Joel McIver
| Joel McIver | |
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 Joel McIver in December 2008 |
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| Occupation | Music journalist, author |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Genres | Biography |
| Subjects | Non-fiction |
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www.joelmciver.co.uk |
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Joel McIver (born 1971) is a British author. The best-known of his 20 books to date is the bestselling Justice For All: The Truth About Metallica, first published in 2004 and selling close to 50,000 copies in nine languages since then. McIver's other works include biographies of Black Sabbath, Slayer, Ice Cube and Queens Of The Stone Age. His writing also appears in newspapers and magazines such as The Guardian, Metal Hammer, Classic Rock and Rolling Stone, and he is a regular guest on music-related BBC and commercial radio.
In the introduction to the 2009 book All Pens Blazing: A Heavy Metal Writer’s Handbook by Neil Daniels, veteran writer Martin Popoff described McIver as "probably the top [rock] scribe in the world right now".[1]
As well as writing his own books, McIver also co-writes the memoirs of rock musicians, notably that of sometime Deep Purple bassist Glenn Hughes, whose autobiography was published in May 2011,[2] and of Max Cavalera (Sepultura, Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy), whose book will appear in 2012.[3]
McIver is an alumnus of Backwell School[4] and the University of Edinburgh.
[edit] Bibliography
- Extreme Metal (2000)
- Slipknot: Unmasked (2001)
- Nu-Metal: The Next Generation of Rock and Punk (2002)
- Ice Cube: Attitude (2002)
- Erykah Badu: The First Lady of Neo-Soul (2003)
- Justice for All: The Truth About Metallica (2004)
- Extreme Metal II (2005)
- No One Knows: The Queens of the Stone Age Story (2005)
- The Making of The Red Hot Chili Peppers' Blood Sugar Sex Magik (2005)
- The Making of The Sex Pistols' The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle (2006)
- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (2006)
- The Bloody Reign of Slayer (2008)
- The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists (2009)
- Unleashed: The Story of Tool (2009)
- To Live Is to Die: The Life and Death of Metallica's Cliff Burton (2009)
- Justice for All: The Truth About Metallica (Updated Edition) (2009)
- Holy Rock'N'Rollers: The Kings Of Leon Story (2010)
- Crazy Train: The High Life And Tragic Death Of Randy Rhoads (2011)
- Overkill: The Untold Story Of Motorhead (2011)
- Deep Purple And Beyond: Scenes From The Life Of A Rock Star (with Glenn Hughes, 2011)
[edit] References
- ^ Daniels, Neil; All Pens Blazing, 2009, p6
- ^ "GLENN HUGHES Performs Solo Acoustic Set At 'Life Of A Rock Star' Book-Launch Event (Video)". BlabberMouth. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=158164.
- ^ "MAX CAVALERA's Autobiography To Include Foreword By DAVE GROHL". BlabberMouth. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=166066.
- ^ Interview in Venue magazine, 2008
