DENIM AND LEATHER: The Rise and Fall of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, by Michael Hann
An UNCUT Music Book of the Year 2022…”Evocative…Hann strikes gold”
The Guardian Best Music Books of 2022… “Deserves to be considered definitive”
The ultimate first-hand document of the British explosion that first defined heavy metal for America.
• 432 lavishly illustrated pages plus 16pp glossy color section
• Completely rebuilt and redesigned from limited UK release with 100 vintage shots of Venom, Girlschool, Def Leppard, Rainbow, Iron Maiden, Gillan, Vardis, Angel Witch, Judas Priest, Whitesnake, and others, many captured in the circumstances that defined the NWOBHM movement
• Written by former The Guardian music editor Michael Hann