Available September 12, 2023, Ultimate Heavy Metal Guitars: The Guitarists Who Rocked the World by Pete Prown, is an authoritative and photo-filled survey of metal’s greatest and most influential axe-slingers, from the 1970s to the present.
From Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi, Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, and Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore to today’s hottest shredders, thrashers, and riff-masters, Ultimate Heavy Metal Guitars is your guide to the guitars and musicians that made metal. Author and guitar journalist Pete Prown presents his subjects by metal-defining eras and subgenres, including early metal, hard rock and arena rock, prog rock, Euro metal, hair metal, shred, thrash, and more.
Prown’s knowledgeable discussions examine the noteworthy guitars each player made famous, as well as effects pedals, amplifiers, and career overviews that include the players’ first-person revelations and insights. There are 400 color photos of the guitarists in action, plus sidebars covering metal’s related genres – nu metal, doom metal, math metal, grunge – and the genre’s roots in blues and early rock.
The full list of guitarists featured: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page, Tony Iommi, Ritchie Blackmore, Leslie West, Martin Barre, Mick Box, Johnny Winter, Joe Perry & Brad Whitford, Brian May, Robin Trower, Don “Buck Dharma” Roeser, Rick Derringer, Ronnie Montrose, Frank Marino, Mick Ralphs, Eddie Van Halen, Ace Frehley, Tom Scholz & Barry Goudreau, Nancy Wilson, Neal Schon, Angus & Malcolm Young, Pat Travers, Michael Schenker, Scott Gorham & Brian Robertson, Glenn Tipton & K.K. Downing, Rudolph Schenker, Uli Jon Roth & Matthias Jabs, Dave Murray & Adrian Smith, Randy Rhoads, Kerry Livgren & Rich Williams, Alex Lifeson, Michael Wilton & Chris DeGarmo, John Petrucci, Phil Collen & Steve Clark, Gary Moore, Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Brad Gillis & Jeff Watson, Mick Mars, John Sykes, Vernon Reid, Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Vivian Campbell, Jason Becker, Paul Gilbert, George Lynch, Tony MacAlpine & Vinnie Moore, James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett, Dave Mustaine, Kerry King & Jeff Hanneman, Scott Ian, Slash, Zakk Wylde, Dimebag Darrell,Ty Tabor, Jerry Cantrell, Tom Morello, Kim Thayil, Mark Tremonti, Alexi Laiho, Herman Li, Brent Hinds & Bill Kelliher, Nita Strauss, Nili Brosh.
