by Ian Christe
runner Records
Cook, Blaine (singer), 160, 179–80, 185, 356. See also Accused, the
Cooper, Alice, 16, 18, 19, 39, 56, 57, 69, 93, 333
Coroner, 141
corpse paint, 106, 287, 289. See also face-painting
Corrupted, 349, 357
costumes and stage outfits, 18, 44, 70, 73–76, 78, 95, 99, 108, 135–36, 137, 138, 157, 272, 283, 286, 308, 326, 330.
See also face-painting
Count Grishnach. See Vikernes, Varg
Cox, Jess, 30, 32, 33, 36. See also Tygers of
Pan Tang
Cradle of Filth, 286, 288
Crahan, Shawn (clown), 217, 254, 264, 309, 328, 330, 331. See also Slipknot
Cranium, 320
Crazed Management, 129, 222. See also Johnny Z.
Cream, 2, 10–12, 16
Cro-Mags, 178, 181
Cronos (singer/bassist), 42, 104, 107, 235.
See also Venom
Crosby, Dawn (singer), 356. See also Détente
Crosby, Robbin (guitarist), 357. See also
Ratt
Crowley, Aleister, 12
Crumbsuckers, the, 179
Cryptic Slaughter, 181, 185, 241, 254
Csihar, Attila (singer), 275–76. See also
Mayhem (Norway)
Cult, the, 209, 222
Curry, Adam, 168. See also Headbangers Ball
Cynic, 242, 245
Cypress Hill, 314
Damned, the, 28, 29, 31, 35, 173, 318
Danzig, Glenn (singer), 174, 203, 315, 353.
See also Misfits, the; Samhain
Dark Angel, 185, 242
Darkthrone, 271, 272, 274, 284–85
Dead (person), 271–72, 275, 286, 355. See
also Mayhem (Norway)
Dead Kennedys, 174, 177
Death (band), 114, 115, 201, 238, 240, 241–42, 243, 244–45, 247, 248, 266, 335, 358
Death Angel, 135, 137, 201
Deathrow, 138, 141
Deceased, 355
Deep Purple, 10–13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 37, 51, 104, 182, 223, 307, 350, 352–53
Def Jam Records, 146, 204, 205
Def Leppard: as NWOBHM ingenues, 33, 35, 41, 43, 44, 58, 61; as superstars, 67, 70, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81; 104, 117, 120, 123, 125, 129, 174, 223, 356
Deftones, 329
Deicide, 238, 240, 242–43, 244, 247, 248, 273, 286, 307
DeMaio, Joey (bassist), 88, 312. See also
Manowar
Denver, John, 19, 120
DePena, Katon W. (singer), 57, 61, 90, 91, 158, 168, 173, 174, 185, 206, 308, 352.
See also Hirax
Destroyer 666, 262
Destruction, 106, 109, 111, 137, 138, 141, 142, 272, 281, 343, 344
Destructor, 355
Detente, 100, 356
DI, 176, 318
Diamond Head, 37, 38, 41, 44–45;
influence on Metallica, 44, 55, 60, 63, 103, 105, 130, 193, 232, 315, 316, 320, 322
Di’Anno, Paul (singer), 34, 38, 45. See also
Iron Maiden
Dickinson, Bruce (singer), 45–46, 212, 343, 344. See also Iron Maiden
Die Kreuzen, 172, 173, 176
Die Krupps, 316, 333
Dimebag Darrell (guitarist), 229. See also
Pantera
Dimmu Borgir, 274, 288, 353
Dio, Ronnie James (singer), 158, 307, 320–21, 351, 353; as lyricist, 68, 204, 291; in Black Sabbath, 67–68, 80, 342;
in Dio, 69–71, 92, 202, 211, 223, 261, 319, 343, 348; in Rainbow, 15–17
Discharge, 176, 177, 184, 193, 315
disco, 47–48, 49, 52, 53, 169, 223, 254, 262, 331, 348
Dismember, 240, 251
Dissection, 251, 271, 274
divorces, 80; in Black Sabbath, 22; in Metallica, 233
DJs in heavy metal, 205, 208, 325, 326, 328, 330, 331, 335
