Read Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal Online
Authors: Jon Wiederhorn
MIKE PATTON:
Vocalist for Faith No More, Tomahawk, Fantomas, Lovage, Peeping Tom, ex–Mr. Bungle; owner of Ipecac Records.
STEPHEN PEARCY:
Singer for Ratt.
DAVE PETERS:
Ex-guitarist for Eighteen Visions, vocalist, ex-guitarist for Throwdown.
DICKIE PETERSON (b: 1964, d: 2009):
Blue Cheer singer/bassist.
ERIC PETERSON:
Guitarist for Testament, ex-front man for Dragonlord.
MILLE PETROZZA:
Front man of Kreator.
TREVOR PHIPPS:
Vocalist of Unearth.
MATT PIKE:
Front man and founder of High on Fire, Sleep.
MATT PINFIELD:
TV, radio personality.
JESSE PINTADO (b: 1969, d: 2006):
ex-guitarist for Napalm Death, Terrorizer.
CYNTHIA PLASTERCASTER:
Groupie, penis sculptor.
MARTIN POPOFF:
Author, journalist.
SETH PUTNAM (b: 1968, d: 2011):
Front man of grindcore band Anal Cunt.
DAVE PYBUS:
Guitarist for Cradle of Filth, ex-Anathema, Dreambreed.
RON QUINTANA:
KUSF San Francisco Radio DJ, ex-fanzine editor.
QUORTHON (TOMAS FORSBERG) (b: 1966, d: 2004):
Founder and front man of Bathory.
RIKI RACHTMAN:
DJ, VJ, Cathouse nightclub founder.
TWIGGY RAMIREZ:
Ex-bassist, current guitarist for Marilyn Manson.
MEEGS RANSCÓN:
Guitarist for nu metal band Coal Chamber, Glass Pinata, NEO GEO, We Are the Riot.
CHRIS REIFERT:
Drummer for Autopsy, ex-Death, ex-Abscess, ex–The Ravenous, ex–Burnt Offerings.
REVEREND RUN:
Rapper for Run-DMC.
TRENT REZNOR:
Front man for Nine Inch Nails, ex-2wo, solo artist.
DELORES RHOADS:
Randy Rhoads’s mother, owner of Musonia music school.
KELLI RHOADS:
Brother of Randy Rhoads, classical musician, composer.
RANDY RHOADS (b: 1956, d: 1982):
Guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, ex–Quiet Riot.
LOU BOULDER RICHARDS (b: 1970, d: 2006):
Ex-Hatebreed guitarist.
RIPPER (TIM OWENS):
Ex-vocalist of Judas Priest, ex–Iced Earth, Charred Walls of the Damned, Dio’s Disciples.
ROSS ROBINSON:
Producer.
BOB ROCK:
Producer.
HENRY ROLLINS:
Vocalist for Black Flag, Rollins Band, writer, poet.
TONY ROMBOLA:
Guitarist for Godsmack.
JIM ROOT:
Guitarist for Slipknot, Stone Sour.
W. AXL ROSE:
Singer/founder of Guns N’ Roses.
RICK ROZZ:
Ex-guitarist and cofounder of Death, Massacre. M. Inc.
SNORRE RUCH:
Guitarist for Thorns, ex-Mayhem.
PHIL RUDD:
Drummer for AC/DC.
ERIK RUTAN:
Ex-guitarist for Morbid Angel, front man of Hate Eternal; producer.
BRANDON SALLER:
Drummer of Atreyu, front man of Hell or Highwater.
ED SANDERS:
Front man of The Fugs, poet, social activist.
TROY SANDERS:
Bassist and vocalist for Mastodon, ex–Four Hour Fogger.
RUDY SARZO:
Ex-bassist for Ozzy Osbourne, ex-Whitesnake, ex–Quiet Riot.
MARK SAWACKIS:
Guitarist for Impetigo.
RUDOLF SCHENKER:
Guitarist of Scorpions.
BRANDAN SCHIEPPATI:
Ex-guitarist for Eighteen Visions, ex-Throwdown, vocalist of Bleeding Through, I Am War.
CHRISTOPH “DOOM” SCHNEIDER:
Drummer of German industrial band Rammstein.
CHUCK SCHULDINER (b: 1967, d: 2001):
Guitarist and vocalist of Death, ex–Control Denied, ex-Voodoocult.
BON SCOTT (b: 1946, d: 1980):
Ex-Singer for AC/DC.
EVAN SEINFELD:
Ex-bassist and cofounder of Biohazard, ex-Spyderz, Attika 7; actor, adult film performer and director.
JACOBY SHADDIX:
Vocalist for Papa Roach.
M. SHADOWS:
Cofounder and vocalist of Avenged Sevenfold.
KELLY SHAEFER:
Guitarist and vocalist of Atheist, ex-Neurotica.
SHAGRATH (STIAN TOMT THORESEN):
Front man of Dimmu Borgir, guitarist for Chrome Division, ex–OV Hell.
KEVIN SHARP:
Vocalist of grindcore band Brutal Truth.
MIKE SHINODA:
Rapper for Linkin Park.
ROXANA SHIRAZI:
Groupie, author.
RYAN SHUCK:
Guitarist for Orgy, ex-Sexart, Julian-K, Dead by Sunrise.
DEREK SHULMAN:
President of 2PLUS Music & Entertainment, ex-President/CEO, Atco & Roadrunner Records.
SILENOZ (SVEN ATLE KOPPERUD):
Guitarist for Dimmu Borgir.
JOSH SILVER:
Keyboardist of Type O Negative.
GENE SIMMONS:
Bassist/singer for KISS.
RAT SKATES:
Ex-drummer and co-founder of Overkill.
ALEX SKOLNICK:
Guitarist for Testament, Alex Skolnick Trio, Trans Siberian Orchestra.
