Merzbow, 255
Messiah (band), 114
Metal Blade Records: early operations, 58, 75, 85, 93, 100, 102–03, 106, 242; following Slayer’s success, 111, 146, 168, 179, 185, 200–01, 247, 256, 301–02
Metal Church, 94, 111, 132, 137, 144, 183,
Metal Church (continued)
191, 192, 200, 226, 228, 232, 350–51
Metal Forces magazine, 85, 106, 107, 140, 142, 147, 249
Metal Hammer magazine, 85, 369
Metal Maniacs magazine, 115, 175, 249–51, 305, 331, 363
Metal Massacre series, 53, 58–59, 60, 61, 62–63, 64, 65, 85, 98, 102, 103, 111, 113, 143, 185–86, 191, 206, 213, 263, 343
Metallica: …And Justice for All era, 190–94, 194–97, 202–03, 209, 213–14; Black Album, 215–18, 221, 226, 227, 232–36, 259–60; business affairs of 72, 83, 93, 149, 224, 322, 326, 328, 359; defense of fans, 298, 299, 307–09; drinking habits, 227, 359; formation of, 54–55, 59–62, 206; influence on the music world, 108, 137–38, 210, 225, 229, 248, 264, 333, 350, 367, 371–2; Kill ’Em All era, 85–88, 88–92, 95, 97–98, 100–01, 104, 111, 135–36, 140–42, 187; lyrics, 126–28, 196, 228, 291, 243; Master of Puppets era, 137, 143–45, 146, 147–48, 50–52, 171; musical influences, 44, 78, 96, 134, 174, 315–16, 318; “No Life ’Til Leather” demo, 62–65, 285; opulent displays, 308, 352–54, 359; Ride the Lightning, 128–31, 156; short–haired “on vacation” era, 307–09, 311–12, 314; versus Napster, 336, 338–39; versus Slayer, 103, 110, 150, 238
Milano, Billy (singer), 175, 177, 182, 203, 358. See also S.O.D.
Milwaukee Metalfest, 201–02, 286, 321
Mind Funk, 208, 210
Ministry, 222, 225, 256, 333
Minor Threat, 176, 179, 318
Misfits, the, 172, 173, 174, 176, 185, 190, 193, 315, 318
Moby, 331
Mohawk haircuts, 28, 36, 180, 308
Monastat 7 (band), 251
Monroe, Michael (singer), 156, 157. See also Hanoi Rocks
Monsters of Rock (UK), 37, 140–42, 201
Monsters of Rock (US), 194–95
Morbid Angel, 109, 114, 238, 240, 242, 243–44, 245, 247, 248, 249, 255, 272, 281, 285, 286, 307, 335, 348
Mordred, 135, 208–09, 210, 325
Morricone, Ennio (composer), 217
Morrisound Studios, 242, 246
Mortiis (keyboardist), 222, 270, 274, 278, 280, 282–83, 284, 286. See also Emperor
moshing, 180–83, 330, 331
Mother Love Bone, 231
Mötley Crüe, 53, 55, 56–57, 58, 65, 76, 79, 80, 81, 82, 85, 108, 118, 120, 123, 124, 148, 153, 154, 155, 157, 158, 159, 163, 169, 170, 171, 191, 193, 202, 216, 227, 236, 306, 324, 326, 344, 351
motorcycles, 10, 37, 74, 76, 312
Motörhead, 29–30, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 41, 43, 80, 96, 142, 149, 181, 221, 316, 354; outlaw mystique, 30, 58, 60; punk appeal of, 29, 173, 175, 178, 181; wide- spread influence of, 32, 42, 44, 54, 57, 61, 65, 113, 198, 318. See also Lemmy
Mr. Bungle, 251, 254
MTV, resistance to, 99, 128, 143, 147, 148–49, 174–75, 205, 307, 363
Muldowney, Bob (writer), 85, 131. See also Kick Ass Monthly magazine
Music for Nations, 33, 93, 127, 130
music festivals, 76–77, 143, 201, 224, 251.
