![]() ![]() THE BIG BOOK OF HAIR METAL (the full title) is a style that Martin has not always worked with before, namely a blend of timeline and oral history. He churns books out so quickly that I’m starting to suspect that he is not merely a self-employed writer working quietly away in his office at all, but in reality he is an evil-overlord who has an army of slave-writers toiling away in a sweatshop somewhere in South-east Asia cranking book after book after book while he reaps the profits. ![]() Martin Popoff has just issued his 40th something book. However, everyone who grew up in the 80’s uses it and knows what type of music it refers to, so there is nothing I can do about it, but I don’t have to use it or like it! It’s a very North American term while I prefer the more European term of Melodic Hard Rock or Melodic Metal. Slayer has hair, Gorgoroth has hair why aren’t they hair metal? Describing an entire genre on something as common as hair serves no purpose. I like the word Metal, but not adjective \’hair\’. The biggest and best book on the oft-maligned genre, extensively covering 1980-1991. ![]()
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