by Gerd Bayer. Ashgate, 2009
Call Number: ML3534.6 .G7 H43 2009

The International Encyclopedia of Hard Rock & Heavy Metal
By Tony Jasper and Derek Oliver et al. Facts on File, 1983
Call Number: ML102 .R6 J37 1985

Metal, Rock, and Jazz: Perception and the Phenomenology of Musical Experience
By Harris M. Berger. University Press of New England, 1999
Call Number: ML3838 .B439 1999 (Also available online via EBSCOhost)

Metallica and Philosophy: A Crash Course in Brain Surgery
Edited by William Irwin. Blackwell Pub., 2007
Call Number: ML3531 .W55 2008

Running with the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music
By Robert Walser. University Press of New England, 1993
Call Number: Available online via EBSCOhost

Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal
By Ian Christie. HarperEntertainment, 2003
Call Number: ML3534 .C475 2003

This Ain’t the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk
By Steve Waksman. University of California Press, 2009
Call Number: ML3534 .W26 2009

This Is Spinal Tap (VHS)
Directed by Rob Reiner. New Line Home Video, 1992 (originally released 1984)
Call Number: VH 2503 (Boca Raton Media Center)