Joel McIver

Joel McIver (né le 10 février 1971) est un auteur britannique. Le plus connu de ses livres est le plus vendu : “Justice For All: The Truth About Metallica”, publié pour la première fois en 2004 et paru en neuf langues depuis lors. Les autres œuvres de McIver comprennent des biographies de Black Sabbath, Slayer, Thunder, Ice Cube et Queens Of The Stone Age. Son écriture apparaît dans des journaux et des magazines tels que The Guardian, le Daily Telegraph et Classic Rock; de plus il intervient occasionnel à la BBC, à la radio et sur des chaines commerciales.

Bibliographie :
Extreme Metal (foreword by Jeffrey Dunn of Venom, 2000)
Slipknot: Unmasked (2001)
Nu-Metal: The Next Generation Of Rock And Punk (foreword by Casey Chaos of Amen, 2002)
Ice Cube: Attitude (2002)
Erykah Badu: The First Lady Of Neo-Soul (2003)
Justice For All: The Truth About Metallica (foreword by Thomas Gabriel Fischer of Celtic Frost and Triptykon, 2004)
Extreme Metal II (foreword by Mille Petrozza of Kreator, 2005)
No One Knows: The Queens Of The Stone Age Story (foreword by Kat Bjelland of Babes In Toyland, 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 (foreword by the members of Municipal Waste, 2008)
The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists (foreword by Glen Benton of Deicide, 2009)
Unleashed: The Story Of Tool (2009)
To Live Is To Die: The Life And Death Of Metallica’s Cliff Burton (foreword by Kirk Hammett of Metallica, 2009; updated with afterword by Frank Bello of Anthrax, 2016)
Holy Rock’N’Rollers: The Kings Of Leon Story (2010)
Crazy Train: The High Life And Tragic Death Of Randy Rhoads (foreword by Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society, afterword by Yngwie Malmsteen, 2011)
Overkill: The Untold Story Of Motorhead (foreword by Glenn Hughes, 2011)
Machine Head: Inside The Machine (foreword by Chris Kontos, formerly of Machine Head, 2012)
Ultimate Rock Riffs (foreword by Robb Flynn of Machine Head, 2013)
Know Your Enemy: Rage Against The Machine (2014)
Sinister Urge: The Life And Times Of Rob Zombie (foreword by Jeremy Wagner of Broken Hope, 2015)
The Complete History Of Black Sabbath: What Evil Lurks (foreword by Robb Flynn of Machine Head, 2016)