See also Milwaukee Metalfest; Ozzfest
Mustaine, Dave (singer/guitarist), 35–36, 94, 105, 211, 291–92, 320, 327, 356, 358; in Megadeth, 132–34, 147, 158–160, 174, 182, 220–21, 227–28, 295, 350, 357; in Metallica, 44, 62, 63, 65, 144; ouster from Metallica 87–89, 352. See also Megadeth; Metallica
Naked City, 251, 252, 253
Napalm Death, 186–89, 197, 211, 240, 245, 247, 248, 249, 251, 255, 260–61, 266, 268, 270, 283, 327, 328, 333
Napster, 336–40, 359
Nasty Savage, 99, 114, 142, 242
Neat Records, 33, 41, 42–43, 97, 151, 316
Necromandus, 14, 345
Necrophagia, 114, 241, 343, 345
Necros, the, 172, 179
Negative Approach, 172, 173, 176, 179
Neil, Vince (singer), 91, 157, 249. See also
Mötley Crüe
Nelson, 219, 222
Neurosis, 324
New York Dolls, 23
New York Times, 196, 214, 299
Newsted, Jason (bassist): before Metallica, 131, 151; joining Metallica 191–92; in Metallica, 196, 208, 217, 233, 235, 308; after Metallica, 359. See also Flotsam & Jetsam; Metallica
Nichols, Geoff (keyboardist), 223. See also
Black Sabbath
Nine Inch Nails, 333
Nirvana, 230, 231–32, 236, 254, 305, 350
Nitro, 159, 162–63
NME (band), 109
Nocturnus, 247
Nuclear Assault, 104, 137, 178, 179, 202, 334
Nuclear Death, 100
Nugent, Ted, 19, 32, 54, 74
Numan, Gary, 79, 334
NWA, 204–05, 207, 300
NWOBHM, definition of, 33
Obituary, 242, 247, 256
Obsessed, the, 345, 346–47, 349
Odin, 62, 160
Offspring, the, 305–06
Omen, 111
Onslaught, 140
Opeth, 317, 353
Orphaned Land, 262
Osbourne, Ozzy (singer), 319, 350, 351, 361–362; in Black Sabbath; 1, 3, 8, 9, 11, 15, 22, 24, 25, 30, 223, 340–42; in solo band, 51–52, 53, 56, 57–58, 76, 147–48, 158–59, 306; infamous episodes 57–58, 161, 249, 323, 361; support for young bands, 80, 148, 154, 194, 323–24; targeted by social reformers, 293, 296, 297–98. See also Black Sabbath; Ozzfest
Osbourne, Sharon (manager), 51–52, 324
Overkill (band), 98, 111, 140, 168, 178, 312, 318
Owens, Ripper (singer), 309–10. See also
Judas Priest
Oz, 61
Painkiller, 251–52, 253
Panacea, 337
Pandemonium, 58, 108
Pantera, 228–30, 254, 264, 306, 313–14, 325
Pan-Thy-Monium, 253
Papa Roach, 327, 329
Paradise Lost (film), 291, 298–300, 316
parental advisory stickers, 124, 125, 204, 302, 303
Patton, Mike (singer), 211, 254, 325. See also Faith No More; Mr. Bungle
Pearl Jam, 230, 231
Peel, John (radio DJ), 187, 188
Pentagram (Turkey), 262.
