MICK WALL has written about music since 1977. He is one of England's best known music journalists: his work has appeared in "Classic Rock, Mojo," the "London Times" and a variety of other publications, and his books include eleven rock 'n' roll biographies. He has also served as a trusted on-camera source for a number of BBC-TV music documentaries. He lives in England.
"[Y]ou want this. You want Mick Wall's "Enter Night." The
Metallisaga is fascinating, almost an epic, and Wall is well up to
the task of telling it."--"Boston Phoenix"
"They may be the greatest band of all time, but Metallica have been
plagued by a load of artistic misfires and band-member squabbles.
In this extensive biography by British rock journalist Mick Wall,
no lowlight goes unnoticed...His narrative is straightforward and
fast-paced - it's fun to see the band transform almost overnight
from scruffy, Motorhead-loving teenagers to hard-partying gods of
thunder." --"Rolling Stone" (3 and 1/2 stars)
""Enter Night," Mick Wall's biography of Metallica confirms this
grizzled veteran to be [an] engaged and waspishly authoritative
chronicler of metal's most hirsute behemoths." --"Independent on
Sunday" (UK)
"[A] flaming juggernaut of a heavy-metal biog... the author writes
a deceptively casual-looking, sincere but half-amused prose."
--"Guardian" (UK)
'It takes a writer of Mick Walls' pedigree and calibre... to
present the whole wild, wonderful and emotionally draining tale all
over again and make it as consistently fascinating and momentous as
"Enter Night."..this is the definitive account of heavy metal's
biggest band of all." --"Classic Rock""Millions of words have been
written on Metallica, but few journalists have been present at so
many of the band's milestones... [Wall's] eye for detail through
the early years makes the book truly enlightening in the way it
captures the character of the major players." --"Rock Sound"
"They may be the greatest band of all time, but Metallica have been
plagued by a load of artistic misfires and band-member squabbles.
In this extensive biography by British rock journalist Mick Wall,
no lowlight goes unnoticed...His narrative is straightforward and
fast-paced - it's fun to see the band transform almost overnight
from scruffy, Motorhead-loving teenagers to hard-partying gods of
thunder." --"Rolling Stone" (3 and 1/2 stars)
""Enter Night," Mick Wall's biography of Metallica confirms this
grizzled veteran to be [an] engaged and waspishly authoritative
chronicler of metal's most hirsute behemoths." --"Independent on
Sunday" (UK)
"[A] flaming juggernaut of a heavy-metal biog... the author writes
a deceptively casual-looking, sincere but half-amused prose."
--"Guardian" (UK)
'It takes a writer of Mick Walls' pedigree and calibre... to
present the whole wild, wonderful and emotionally draining tale all
over again and make it as consistently fascinating
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