BRIAN SLAGEL:
Founder of Metal Blade Records.
SLASH:
Ex-guitarist for Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver, solo artist.
ROD SMALLWOOD:
Sanctuary Management.
ADRIAN SMITH:
Guitarist for Iron Maiden.
NEAL SMITH:
Ex-drummer for Alice Cooper.
DEE SNIDER:
Front man of Twisted Sister, Widowmaker, solo artist, actor, radio and TV personality.
DAN SPITZ:
Ex-guitarist for Anthrax, Red Lamb.
PAUL STANLEY:
Singer/guitarist for KISS.
WAYNE STATIC:
Front man of Static-X, solo artist.
PETER STEELE (b: 1962, d: 2010):
Singer, bassist, and founder of Carnivore and Type O Negative.
BILL STEER:
Guitarist of Carcass, Firebird, Gentleman’s Pistols, Angel Witch.
IZZY STRADLIN:
Ex-Guns N’ Roses guitarist, solo artist.
LYNN STRAIT (b: 1968, d: 1998):
Vocalist for Snot.
DANNY SUGERMAN (b: 1954, d: 2005):
Author, band manager.
KEN SUSI:
Guitarist for Unearth.
MICHAEL SWEET:
Singer, guitarist, and cofounder of Stryper.
SERJ TANKIAN:
Vocalist for System of a Down, solo artist.
JOHN TARDY:
Vocalist for pioneer death metal band Obituary.
GEOFF TATE:
Ex-singer for Queensrÿche (1981–2012).
BRIAN TATLER:
Guitarist and cofounder of Diamond Head.
COREY TAYLOR:
Vocalist for Slipknot and Stone Sour.
THE REV (JIMMY SULLIVAN) (b: 1981, d: 2009):
Founding drummer for Avenged Sevenfold.
MICK THOMSON:
Guitarist for Slipknot.
GLENN TIPTON:
Guitarist for Judas Priest.
BOBBY TONGS:
Pantera videographer.
ROBERT TRUJILLO:
Ex-bassist for Ozzy Osbourne, ex–Suicidal Tendencies, Metallica.
EDDIE TRUNK:
Former VP of Megaforce Records, radio DJ, host of VH1’s “That Metal Show,” author of
Eddie Trunk’s Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal
.
NEIL TURBIN:
Ex-vocalist of Anthrax, Death Riders, solo artist.
LARS ULRICH:
Metallica drummer and cofounder.
ALEX VAN HALEN:
Drummer and cofounder of Van Halen.
EDDIE VAN HALEN:
Guitarist and cofounder of Van Halen.
JAVIER VAN HUSS:
Ex-bassist for Eighteen Visions, Throwdown.
ALEX VARKATZAS:
Vocalist for Atreyu, I Am War.
ZACKY VENGEANCE:
Guitarist for Avenged Sevenfold.
JOEY VERA:
Bassist for Armored Saint, Fates Warning, ex-Anthrax bassist, producer, solo artist.
TOMMY VICTOR:
Front man of Prong, guitarist for Ministry, Danzig.
DAVID VINCENT:
Vocalist for Morbid Angel, ex-Terrorizer, ex-Genitorturers.
EERIE VON:
Ex–Rosemary’s Babies drummer, ex-Samhain bassist, ex-Danzig, solo artist.
ALEX WADE:
Guitarist for deathcore band Whitechapel.
JEREMY WAGNER:
Author, guitarist for Broken Hope.
JEFF WALKER:
Bassist and vocalist for grindcore pioneers Carcass.
MICK WALL:
Author, journalist.
RICK WARTELL:
Guitarist for Trouble, Wet Animal.
ALEX WEBSTER:
Bassist for Cannibal Corpse.
JIM WELCH:
Ex-head of Earache U.S.
LESLIE WEST:
Singer and guitarist for Mountain.
MIKE IX WILLIAMS:
Singer for Eyehategod.
JAMES WILLIAMSON:
Guitarist for The Stooges.
SID WILSON:
DJ for Slipknot; DJ Starscream.
WINO (SCOTT WEINRICH):
The Obsessed ex-singer, guitarist, Saint Vitus.
ZAKK WYLDE:
Ex-guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist, front man for Black Label Society.
DAVE WYNDORF:
Front man of Monster Magnet.
ANGUS YOUNG:
Guitarist for AC/DC.
MALCOLM YOUNG:
Guitarist for AC/DC.
DEREK YOUNGSMA:
Drummer for Bleeding Through.
SEAN YSEULT:
Bassist for White Zombie.
FRANK ZAPPA (b: 1940, d: 1993):
American composer, singer, producer, guitarist.
JONNY ZAZULA:
Rock ’n Roll Heaven record store owner; Megaforce Records founder, along with his wife, Marsha.
NEIL ZLOZOWER:
Photographer.
ROB ZOMBIE:
Ex–White Zombie front man, solo artist.
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,
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,
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, Matthew Oppenheim, Elizabeth Oppenheim, Lucky 13, Walter White, Dexter Morgan.
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JON WIEDERHORN
is a veteran rock journalist who has worked on editorial staffs at
Rolling Stone
,
Guitar magazine
, and MTV. He is a senior writer for
Revolver
magazine and regularly writes for major publications including
Guitar World
, emusic.com, and
SPIN
. His work has also appeared in
Entertainment Weekly
,
Stuff
,
FHM
,
TV Guide
,
Metal Hammer
,
Raygun
,
RIP
,
Alternative Press
,
Raw
, and
Cosmopolitan
. Jon lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, down the street from the once legendary but now defunct metal club L’Amour. One of his proudest moments came when he was admonished by his then eight-year-old son’s schoolteacher because the boy came into class singing “Highway to Hell.”