Ashgate Publishing

this collection is an important work as it both raises the stock and validity of one of the greatest musical icons of the current time and contends with some of the central and key questions... — Popular Music More…

There is much that Spelman does well, not the least of which is to undertake the study in the first place, the serious engagement of madness mythology in popular music being a surprisingly underexamined... — Popular Music & Society More…

[T]hese essays are a necessary start for a consideration of the abundantly provocative works of Nick Cave — Popular Music More…

a major contribution to our understanding of the evolution of the industry in Britain over the last two decades — Popular Music More…

This work fills a niche in the literature about popular music... The author is knowledgeable about the subject and writes with authority and eloquence... The subjects of the chapters illustrate... — Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association More…

Cope's book is on heavy metal as music and as such it is an important contribution to a field which has previously been mostly studied through subcultural readings — Popular Music More…