Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time, The

"Martin has the most thorough knowledge of heavy metal of anybody I've ever
met." \- Dee Snider Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, KISS, Mötley
Crüe ? "Purple Haze," "Paranoid," "Smoke on the Water," "Rock and Roll All
Night," "Shout at the Devil"? Who's number one? What's the greatest hard
rockin' single ever? The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs Of All Time is the end
result of a massive poll asking the metal minions to list their favourite hard
rock or heavy metal songs from the late '60s through to 2001. As 18,000
individual votes were tallied and entered into a database, Martin Popoff began
interviewing the bands that made the final heavy grade, gathering their
recollections of creating these classic tracks. Dozens of top rockers have
been polled, and some of their lists occur throughout the book, along with
shots of rare single covers (from 7", 12", and CD single sources) for the
songs in question. Finally, a set of appendices looks at the data, revealing
trends, surprises and endless grist for arguments amongst the metal masses.
Containing hundreds of quotes from dozens of multi-platinum artists (from
AC/DC to ZZ Top, Poison to Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne to Judas Priest,
Metallica to Megadeth) as well as many respected underground artists, The Top
500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time is sure to create a firestorm of discussion
throughout all facets of the media. "Excellent! It's one of the very few
guides that gets under the skin of the music and interprets what was in the
mind of its creators." \- Bruce Dickinson