![]() ![]() ![]() In Martin Popoff’s wildly entertaining stroll down memory lane (a walk reeking of Aqua Net and punctuated by the squeals of masturbatory guitar solos, naturally), The Big Book of Metal, he revisits the evolution of genre that defined the music industry in the 1980s from the very first hair metal record of the decade (the UK’s Girl, featuring Phil Collen, who would eventually join Def Leppard and Phil Lewis, a few years away from joining L.A. There is almost no way you could have been a teenager in the ‘80s and not spent a little quality time with the hair metal genre (even if you want to now refer to it as Glam Rock, that doesn’t make it any less of a guilty pleasure). ![]() If you’re in your late 30s to mid-40s, reading this review and don’t cop to listening to a little Ratt or Bon Jovi in your teens Slamming a Poison or Motley Crue cassette into your car’s tape deck, then you were either raised Amish or you’re very likely, completely full of shit. ![]()
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