Into the Black: The Inside Story of Metallica, 1991–2014
By Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood
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The final chapter of Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood's in-depth coverage of Metallica details the latter half of the band's extraordinary, decades-long career. The second volume of Metallica's definitive biography opens as the band breaks through to mainstream with its fifth album, Metallica (a.k.a. The Black Album), topping the Billboard charts and its hit single "Enter Sandman" dominating the airwaves. By 1993, after a two-year tour, Metallica had become the biggest hard-rock band in the world. Success naturally brought new challenges, and the band ran the risk of alienating its original fans. It was beset by controversy over stylistic shifts, concessions to the mainstream, its stance on file sharing (in Metallica v. Napster), even the band members' haircut decisions. By the end of the century, they were a band teetering on the brink of self-destruction. A stunning return to form awaited, however. Brilliantly chronicled by top UK music writers Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood, this is a masterful conclusion to an epic rock tome.
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Summary
Summary
The final chapter of Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood's in-depth coverage of Metallica details the latter half of the band's extraordinary, decades-long career.
The second volume of Metallica's definitive biography opens as the band breaks through to mainstream with its fifth album, Metallica (a.k.a. The Black Album), topping the Billboard charts and its hit single "Enter Sandman" dominating the airwaves. By 1993, after a two-year tour, Metallica had become the biggest hard-rock band in the world. Success naturally brought new challenges, and the band ran the risk of alienating its original fans. It was beset by controversy over stylistic shifts, concessions to the mainstream, its stance on file sharing (in Metallica v. Napster), even the band members' haircut decisions. By the end of the century, they were a band teetering on the brink of self-destruction. A stunning return to form awaited, however.
Brilliantly chronicled by top UK music writers Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood, this is a masterful conclusion to an epic rock tome.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
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Reviews
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Black Light
- I listened to the first book, Birth School Metallica Death, and really appreciated it. It covered a lot about the band’s music itself, the way they came up with their ideas and so forth. I could tell the author loved Metallica, but wasn’t afraid to expose their ugly side (which, by the way, is the best way to humanize and build empathy for these perhaps impenetrable groups of celebrities who can’t or often don’t want to show their cards and expose themselves). It is your best of friends who tell you that you have spinach stuck between your teeth, and Ian Winwood and Paul Brannigan really do a great job writing and living beneath the surface—economically, personally, morally. As you listen, the hard-hitting music Metallica makes quickly becomes a metaphor, the background to much bigger themes about being true to one’s self and not selling out. This audiobook was extremely inspiring for all artists everywhere who don’t want “the man” to infect their art with the disease of commercialism. I loved it.
Author
Author Bio: Paul Brannigan
Paul Brannigan is the author of This Is a Call, the acclaimed biography of ex-Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl. A former editor of Kerrang!—the world’s biggest weekly music magazine—Brannigan currently contributes to Mojo and Q. He lives in London.
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Author Bio: Ian Winwood
Ian Winwood is Britain’s foremost rock and metal journalist. His writing has appeared in Rolling Stone, the Guardian, Mojo, Kerrang!, Classic Rock, Revolver, NME, Q, the Mirror, and on the BBC. He lives in London.
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| Available Formats : | Digital Download, Digital Rental, CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography |
| Runtime: | 8.90 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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