Mick Wall

[A] flaming juggernaut of heavy-metal biog... the author writes a deceptively casual-looking, sincere but half-amused prose — The Guardian More…

Wall knows the decade inside out, its derangements and its alchemies. The freewheeling style he adopts - he writes like a DJ on West Coast FM radio in 1977 - gets into the spirit, gladly granting... — The Telegraph More…

A passionate, pacey tome you should do anything for a copy of — Kerrang! More…

the real advantage that Wall enjoys over all the other Sabbath biographers is that he worked for the musicians as a PR and knew them all personally... as a result (he) is able to portray the... — Record Collector More…

On reading Getcha Rocks Off you realise just how drastically things have changed in the rock industry - in only three decades... Wall flung himself into this miasma of well-funded debauchery... — Record Collector More…

This biography explodes in to life from the opening paragraph.. -- Mick Houghton — Record Collector More…

Wall's vision of Lemmy as a Rock'n'Roll stalwart who made no concessions is vivid to the last — The Guardian More…