Here, for the first time ever, Dave Mustaine tells the tale of the two biggest metal bands in history; a story yet to be told from the inside. A pioneer of the thrash metal movement, Metallica rose to international fame in the 1980s, selling over 90 million records worldwide, making them the most successful heavy metal band ever. And Megadeth - the second most successful heavy metal band ever - have sold more than 20 million albums worldwide, including six consecutive platinum albums. But despite their enormous success together, Dave and Metallica have had some bad blood. In April of 1983, partly due to alcoholism and partly due to personality clashes with founding members Hetfield and Ulrich, he was fired from ... more

Hundreds of colour photographs, artworks, musical manuscripts and maps, along with authoritative and engaging text by eminent musical scholars from around the world take you on a musical journey thorough time, revealing how composers and performers, priests, princes and patrons, and the events of history have created the unique extraordinary tradition of Classical Music.

The journey begins 1,000 years ago, with music from Christian monasteries and churches. It then takes you through the millennium, era by era, from the glories of the Gregorian chant in the Middle Ages, to the masses, motets and madrigals of the Renaissance; the birth of opera and the beginnings of the modern orchestra in the Baroque era; the concertos, symphonies, sonatas, trios and quartets of the Classical period; the rise of the virtuoso in the early Romantic period; the ... more