For the first time, a book dared to tell the unvarnished truth about their early life on the San Francisco circuit, their heyday as the world's most uncompromising metal band and the notorious controversies which plagued their later years.
Napster, Playboy, Rehab, St Anger and their recent return to form with Death Magnetic are all covered in this updated edition which features brand new interviews on top of the original, still-groundbreaking material. This is the real Metallica story.