Dokken, 51, 65, 81, 83, 154, 155, 159, 171, 194, 320
Dolby, Thomas (keyboardist), 223
Dome, Malcolm (writer), 38. See Also Kerrang!- magazine
Doom (band), 187, 188
Dorrian, Lee (singer), 189, 348. See also Cathedral; Napalm Death
double-bass drumming, 92, 238, 239, 240, 354
Doughton, K. J. (writer), 120, 151
Downing, K. K. (guitarist) 20, 22, 74, 231. See also Judas Priest
Dr. Know (band), 181, 318
Dragster, 49
Drakkar, 266
Dream Death, 349
DRI (Dirty Rotten Imbeciles), 173, 181, 185
drug use: cocaine, 14, 227–28, 267; heroin, 227, 231, 267, 302, 357; LSD, 15, 22, 29, 57, 94, 292; marijuana, 14, 15, 162, 193, 227, 267, 291, 346, 347, 357
Dubrow, Kevin (singer), 78. See also Quiet
Riot
Dunbar, Aynsly (drummer), 2
Dungeons & Dragons, 67
Duran Duran, 38, 77, 223
Earache Records, 186, 187, 188, 242, 247, 248, 249, 255, 262, 267, 283, 335
Earth (UK), 2, 20. See also Black Sabbath
Earth (US), 348, 349
Earthshaker, 61
Eastwood, Clint, 82, 312
Echols, Damien, 298, 299, 300
electronic drum machines, 107, 222, 282, 331, 333, 337
Ellefson, Dave (bassist), 133–34, 220, 227.
See also Megadeth
Elliott, Joe (singer), 174.
See also Def Leppard
Ellsworth, Bobby (singer), 168. See also
Overkill
Embury, Shane (bassist), 189, 246. See also
Napalm Death
Emperor, 94, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 284, 286, 287–88, 289, 292, 307, 317, 353
Endemoniada magazine, 265–66
Enfer magazine, 85
English Dogs, 178
Enslaved, 274, 282, 322
Entombed, 248, 251, 255, 272
Euronymous, 180, 270–71, 275, 276, 281, 282, 286, 287; murder of 277–79, 355.
See also Mayhem
Excel, 181, 185
Exciter, 46, 67, 74, 84, 92, 95, 111, 344
Exodus, 64, 87, 108, 134–35, 137, 144, 146, 169, 179, 182, 198, 200, 208, 224, 228, 238, 272, 273, 280, 317, 321, 343, 358
exploding codpieces, 64, 126, 235
Extreme Noise Terror, 187, 188, 189
Eyehategod, 250, 349
face-painting, 18–19, 95, 106, 108, 272, 284, 287, 289, 331
Faith No More, 208, 209, 210, 211, 222, 224, 225, 226, 254, 268, 325, 329
Faithfull, Marianne, 311
Falwell, Jerry, 125; and the Moral Majority, 122
Fantoftkirke, 275, 277, 289.
See also church-burning
Faster Pussycat, 159, 160
Fastway, 69, 100
Fates Warning, 111, 230, 247, 312, 319
Faust, Bård, 271, 273, 277, 284, 288. See
also Emperor
Fear Factory, 247, 267, 268, 329, 334
Fender Stratocaster guitar, 13, 108
Fenriz, 285. See also Darkthrone
Ferrero, Maria, 100, 168, 200–01. See also
Megaforce Records
films about heavy metal, 158–60, 166–67, 170–71, 232–33, 259, 291, 297, 298–300
Flotsam & Jetsam, 73, 131, 151, 191
Flower Travellin’ Band, 9, 16
Ford, Lita (guitarist), 53, 213. See also
Runaways, the
French, Jay Jay (guitarist), 50. See also
Twisted Sister
Friedman, Marty (guitarist), 63. See also
Megadeth
Fulci, Lucio, 241
Gallagher, John (singer/bassist), 30, 32, 33, 43, 44, 75, 97, 98, 129, 132, 212. See also Raven
GBH, 173, 176, 177, 181
Germs, the, 31, 48
Geto Boys, the, 207
