Books : Too Fast For Love: Heavy Metal Portraits
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by: David Yellen
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 781.66
EAN: 9781576872154
ISBN: 1576872157
Label: powerHouse Books
Manufacturer: powerHouse Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: September 30, 2004
Publisher: powerHouse Books
Sales Rank: 518133
Studio: powerHouse Books
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Product Description:
Rocking on tour with America's heavy metal superstars-Kiss, Poison, Iron Maiden, Slaughter, Ted Nugent, Dokken, and Cinderella-photographer David Yellen tailgated among the headbangers, metalheads, burnouts, and self-styled fanatics waiting for the show or hanging around backstage hoping to meet their idols. The results are a captivating record of Yellen's trip to metal's Shangri-la. In 2000, Yellen drove more than 30,000 miles across America in his red Nissan 300 ZX-from Michigan to Miami, from Pennsylvania to Omaha-to relive a treasured part of his past, a time of innocence and rebellion when women had big hair and rock stars stood on stage as if they were Greek gods: he traveled back to the glory days of the 'Hair Bands.' In Too Fast for Love, Yellen captured a moment frozen in hairspray chock-full of mullets, bleached perms, spandex cat suits, denim cutoffs, more pleather than you can imagine, leopard, tiger, and snake prints, ripped fishnets, bare breasts and hairy chests, studded belts and bracelets, G-strings and platforms, pierced nipples and tongues, raccoon eyes, press-on nails, and hyper lip liner. Bang your head to this! Exhibiton of the work to appear at The powerHouse Gallery, 68 Charlton Street, New York, September 10-October 16, 2004.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - CAVEAT EMPTOR
Don't be fooled by the title of this book, the only "Heavy Metal Portraits" here are of the fans. There's not a rock star in sight. The closest you'll get are 2 KISS fans in full Destroyer-era regalia. The amusement factor is high though as it's amazing that these people would not only step out of the house looking like this but would put themselves on public display at a concert. Most of the women here look like they have more testosterone then the men. Be sure to check out the 2 page spread of ... Read More
Rating:  - This book rawks!!!
I feel like people in reviews have been a little harsh on this book. Yeah, I could go to a show and see some of the same crowd that's pictured in this book. But I am not going to see every sweet detail like the Black Hills Gold Jewelry and the awful fake nails and the hideous tattoos. It makes me glad that the tattoos I started getting 15 years ago aren't as bad as they could be. I can flip through this book and stare. I'm not going to trail someone at a show and do that. And I can show my friends ... Read More
Rating:  - Rock On!
This is a classic case of a picture is worth a thousand words. Each person you see has a story that you come up with in your own mind. My particular favorite is the guy with the tee shirt that says, "Chicks dig scrawny white guys." It's also impressive to think that may of the ladies spent lots of time to make themselves look the way they appear in the book. Not so much for the guys. Some ink, torn up jeans, Marlboro Reds and a torn concert tee and you're ready to rock.
Rating: - Don't waste your money
This book was a total waste of money. Unless you were in this book or know somebody in this book don't waste your money. Spend your money on a concert ticket and you'll see everything in the book.
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