Pentagram (US), 345, 349
Pesch, Doro (singer), 100. See also Warlock
Pink Floyd, 199, 352
Pintado, Jesse (guitarist), 245–46, 267. See also Napalm Death; Terrorizer (band)
Pixies, the, 222
Plasmatics, the, 29, 31, 48, 57, 99, 357
PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center), 118–22, 145, 148, 174; effects of, 122–25, 126, 128, 204, 248, 291, 292, 292, 295, 300
Poison (US), 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 161, 164, 170, 202, 305, 306, 326, 344, 351, 352, 363
Poland, Chris (guitarist), 133, 134. See also Megadeth
Pop, Iggy (singer), 156, 213. See also Stooges, the
Popoff, Martin (writer), 157, 218 “posers”, 85, 159, 168–70, 180, 205, 206
Possessed, 109, 113–15, 116, 135, 142, 179, 185, 208, 238, 241, 243, 244
Powermad, 226–27
Presley, Elvis, 82, 128, 193
Preston, Joe (bassist), 347–48. See also Earth (US); Melvins, the; Thrones, the
Primus, 208, 210
Profanatica, 285
progressive metal, 73, 198–99, 208, 230, 245, 282
Prong, 181
Prozac, 304
Public Enemy, 71–72, 204–05, 207, 220, 300, 325
punk rock, 27–30, 34, 40, 48, 49, 72, 76, 84, 109, 115, 150, 160, 169, 171, 231, 241, 250, 305–06, 315; introduced to heavy metal, 172–89, 335
Pushead (artist), 309–10
Q Prime Management, 129, 130, 149, 194, 234
Quayle, Dan, 200, 301
Queen, 13, 16, 19, 234
Queensryche, 70, 131, 209, 224, 230, 344
Quiet Riot, 51, 53, 55, 65, 76, 78–80, 81, 85, 147, 153, 154–55, 194, 219, 259, 305, 306, 351
Quintana, Ron (writer), 47, 49, 50, 54, 55, 60, 61, 96, 108, 161, 190, 343
Quorthon (singer/guitarist), 107, 270, 280, 281–82. See also Bathory
R.C., 184
Rabies Caste, 262
Rachtman, Riki (TV host), 168. See also
Headbangers Ball
Rage Against the Machine, 318
Rainbow, 15, 19, 23, 37, 39, 68, 100
Ramones, the, 25, 28, 31, 156, 311
Rasmussen, Flemming (producer), 127, 128, 145, 194, 248
Ratt, 53, 56, 58, 62, 63, 65, 79, 81, 83, 117, 132, 140, 143, 153, 155, 159, 163, 191, 194, 344, 357
Raven, 30–32, 33, 37, 38, 41, 42, 43, 44, 75, 86, 92, 95, 97–98, 105, 129, 132, 146, 169, 201, 212, 344
Razzle (drummer), 157, 159. See also
Hanoi Rocks
Reagan, Ronald, 31, 48, 57, 119, 122
Red Hot Chili Peppers, 210, 222, 325
Redd Kross, 179
reggae, 29, 178, 187, 335
Reinhardt, Django, 3
Relapse Records, 255, 256–57, 263, 336
R.E.M., 202, 322
Repulsion, 114, 241, 245
Residents, the, 282, 330
Rhoads, Randy (guitarist), 51, 52, 57–58, 147, 151, 161, 355. See also Osbourne, Ozzy; Quiet Riot
RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), 122, 124, 322, 338–39, 364
Riggs, Derek (artist), 72–73. See also Iron
Maiden
Riot, 37, 44, 53, 61, 320, 356
Rip magazine, 82
Roadrunner Records: origins, 93, 147, 179, 201, 224; and death metal, 247, 248, 256; and nu metal, 313, 330
Rock, Bob (producer), 216–17
Rolling Stone magazine, 80, 165, 195–96, 219, 327
Rolling Stones, the, 7, 12, 29, 171, 213, 322
Romero, George (director), 241
Rose, Axl (singer), 164, 165, 235. See also
Guns N’ Roses
Roth, David Lee (singer), 50–51, 54, 77, 153, 159. See also Van Halen
Rotting Christ, 106, 262
Rozz, Rick (guitarist), 241. See also Death;
Massacre
Rubin, Rick (producer), 146, 150, 174, 204
Runaways, the, 23, 154
Run-DMC, 146, 204, 220
Running Wild, 46, 138, 141
Rush, 13, 16, 285
S.O.B., 262, 357
S.O.D. (Stormtroopers of Death), 73, 175–77, 178, 179, 181, 182, 206, 321, 344; influence of 184, 208, 328
Sabbat, 284
Sacrifice (band), 106, 201
Sacrilege (UK), 100
Sadistik Execution, 262
sadomasochism (S&M), 74, 75, 310
Saint Vitus, 345, 346–47, 349
Samhain, 174, 181, 353
Samoth (guitarist), 271, 276, 277, 278, 281, 286, 288. See also Emperor
Samson, 39, 46, 356
Samuelson, Gar (drummer), 133, 134, 357.
