The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade Hardcover - 2014

Working out of Toronto, Canada, Martin Popoff (martinpopoff.com) has penned more than 100 books on hard rock, heavy metal, classic rock, and record collecting, including Rush: The Illustrated History, Led Zeppelin: Song by Song, Pink Floyd: Album by Album, Bowie at 75, AC/DC at 50, Kiss at 50, and In the Groove. In addition, he has appeared in Revolver, Guitar World, Goldmine, RecordCollector, bravewords.com, lollipop.com, and hardradio.com. Martin also worked on the award-winning documentaries Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage and ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas for Banger Films.

Martin Popoff has been described as "the world's most famous heavy metal journalist." At approximately 7,900 (with over 7,000 appearing in his books), he has unofficially written more record reviews than anybody in the history of music writing across all genres. Additionally, Martin has penned 44 books on hard rock, heavy metal, classic rock, and record collecting. He was editor in chief of the now-retired Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles, Canada's foremost metal publication for 14 years, and has also contributed to Revolver, Guitar World, Goldmine, Record Collector, www.bravewords.com, www.lollipop.com, and www.hardradio.com, with many record label band bios and liner notes to his credit as well. Additionally, Martin worked for two years as researcher on the award-winning documentary Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage and on Metal Evolution, an 11-episode documentary series for VH1 Classic, and is the writer of the original metal genre chart used in Metal: A Headbanger's Journey and throughout Metal Evolution episodes. Martin currently resides in Toronto and can be reached via martinp@inforamp.net or www.martinpopoff.com.