Fargo Rock City - A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota, by Chuck Klostermann
Such is the long winded title of my latest literary purchase. Behind the cut tag, you can find a short sample from the book. I love it.
( The year is 1983 and Chuck Klosterman just wants to rock. The only problem is, he's eleven years old, his hair's too short, his trousers are too denim and the town's too small. The Huey Lewis and the News song blaring out of the radio isn't helping either. That's when Chuck's brother brings home the cassette from hell - Motley Crue's 'Shout at the Devil'. And so the twisted journey begins... With a voice like Ace Frehley's guitar, Chuck hacks and riffs his way through this savvy, ,deliriously funny memoir of growing up as a shameless metalhead. Your story may be exactly the same, or completely different, but if you grew up anywhere near the 80s, then your life has been touched by hair metal, and Chuck is here to explain why this matters... )
( The year is 1983 and Chuck Klosterman just wants to rock. The only problem is, he's eleven years old, his hair's too short, his trousers are too denim and the town's too small. The Huey Lewis and the News song blaring out of the radio isn't helping either. That's when Chuck's brother brings home the cassette from hell - Motley Crue's 'Shout at the Devil'. And so the twisted journey begins... With a voice like Ace Frehley's guitar, Chuck hacks and riffs his way through this savvy, ,deliriously funny memoir of growing up as a shameless metalhead. Your story may be exactly the same, or completely different, but if you grew up anywhere near the 80s, then your life has been touched by hair metal, and Chuck is here to explain why this matters... )
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obviously the album load by metallica. cos then you could put on reload and do it again...
[hey beavis, i said load. huhhuhuh load. twice. huhhuhhh]
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