See also Megadeth
Sandoval, Pete (drummer), 267. See also
Morbid Angel; Terrorizer.
Santa Claus, 107, 288
Santana, 14
Sarcofago, 106, 270
Sarzo, Rudi (bassist), 259. See also Os- bourne, Ozzy; Quiet Riot
Satan (band), 61
Satanism and heavy metal, 12, 42, 79, 94, 104, 105, 109–13, 115, 116, 121, 122, 127–28, 138, 154, 238, 243–44, 247, 260, 263, 264, 267, 270, 273, 278, 290–91, 292, 300
Savage, 344
Savage Grace, 63, 108
Savatage, 95, 131, 230, 242, 312, 320, 356
Saxon, 32, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 50, 54, 59, 61, 69, 70, 97, 140, 205, 209, 212, 321, 344, 347
Schenker, Michael (guitarist), 38, 51, 59, 65, 74, 320. See also Scorpions; UFO
Schenker, Rudolph (guitarist), 21. See also
Scorpions
Schnell, Claude (keyboardist), 223. See
also Dio, Ronnie James
Schuldiner, Chuck (guitarist), 115, 241–42, 244, 266, 358. See also Death
(band)
science fiction, 19, 68, 199
Scorn, 189, 333, 337
Scorpions, 21, 23, 37, 39, 58, 70, 77, 81, 82, 118, 138, 143, 160, 194, 262, 303, 350, 365
Scott, Bon (singer), 52, 151, 296. See also
AC/DC
Seger, Bob, 19, 315
Sentinel Beast, 100
Sepultura, 106, 109, 240, 241, 247, 248, 250, 256, 263–65, 266, 324, 327, 364
Sex Pistols, 28–29, 30, 31, 34, 42, 164, 280, 311, 318
Sharp, Kevin (singer), 250, 252, 272. See
also Brutal Truth
Sigh, 284
Simmons, Gene (singer/bassist), 74, 249.
See also Kiss
Sinofsky, Bruce (director), 291, 298, 299;
see also Paradise Lost (film)
Siouxsie & the Banshees, 35
Six Feet Under, 318
Sixx, Nikki (bassist), 56. See also Mötley
Crüe
skateboarding, 150, 192, 206, 329
Skid Row, 162, 219, 306, 351
Slade, 32
Slagel, Brian (entrepreneur), 49, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 85–86, 102, 103, 111, 191, 201, 301–02. See also Metal Blade
Records
Slash (guitarist) 165, 206. See also Guns N’
Roses
Slaughter (Canada), 106, 114, 241
Slayer: early years, 64, 96, 103–04; indie label era, 108–11, 166; as “Big Four” thrash metal force, 136, 146, 150, 183, 186, 197, 200, 202, 212, 226, 306, 324; offensive- ness of, 117, 196, 280–81, 298, 303; ongoing influence of, 113, 115, 136, 139, 243, 266, 317–18, 331; sway over death metal, 237–38, 244, 264; rap/techno sampling of, 204, 207, 334, 337
Slayer magazine (Norway), 271–72
Sleep, 345, 347, 349
Slipknot, 94, 217, 254, 264, 309, 314, 328–31, 360
Smallwood, Rod (manager), 67. See also
Iron Maiden
Snake (singer), 142, 199. See also Voivod
SNFU, 173, 181
Snider, Dee (singer), 48, 50, 154, 163, 165, 239, 248; and the PMRC, 118–19, 120–22, 124–25; on MTV, 77–78, 148–49, 165–68. See also Twisted Sister
Snoop Dogg, 306
Sodom, 106, 109, 111, 138–39, 141, 241
Sony Walkman, effect of, 67, 70
Sore Throat, 184, 188
Soulfly, 327–28, 329, 330
Sound Barrier, 206
Soundgarden, 209, 221, 224, 225, 226, 230, 231, 311
spandex, 40, 95, 140, 154, 171, 228, 236
Spastik Children, 190–91, 233
Spheeris, Penelope (director), 158
Spider, 40
spiked wristbands, 13, 61, 138, 306. See
also costumes
Spitz, Dan (guitarist), 146. See also Anthrax
Split Beaver, 44
St. Mark, Reed (drummer), 112. See also
Celtic Frost; Mind Funk
stagecraft, 19, 69–71, 76–77, 97–98, 203, 211, 233–34, 314, 330
Stanley, Paul (singer/guitarist), 18–19, 29.
