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4.0
Comprehensive and well-written biography of the thrash metal pioneers. I've never been a huge Slayer fan, but I received a copy from the author as a thank you for some ebook advice; at 6.66, the ebook is worth at least twice what my advice was worth. Bargain! It's a real testament to the writing here that as a non fan and relative Slayer novice, I was totally sucked in to their story. There's comprehensive information for the fans (wanna know which guy who worked on a Slayer record got an Emmy nomination for his work on a Nickelodeon show? It's in here!), but the story never bogs down in minutiae. What we've got here is a top-shelf music biography that chronicles the ups and downs of a creative career, with a special emphasis on the challenges of growing creatively while still pleasing the fans. It's impressive that Ferris manages to present all sides of still-simmering band controversies without appearing to root for one faction; it's doubly impressive that Ferris managed to weave such a compelling narrative when the Slayer principals don't seem to talk much about either their creative process or their personal lives. They just rock, and so does this book. Four stars only because of me; if this were about a band I loved as Fer
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New SLAYER Biography Available In Paperback
The new SLAYER biography "Slayer 66 2/3: The Jeff And Dave Years…" is now available in paperback, exclusively via Amazon.com.
The full-length book features 59 chapters, 400 footnotes, 3 appendices (e-book, 2 in the paperback),11 illustrations, and 33 photos by photographers including Harald Oimoen of "Murder In The Front Row" renown. Artwork includes Jeff Hanneman's stick-figure diagram for the "Live Undead" picture disc and lost sketches by "Live Undead"/"Hell Awaits" illustrator Albert Cuellar, who was later an integral part of the Museum Of Modern Art's third-most-popular exhibit ever. The paperback includes a full index.
The e-book has been No. 1 at the Amazon Kindle Store's Hot New Releases chart for nine days straight. It has been No. 1 on the Kindle Store's Popular Culture chart for 7 of the last eight days (No. 1 for the past three).
Steven Blush, the author and filmmaker behind "American Hardcore", writes: "D.X. Ferris' engrossing 'Slayer 66 2/3: The Jeff And Dave Years' tells the real story behind the greatest modern metal band's most crucial era. Enter to the realm of Satan!"
David Konow, author of "Reel Terror" and the metal history "Bang Your Head", says: "The biography the band has