{"product_id":"9781472250612-a-history-of-heavy-metal","title":"A History Of Heavy Metal","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew musical genres have inspired the kind of devotion, controversy, and cultural mythology that heavy metal has — and Andrew O'Neill's A History of Heavy Metal is the definitive account of how it all came to be. Written with the passion of a true devotee and the wit of a seasoned comedian, the book chronicles the genre's origins from the gritty blues-rock of the late 1960s through to the sprawling, fractured subgenres of the modern era, tracing the thunderous arc of a musical movement that refused to be silenced.\n\nO'Neill's writing is irreverent, sharply funny, and deeply informed, presenting heavy metal not merely as noise and excess but as a legitimate and vital cultural force. The book argues that metal's outsider status is precisely what gives it its power — a defiant art form born of alienation and transformed into a global community. Part love letter, part critical history, A History of Heavy Metal leaves the reader wondering whether any other genre has ever meant quite so much to so many, for reasons so gloriously hard to explain.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130768531675,"sku":"9781472250612","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/f9c3dd1f-90cc-43af-8be2-c2a54b2d5704.png?v=1786589700","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781472250612-a-history-of-heavy-metal","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}