Gibson guitars: Explorer, 75; Flying V, 56, 74–75, 90, 216, 320; SG, 57
Giger, H. R. (artist), 112–13, 247
Gillan, Ian (singer), 13, 51, 80. See also
Ginn, Greg (guitarist), 28. See also Black Flag
Girlschool, 38, 39, 41, 100
GIT (Guitar Institute of Technology), 160–61
Godflesh, 189, 248, 249, 332–33, 335, 337
Goldie, 335, 337
Goo Goo Dolls, 256, 302
Gore, Sen. Al, 119, 121, 221, 303
Gore, Tipper, 118, 119, 120, 123. See also PMRC
Graham, Bill (promoter), 144
Grammy Awards, 213, 214, 221, 234, 258, 268, 315–16, 354, 361
Grand Funk Railroad, 12, 230
Grandmaster Flash (DJ), 205, 207
Grant, Lloyd (guitarist), 60, 61, 206. See also Metallica
Grateful Dead, the, 180, 213
Green Day, 305
Greenway, Barney (singer), 250, 259, 260;
See also Napalm Death
Grohl, Dave (drummer), 232. See also Nirvana
grunge, 159, 230–32, 236, 242, 247, 322
Guns N’ Roses, 159, 164–65, 194, 206, 213, 228, 234–36, 318, 367
Gwar, 247, 301
Hagar, Sammy (singer), 195. See also Van Halen
Halford, Rob (singer), 9, 29, 69, 74, 155, 221, 227, 229–30, 239, 319, 340–41, 351, 359–60; in Judas Priest, 20, 22, 36, 40, 46, 58, 76–77, 79, 297, 317; music of, after Judas Priest, 309–10, 332, 343, 344, 351. See also Judas Priest
Hammerfall, 319
Hammersmith Odeon (club), 33
Hammett, Kirk (guitarist), 75, 87–88, 89, 90, 127, 130, 134, 179, 192, 216, 233, 311, 315, 358. See also Metallica
Hanneman, Jeff (guitarist), 64, 103, 104, 108, 110, 150, 304–05. See also Slayer
Hanoi Rocks, 156–57, 159, 164, 318, 344
Harris, Mick (drummer), 187, 189, 246, 252, 333. See also Napalm Death;
Painkiller; Scorn
Harris, Mitch (guitarist), 246, 261, 266. See also Napalm Death
Harris, Steve (bassist), 34, 45, 72. See also Iron Maiden
Hawkwind, 16, 29
Headbangers Ball, 165, 168, 170, 200, 305, 363. See also MTV
Heavy Metal Parking Lot, 170–71
Hellhammer (band), 61, 102, 105–06, 107, 109, 110, 111, 114, 198; demise of, 111–12, 197; legacy of, 238, 262, 270, 272, 275, 281, 345, 364. See also Celtic
Frost
Hellhammer (drummer), 275, 276, 281, 286, 287. See also Mayhem
Hellion, 100
Helloween, 141
Helmet, 225
Hendrix, Jimi (guitarist), 7, 10, 16, 29, 50, 51, 177, 206
Hetfield, James (singer/guitarist), 52, 62, 65, 87, 120, 128, 149, 150, 208, 233, 235, 311, 354, 359, 367; before Metal- lica, 44, 54–55, 57, 59, 60, 61, 78, 170; guitar style, 75, 89, 90, 98, 130; per- sonal image, 97, 104, 149, 203, 217, 281, 308, 312; songwriting, 127, 196, 215–16, 309; vocal development, 63, 91, 136, 216, 219, 239, 192, 217, 234; See also Metallica; Spastik Children
Hirax, 90, 98, 168, 173, 181, 185, 206, 254, 266, 318, 344
Hit Parader, 80–83, 85, 162, 195
Hoglan, Gene (drummer), 242. See also
Dark Angel; Death
Holmes, Chris (guitarist), 158. See also
W.A.S.P.
Holocaust (UK), 44, 193, 316, 344
Holt, Gary (guitarist), 135, 169, 182, 226.
See also Exodus
Holy Terror, 137, 197
horror films, 4, 35, 158, 177, 199, 241, 224, 241, 280
Ian, Scott (guitarist), 87, 175, 177. See also
Anthrax, S.O.D.