See also Kiss
Static-X, 336
Status Quo, 32
Steele, Peter (singer/bassist), 5, 178–79, 223, 331, 339. See also Carnivore; Type
O Negative
Steeler, 56, 58, 62, 63
Steer, Bill (guitarist), 189, 246. See also
Carcass; Napalm Death
Steppenwolf, 10
Stern, Howard, 342
Stooges, the, 16, 172, 230, 318
Stotts, Richie (guitarist), 29, 48, 305, 357.
See also Plasmatics, the
Stryper, 62, 122, 156, 159, 161–62, 169–70, 219, 222, 344
Sub Pop Records, 230, 247
Suffocation, 247
Suicidal Tendencies, 176, 177
Swans, the, 1
87
Sweet, 32, 156
Sweet Savage, 44, 344
Sweet, Michael (singer/guitarist), 122, 156, 162, 169, 219. See also Stryper
synthesizers, 148, 208, 216, 222–23, 237, 279, 282, 352
System of a Down, 326–27, 329, 331, 336
Tangerine Dream, 282
Tank, 41, 44, 61
tape trading: effects, 193, 201, 202, 214, 255, 257, 336; origins of, 49, 54, 64; popularization of, 98–99, 106, 113, 146–47, 186, 234; spawning death metal, 238, 241, 245–46, 267;
Tchort (bassist), 278. See also Emperor
Terrorizer (band), 246, 267
Terrorizer magazine, 284, 285
Testament, 135, 137, 151, 168, 169, 197, 200, 226, 343, 358
Thatcher, Margaret, 34, 36, 57, 212
Thayil, Kim (guitarist), 209, 231. See also
Soundgarden
The Sopranos, 350
Thin Lizzy, 19, 23, 35, 37, 74, 206, 316, 364
Thor, Jon-Mikl (singer), 39, 167
Thrones, the, 347–48
Thrust, 95, 168–69
Thunderstick (drummer), 39. See also Iron
Maiden; Samson
Tiamat, 251
Tipton, Glenn (guitarist), 20, 22, 231. See
also Judas Priest
Tolkien, J. R. R., 67
Tool, 329
Top of the Pops, 32, 35, 74, 187
Tormentor (Germany): See Kreator
Tormentor (Hungary), 275
Transmetal, 266
Trauma, 63, 64, 65. See also Burton, Cliff
Treponem Pal, 253
Triumph, 77
Trouble, 201, 345–46, 347, 349
Trower, Robin (guitarist), 23
Trust, 61
Turbin, Neil (singer), 93, 175. See also Anthrax
Twisted Sister, 129, 154, 165, 239, 319; early years, 48, 50, 53, 239, 319; prime years, 77, 79, 80, 81, 148, 219; targeted by PMRC, 118, 120, 123, 124
Tygers of Pan Tang, 30, 32, 33, 43, 100
Type O Negative, 5, 222, 223–24, 225, 317, 331, 339
U2, 76, 322
UFO, 23, 38, 39, 51, 55, 65, 69, 113, 344
Ulrich, Lars (drummer), 131, 142, 150, 191, 192, 218, 228, 233, 234, 235, 259, 260, 299, 308, 311, 351, 354, 367; metal fan supreme, 11, 49, 59, 60, 61, 307, 315, 353; musical achievements, 54–55, 62, 98, 174, 195, 215, 221, 232; visions of success, 91, 104, 127, 129, 136, 149, 203, 237, 352; vs. Napster, 338–39, 359.
See also Metallica
Ulver, 274
Underdog, 179
Unleashed, 271
Vader, 262
Van Halen, 25, 50–51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 77, 153, 158, 194, 195
Van Halen, Alex (drummer), 50, 259. See
also Van Halen
Van Halen, Eddie (guitarist), 50, 51, 52, 108, 161, 269. See also Van Halen
Varathron, 262