[DOC] Solos for Young Violinists; Vol. 1 by Barber; Barbara in Arts-Photography

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Their roots lie in the heavy rock of 70s groups like Deep Purple. The music they playedmdash;heavy metal mixed with punk attitudemdash;became its own genre: thrash. Their bassist died and they survived to became the biggest-selling band in the world. As grunge threatened to overtake them; they reinvented themselves. Then their singer went into rehab and they almost fell apart. They are Metallica; the most influential heavy metal band of the last thirty years.As Led Zeppelin was for hard rock and the Sex Pistols were for punk; Metallica became the band that defined the look and sound of 1980s heavy metal. Inventors of thrash metalmdash;Slayer; Anthrax and Megadeth followedmdash;it was always Metallica who led the way; who pushed to another level; who became the last of the superstar rockers.Metallica is the fifth-largest selling artist of all time; with 100 million records sold worldwide. Their music has extended its reach beyond rock and metal; and into the pop mainstream; as they went from speed metal to MTV with their hit single "Enter Sandman". Until now there hasnt been a critical; authoritative; in-depth portrait of the band. Mick Walls thoroughly researched; insightful work is enriched by his interviews with band members; record company execs; roadies; and fellow musicians. He tells the story of how a tennis-playing; music-loving Danish immigrant named Lars Ulrich created a band with singer James Hetfield and made his dreams a reality. Enter Night follows the band through tragedy and triumph; from the bus crash that killed their bassist Cliff Burton in 1986 to the 2004 documentary Some Kind of Monster; and on to their current status as the leaders of the Big Four festival that played to a million fans in Britain and Europe and continues in the U.S. in 2011. Enter Night delves into the various incarnations of the band; and the personalities of all key members; past and presentmdash;especially Ulrich and Hetfieldmdash;to produce the definitive word on the biggest metal band on the planet.