Ice Cube (rapper), 207
Iced Earth, 319
Ice-T (rapper), 205, 207, 300–01, 302. See
also Body Count
Ihsahn (singer/guitarist), 275, 276, 278, 280, 286, 288. See also Emperor
Immolation, 247
Immortal, 271, 272, 274, 283–84, 286, 357
In Flames, 251
In the Woods, 272–73
Internet, the, 25, 46, 140, 263, 326, 336, 338–39, 345
Iommi, Tony (guitarist), 1, 2–3, 11, 14, 24, 25, 197, 234, 340, 341, 342, 345, 361.
See also Black Sabbath
Iron Butterfly, 14, 317
Iron Maiden: early history of, 33, 34–35, 36, 37, 41, 43, 44, 45–46, 223; graphic art of, 71–73, 348; invading America, 50, 55, 56, 58, 66–67, 68, 69, 70, 71–72, 80, 82, 83, 90, 100, 117, 118, 140, 154, 158, 171, 202; international appeal of, 259, 260, 262; losing ground to thrash metal, 92, 209, 211, 212, 213, 226, 236, 320; powerful influence of, 95, 97, 103–04, 110, 130, 136, 138, 140, 149, 185, 216, 225, 230, 246, 280, 314, 317, 319, 327, 344, 346
Jackson, Michael, 78, 82
Jacobson, Matt (entrepreneur), 255, 307, 321, 328, 336. See also Relapse Records
Jag Panzer, 95
Jane’s Addiction, 213, 225
Japanese noise, 254–55
jazz, 133, 134, 253; Davis, Miles 2; Sun Ra, 252
Jefferson Airplane, 9; as Starship, 64
Jethro Tull, 14, 213
Jett, Joan (singer/guitarist), 50, 100. See also Runaways, the
Johnny Z (entrepreneur), 86, 87, 91, 94, 97, 100, 104, 129, 132, 200. See also
Megaforce Records
Johnson, Howard (writer), 212. See Also
Kerrang! magazine
Journey, 64, 69, 146
Judas Priest: commercial breakthroughs, 36, 41, 58, 66–67, 70, 130; early history of, 19–22, 23, 27, 30, 32, 80, 206, 317; importance of touring and live performance, 37, 43, 46, 68, 69, 76–77, 83, 90, 202, 211, 262; in the video age, 79, 148, 170–71, 183, 352; influence of 34, 51, 56, 89, 92, 95, 97, 104, 110, 136, 138, 144, 197, 222, 238, 319; post–Rob Halford, 309–10; targeted by social reformers, 123, 291, 296–97, 298. See also Halford, Rob
Kamen, Michael (conductor), 216, 352
Kataklysm, 251
Keel, Ron (singer), 62. See also Steeler Kerrang! magazine, 13, 38–40, 42, 43, 49, 50, 54, 56, 61, 62, 83, 84–85, 118, 129, 131, 140, 142, 151, 156, 203, 209–11, 212, 248, 278, 312
Kick Ass Monthly magazine, 85, 91, 104, 111, 112, 127, 131, 147, 149, 295
Kid Rock (rapper), 316, 325, 354, 367
Killing Joke, 193, 318
King Crimson, 13, 16
King Diamond (singer), 18, 94, 95, 96–97, 107, 116, 121, 122, 128, 147, 169, 199–200, 201, 203–04, 228, 272, 294, 315, 330. See also Mercyful Fate
King, Kerry (guitarist), 103, 104, 110, 133, 149, 238, 264, 334. See also Slayer
Kiss, 18–19, 23, 27, 36, 39, 42, 46, 49, 56, 57, 74, 131, 132, 158, 161, 166, 191, 231, 288, 318, 330
Kisser, Andreas (guitarist), 265. See also Sepultura
Kittie, 327, 329
Knack, the, 48, 305
Korn, 314, 316, 325, 326, 329, 331
Korrozia Metalla, 261
Kraftwerk, 222
Kreator, 138–39, 141, 142, 238, 272, 281; as
Tormentor, 106, 139
Krgin, Borivoj (writer), 250
Krokus, 77, 100, 352
Kublai Khan, 202
Kyuss, 225
L’Amour (club), 178
Laaz Rockit, 108
Lalonde, Larry (guitarist), 71, 113, 115, 116, 208, 244. See also Possessed;
Primus
Lander, Morgan, 327. See also Kittie
Lawless, Blackie (singer/bassist), 56, 64, 83, 121, 122, 131, 160, 235, 249, 351.
