Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers: The Rise of Motörhead
Written by Martin Popoff
Narrated by A.T. Chandler
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
Motörhead comes to life in this book as bad-luck bad boys-doused in drink and drugs, most notably speed-incapable of running their lives right, save for Fast Eddie, who is charged with holding things together. Popoff also examines the heady climate of music through the band's rise to prominence during the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, with detailed reflection on Motörhead's unique position in the scene as both originators and embattled survivors who carried on the renegade spirit of those times.
Martin Popoff
At approximately 7,900 (with over 7,000 appearing in his books), Martin Popoff has unofficially written more record reviews than anybody in the history of music writing across all genres. Additionally, Martin has penned approximately 108 books on hard rock, heavy metal, classic rock, and record collecting. He was Editor-In-Chief of the now retired Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles, Canada’s foremost metal publication for 14 years, and has also contributed to Revolver, Guitar World, Goldmine, Record Collector, bravewords.com, lollipop.com, and hardradio.com, with many record label band bios and liner notes to his credit as well. Additionally, Martin has been a regular contractor to Banger Films, having worked for two years as researcher on the award-winning documentary Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage, on the writing and research team for the 11-episode Metal Evolution and on the ten-episode Rock Icons, both for VH1 Classic. Additionally, Martin is the writer of the original metal genre chart used in Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey and throughout the Metal Evolution episodes. Martin currently resides in Toronto and can be reached through martinp@inforamp.net or www.martinpopoff.com.
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Reviews for Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A biography of the formation and career of the original band with a focus on the business side. This is the only bio I've ever read that consisted almost entirely of interview quotes, which make up about 90% of the book with the author simply putting in connecting sentences. Still, this book has a lot of value to fans as there are, finally, explanations for the departures of both Fast Eddie and Phil Taylor, and the book is recent enough that the deaths of Lemmy and Phil are covered. I wish I could give it a higher rating, but there's so little writing on the author's part and the few photos included are black and white crowd photos.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Book received from NetGalley.I have been a fan of Motorhead since I first heard them play Ace of Spades on the British TV show "The Young Ones" back in the 80's. While I liked their music I didn't really know much about the band or its members. This was a really good history of the group, and it's especially timely since we lost Lemmy last year. This is a definite must-read for fans of the group.