Name: So Far, So Good... So Megadeth!
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Author: Martin Popoff
ISBN: 9781908724618

Type

Physical Book

Author

Martin Popoff

Publisher

Wymer UK

Language

English

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.4 x 15.6 x 1.5 cm

Weight

0.41 kg.

ISBN13

9781908724618

Synopsis "So Far, So Good... So Megadeth!"

Megadeth's run of thrash classics from the mid eighties through to the nineties continue to be celebrated in the metal community long after leader Dave Mustaine's band mates have been discarded to the sands of time-save one, Dave "Jr" Ellefson. Along the way there's Mustaine's pathology with his ex-friends in Metallica but also a hell of a lot of killer metal as the band works its way up through Peace Sells and So Far, So Good... So What! through to the superlative metal classics, namely Rust In Peace and Countdown To Extinction. Later came Cryptic Writings and Risk that threatened to kill the band but the reconstitution of Megadeth after its demoralising decline and then deflating dispersal at the destructive hand of Mustaine is a story untold... until now. But it's a tale worth telling for its instructiveness on how to rebuild and maintain a career. Quite simply the recent Megadeth story spanning the albums The World Needs A Hero through to Super Collider includes some of the beast and heaviest Megadeth ever committed to record. Celebrate Mustaine's vision track-by-track with top author Martin Popoff. With over sixty books to his name, Popoff applies his tried and tested methodology to a head-crunching canon of work that is truly as strong at the recent end of the spectrum as it is with the classics you all know and love.

Martin Popoff

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Martin Popoff is an influential Canadian music journalist and writer, born on April 28, 1963 in Castlegar, British Columbia. Recognized as one of the most prolific chroniclers of heavy metal, he has written over 100 books and approximately 7,900 record reviews, covering genres such as hard rock, classic rock, and punk. His work ranges from biographies of iconic bands to music collecting guides

Popoff co-founded and was the editor-in-chief of Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles magazine, one of Canada's most prominent metal publications. Additionally, he has collaborated with media such as Guitar World, Revolver, Goldmine, Record Collector, bravewords.com, lollipop.com, and hardradio.com, and has worked on award-winning documentaries about Rush and ZZ Top

Among his most notable books are The Collector’s Guide to Heavy Metal (in its 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s editions), Anthem: Rush in the '70s, AC/DC at 50, Judas Priest: Album by Album, and The Who & Quadrophenia. His detailed style and focus on rock history have established him as a key figure in the documentation and critique of heavy metal

Currently, Popoff resides in Toronto, Ontario, and continues to be an authoritative voice in music criticism and rock-specialized literature

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