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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8h135d3 No online items Finding Aid for the Collection of Heavy Metal Music Material LSC.2269 Megan Hahn Fraser, with additional description by Brad Johnson, May 29, 2015; additional processing by Rebecca Townsend, 2017; additional processing of accruals by Kelly Besser, 2020. UCLA Library Special Collections Online finding aid last updated 2020 October 28. Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 [email protected] URL: https://www.library.ucla.edu/special-collections Finding Aid for the Collection of LSC.2269 1 Heavy Metal Music Material LSC.2269 Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections Title: Collection of Heavy Metal Music material Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2269 Physical Description: 17.1 Linear Feet(10 boxes, 5 half boxes, 3 cartons, 1 shoebox, 2 media boxes, 5 flat boxes, 3 oversize flat boxes, and 1 map folder) Date (inclusive): 1964-2016 Abstract: Collection of published works, archival material, and ephemera related to heavy metal music and fan culture. Portions of the collection stored off-site. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Box 25 held on-site. Language of Material: English Conditions Governing Access Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Books and DVDs in this collection have been individually cataloged in the UCLA Library online catalog. Records for these items may be found by searching this keyword string, "Collection of heavy metal music material." Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements CONTAINS UNPROCESSED DIGITAL MATERIALS: Digital materials are not currently available for access and will require further processing and assessment. If you have questions about this material please email [email protected]. CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: This collection contains both processed and unprocessed audiovisual materials. Audiovisual materials are not currently available for access, unless otherwise noted in a Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note at the series and file levels. All requests to access processed materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Conditions Governing Use Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Collection of Heavy Metal Music Material (Collection 2269). Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. Provenance/Source of Acquisition Purchase from The Book Shop, Covina CA, 2015. Additional purchases and donations from The Book Shop, 2015-2017. Purchase of Jetboy flyers from Boo-Hooray, New York, 2016. Processing Information Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices. Initial processing by Megan Hahn Fraser, with additional description by Brad Johnson, May 29, 2015; 2016-2017 additions processed by Megan Hahn Fraser, with additional processing by Rebecca Townsend, 2017, and Kelly Besser, 2020. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 7632513 Biography/History Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that began to emerge in the late 1960s. Many subgenres fall within metal music, including glam metal, thrash metal, and death metal. In Los Angeles, the Sunset Strip area of West Hollywood was home to a vibrant heavy metal scene, particularly in the 1980s. Scope and Content The collection gathers published works, musical recordings, and ephemera related to the heavy metal music genre from the late 1960s through the present. Published works include biographies and autobiographies of musicians, histories of the heavy metal genre, and magazines. The collection also features approximately 600 fliers announcing shows in the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas, along with backstage passes, t-shirts, photographs, and scrapbooks. The Recordings Finding Aid for the Collection of LSC.2269 2 Heavy Metal Music Material LSC.2269 series includes vinyl records, audiocassettes, and compact discs, some of which have been signed by the artists. The collection is also strong in metal-related fanzines from throughout the United States and world. Organization and Arrangement Arranged in the following series: Series 1: Books and DVDs Series 2: Show fliers Series 3: Photographs, ephemera, and memorabilia Series 4: Fanzines Series 5: Magazines Series 6: Recordings Subjects and Indexing Terms Rock musicians -- Archives. Rock music Heavy metal (Music) Series 1: Books and DVDs 1964-2015 Scope and Content A selection of biographies, autobiographies, and studies of the heavy metal genre are housed in Boxes 1-3, Box 10, Box 11, Box 13 and Box 16. Many of the books are signed, and some are accompanied by related photographs. Books and DVDs in this collection have been individually cataloged in the UCLA Library online catalog. Records for these items may be found by searching this keyword string: "Collection of heavy metal music material." Organization and Arrangement Materials are arranged alphabetically by author within each box. Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements COLLECTION CONTAINS DIGITAL MATERIALS: Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Finding Aid for the Collection of LSC.2269 3 Heavy Metal Music Material LSC.2269 Series 1: Books and DVDs 1964-2015 box 1, box 2, Cataloged resources 1964-2015 box 3, box 10, Scope and Content box 11, box 13, Box 1. box 16, box 30 Canter, Marc and Jason Porath. Reckless Road: Guns N' Roses and the Making of Appetite for Destruction. N.p.: Shoot Hip Press, 2007. First edition. Signed by Canter on the title page. Cooper, Alice and Steven Gaines. Me, Alice: The Autobiography of Alice Cooper. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1976. First edition. Criss, Peter and Larry "Ratso" Sloman. Makeup to Breakup: My Life In and Out of Kiss. New York, NY: Scribner, 2012. First edition, #633 of 1,000 copies signed by Criss as part of a limited edition, with related documentation laid in. Echols, Damien. Life After Death. New York, NY: Blue Rider Press, 2012. First edition. Signed by Echols on the half-title. Fieldy and Laura Morton. Got the Life: My Journey of Addiction, Faith, Recovery, and Korn. New York, NY: William Morrow, 2009. First edition. Signed and dated by Fieldy on the title page, accompanied by a photograph from the book signing. Frehley, Ace and Joe Layden and John Ostrosky. No Regrets: A Rock 'N' Roll Memoir. New York, NY: Gallery Books/MTV Books, 2011. First edition. Signed by Frehley on the title page, accompanied by a photo from the book signing. Gore, Tipper. Raising PG Kids in an X-rated Society. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1987. First edition. Inscribed by Gore on the half-title. Mustaine, Dave and Joe Layden. Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir. New York, NY: itbooks, 2010. First edition. Signed by Mustaine on the half-title, accompanied by a photograph from the book signing. Nelson, Dan. All Known Metal Bands. San Francisco, CA: McSweeney's, 2008. First edition. Osbourne, Ozzy and Chris Ayres. I Am Ozzy. New York, NY: Grand Central Publishing, 2009. First edition. Signed by Osbourne on the half-title, accompanied by a photograph from the book signing. Raschke, Carl A. Painted Black: From Drug Killings to Heavy Metal - The Alarming True Story of How Satanism is Terrorizing Our Communities. New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1989. First edition. Signed by Raschke on the half-title. Sharp, Ken, Paul Stanley, and Gene Simmons. Nothin' to Lose: The Making of KISS (1972-1975). New York, NY: itbooks, 2013. First edition. Signed by Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons on the half-title, and by Ken Sharp on the following leaf, with a flyer and original photographs from the September 10, 2013 book signing laid in. Sherry, James and Neil Aldis. Heavy Metal Thunder: Kick-Ass Cover Art from Kick-Ass Albums. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2006. Simmons, Gene. Sex Money Kiss. New York, NY: New Millennium Press, 2003. First edition: autographed limited edition, signed by Simmons on the front flyleaf. Slash and Anthony Bozza. Slash. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2007. First edition. Signed by Slash on the title page. Snider, Dee. Shut Up and Give Me the Mic: A Twisted Memoir. New York, NY: Gallery Books, 2012. First edition. Signed by Snider on a prefatory blank leaf. Stanley, Paul. Face the Music: A Life Exposed. New York, NY: HarperOne, 2014. First edition. Signed by Stanley on the title page. Taylor, Corey. Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good. Textual photographs. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2011. First edition. Signed by Taylor on the title page. Wiederhorn, Jon and Katherine Turman. Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal. New York, NY: itbooks, 2013. First edition. Signed by Wiederhorn, Turman, Scott Ian, and Stephanie Cabral on front flyleaf. Box 2. Adler, Steven and Lawrence J. Spagnola. My Appetite for Destruction: Sex & Drugs & Guns N' Roses. New York, NY: itbooks, 2010. First edition.