Giveaway: 'The Big Book of Hair Metal'

On August 15, Martin Popoff's new book The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade will hit store shelves. The book takes a nice, long look at the music we love so much complete with previously unpublished quotes, anecdotes, photos, and memorabilia.

Bands in the book include Twisted Sister, Bon Jovi, Poison, Mötley Crüe, Ratt, Warrant, Great White, Whitesnake, Cinderella, Vixen, Skid Row, L.A. Guns, Guns N' Roses and more.

I'm actually reviewing this book for the Dayton City Paper and that write-up will be featured in mid-September. When I mentioned that review to the publicist, he thought it would be cool for me to give away a copy of the book to one of you lucky BBG! readers as well! To win the book, simply shoot an email to allyson@bringbackglam.com and put "Popoff Book" in the subject line. I'll need your full, legal name and mailing address as well. Anyone in the world can win. Entries that don't include an email address or full name will be discarded. Enter by Sunday, August 3 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Good luck.

Comments

[Bobby Sixkiller]

What a $hitty name for the book. Makes it seem like some douche who loved grunge, just off the top his head said "Just call it hair metal book, fuck em". Such a stupid ignorant offensive title. Really ruins any single aspiration I ever had for the book. I will definitely not buy just based on the idiotic title alone!

[Jakki Steal]

I agree!!!
Horrible name for the book!
It might be nice but that extremely stupid glam metal hating title just ruins it for me.

[Brian Esperes]

"Hair Metal"...Really?
That is so damn dumb. Might as well just take a dump all over the brilliant glam Metal music from the 80's!

The book seems to look cool but the title is just so stupid and dismissive. Why so much hatred for badass 80's metal? What sane person would ever think "Hair" is a style of metal?

[Gary]

I personally could give a rats ass what he named the book. I'm just glad he took the time to research & write it. Also,thanks for the cool contest giving folks the chance to win it Ally! Rock on people!! \m/ P.S.. Popoff has written a shit ton of books & reviews on various Metal bands over the years,so this ought to be a pretty good read for those of us who are readers amongst our little family here....8-)

[Mike]

I think he is paying homage to the series of books published by TASCHEN: "the Big Book Of Boobs" / "The Big Book of Legs" etc...

Cover looks like it it trying to emulate an old Circus or Hit Parader mag from the 80s; it doesn't quite hit the mark IMO.

[dale schmucekr]

Thank you for the great contest to win

[dale schmucekr]

Thank you for the great contest to win

[Metalboy!]

I still don't get why you guys get so offended by the name "Hair Metal".

Interesting info, Mike!

[Metalboy!]

And, Mike, you are right about the design. Saying it "doesn't quite hit the mark" is an understatement.

[Rita]

Maybe he should have called it "The Big Book of COCK ROCK".

Perhaps people wouldn't be freaking out so much then.

[Dj]

I don't like the term but I won't freak out. It's like calling grunge flannel rock. I like both so what they call it shouldn't matter. I'd rather read Louder Than Hell though.

[Metalboy!]

Rita! Too funny!

[Rita]

Thanks Metalboy! Couldn't resist ;)

[Steve]

Cool, I'm with you guys. Those first 3 posters are tools. I hate hair metal. Calling it hair is so fitting for how awful the music was. It doesn't deserve to be respected.

Thankfully everybody else here understands that. I don't get why people are offended at all. If the music was actually remotely good then sure I could see why anybody would be up in arms about it, but judging from the posts from everyone after the first 3. Everybody else is in agreement with me that the music sucks big time, only losers who don't have a clue about real metal would care if people are mocking it.

[Metalboy!]

Steve, just to clarify my position, I am the exact opposite from thinking the music sucks.

In fact, MY Big are:

1) Motley Crue
2) RATT
3) Cinderella
4) Poison

Not boring a*s MetallicUGH!, Snorer, or Anthacks. That said, I do like Megadeth, for all the obvious reasons, as their music and message are vastly superior to those of the others.

Of that ilk of Metal, I also prefer Overkill over them, as well.

But it's GLAM METAL, also often referred to as "HAIR METAL", that is my favorite subgenre of Metal.