Hell Bent for Leather - by Seb Hunter (Paperback)

From the Back Cover

Seb Hunter wasn't just a heavy metal fan. He was a blind devotee who threw away his education and future prospects to become a rock star. In Hell Bent for Leather, he reaches into the most embarrassing depths of the family photo album to reveal his Wayne's World-esque teen years, taking readers on a (very loud) musical journey from his first guitar to his first gig and on, through groupies, girlfriends, too many drugs, spiraling egos, musical differences, and finally, the end of the dream -- and a much-needed haircut.In this nostalgic look at heavy metal culture, Seb Hunter has given us a moving portrait of adolescence and chasing your dream, reminding us all that it's better to have lost in rock than never to have rocked at all.

Review Quotes

"Amusing, sweetly ramshackle.... A winning blend of headbanging trivia and adolescent fantasia." - Kirkus Reviews

"Hunter's memoir manages to be both funny and genuinely touching as he relives the developments that shook the metal world to its stack-heeled foundations." - Guardian

"Funny and genuinely touching." - Guardian

"Dead-on...as infectious as a well-crafted power-ballad." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A wonderfully deadpan account...unexpectedly moving...a gem." - New York Times Book Review

"Hunter revels in every bad double entendre lyric and eardrum-piercing guitar solo. Read it and cringe-not in embarrassment, but in recognition." - Maxim

"Hell Bent" is more than a memoir: it's a crash course in metal....Rock on" - Newsweek