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In the 1980s, the San Francisco Bay Area was heaven for hardcore headbangers. Shunning Hollywood hairspray and image in favor of a more dangerous street appeal, the Bay Area thrash metal scene was home to Exodus, Metallica, Testament, Possessed, Death Angel, Heathen, Vio-Lence, Attitude Adjustment, Forbidden, and Blind Illusion — and served as a second home to like-minded similar bands like Slayer, Mercyful Fate, Anthrax, Megadeth, and more. Beginning as teenagers taking snapshots of visiting heavy metal bands during the 1970s, Brian "Umlaut" Lew and Harald "O." Oimoen documented the birth and growth of the local metal scene. Featuring hundreds of unseen live and candid color and black-and-white photographs, Murder in the Front Row captures the wild-eyed zeal and drive that made Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth into legends, with over 100 million combined records sold.

Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Bazillion Points (January 24, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1935950037
ISBN-13: 978-1935950035
Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 9.1 x 1.1 inches

Top 15 Books of 2011, Guitar World
The Most Metal Books of 2011, Revolver
Book of the Year, 20 Buck Spin

“Awesome” —Robb Flynn, Machine Head

“Awesome” —Brian Slagel, Metal Blade Records

"Awesome"—Phil Demmel, Machine Head

“F------ awesome” —Kerry King, Slayer

“Great” —Lars Ulrich, Metallica

“AMAZING” —Alex Skolnick, Testament

“I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THIS BOOK!!!” —Kirk Hammett, Metallica

“Murder in the Front Row captures the true essence of thrash metal in its embryonic stage. These photographs take me on a tour down memory lane, bringing back many laughs and prompting comments like: ‘I don’t remember that!’” —Dave Lombardo, Slayer

“A photographic odyssey through the inception of Bay Area thrash” —San Francisco Chronicle

“Gorgeous” —SF Weekly

“A collection of stunning, intimate photographs from the infancy of thrash metal.” —SF Bay Guardian

“Vivid images of thrash bands onstage, backstage, at drinking binges and essentially everywhere else” —Metro Silicon Valley

"Perhaps the final word on thrash metal’s humble beginnings... a true joy"—The Montreal Mirror

"Pure gold for metal fans" —Decibel Magazine

"A thick, beautiful book that captures a special moment in time"—Alternative Press

"Granted, much of what’s being shown is beer bottles, sneers and middle fingers, but it sure does tell a story."—The Maine Edge

“Enormous historic intensity on every page…every image in Murder in the Front Row hits you like brass knuckles.” —Sweden Rock [10/10 review]

“Harald O., the craziest photographer of all” —BAM