See also W.A.S.P.
Led Zeppelin, 10–13, 15, 16, 20, 21, 23, 27, 44, 50, 54, 230, 231
Lee, Jake E. (guitarist), 56, 76, 147. See also Osbourne, Ozzy; Ratt
Lee, Kam (singer), 241. See also Death
Lee, Tommy (drummer), 259, 363. See also Mötley Crüe
Lemmy (singer/bassist), 29–30, 35, 38, 80, 136, 185, 357. See also Motörhead
Lewis, Herschel Gordon, 241.
Lieberman, Sen. Joseph, 302, 303
Liemer, Ben (writer), 82, 83, 147, 155–56, 158, 227. See also Circus magazine
Life of Agony, 313
Lilker, Dan, 73, 86, 88, 93, 94 , 99, 104, 136, 175, 177, 178, 198, 202, 218, 252, 328, 34
4; See also Anthrax; Brutal
Truth; Nuclear Assault; S.O.D.
Limbomaniacs, 208, 210
Limp Bizkit, 314, 316, 325, 326, 328, 329, 331, 339
Linkin Park, 336
Living Colour, 206
Living Death, 138, 141, 320
Lizzy Borden, 160
Lollapalooza, 308, 311, 323,
Lombardo, Dave (drummer), 110, 238, 259, 348. See also Slayer
Lord of the Rings, The, 67
Lord, Jon (organist), 13, 15, 223, 353. See also Deep Purple
Loudness, 44, 262
Lovecraft, H.P. (writer), 128, 145
Lucifer’s Friend, 14, 345
Ludwig, Katherine, 249–51. See also
Metal Maniacs magazine
Lynch, George (guitarist), 51. See also
Dokken
Lynott, Phil (singer/bassist), 206, 316. See
also Thin Lizzy
Lynyrd Skynyrd, 54, 193, 315
lyrics, 8–9, 20–21, 67–69, 80, 111, 137, 174, 196, 243–44, 247–48, 280, 291, 296, 297, 330
MacAlpine, Tony, 206
Mace, 185, 318
Machine Head, 313–14
Madonna, 120, 123, 171, 322
Make-A-Wish Foundation, 233
Malevolent Creation, 242
Malice, 58, 63
Malmsteen, Yngwie (guitarist), 62, 108, 143, 224, 353. See also Steeler
Manowar, 44, 75, 92, 95, 312–13, 319
Manson, Charles, 8, 292, 318
Marduk, 274, 286
Marilyn Manson, 288, 333, 357
Marshall amplifiers, 5, 13, 65, 75, 76, 220, 222
Marshall, John (guitarist), 150. See also
Metallica
Masacre (Colombia), 266
Massacre (Florida), 242
Master’s Hammer, 253, 254, 353
May Blitz, 14
Mayhem (Norway): early efforts, 108, 270–71, 272, 274, 275–76, 281, 282; following murder of Euronymous, 286–87
MC5, 16
McGovney, Ron (bassist), 61, 62, 65, 78, 87.
See also Metallica
McKagen, Duff (bassist), 213. See also
Guns N’ Roses
Medieval, 99
Megadeth: as “Big Four” thrash metal force, 146, 147, 158–60, 180, 182, 186, 200, 202, 220, 228, 365; early years, 132–34, 137, 357; musical influences, 36, 317, 320; social message of, 156, 174, 220–21, 243, 295, 306; targeted by social reformers, 298, 303; trying jock rock, 350. See also Mustaine, Dave
Megaforce Records, 86, 92–94, 96, 100, 101, 106, 129, 151, 177, 200, 205, 256
Melvins, the, 347, 349
Mendoza, Mark (bassist), 50. See also
Twisted Sister
Mentors, the, 120
Mercury, Freddie (singer), 234. See also Queen
Mercyful Fate, 44, 61, 63, 93–94, 95, 96, 105, 116, 121, 123, 128, 199, 203, 262, 315, 317, 318, 320, 322, 344