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"""He doesn't shy away from his subject's dark side--recounting deaths at concerts due to inadequate crowd control--and lends his narrative depth by noting how the genre functioned as an ""embodiment of a positivity culture"" amid the political and cultural crises (such as the Iran-Contra affair and the crack epidemic) happening in America during the Reagan administration. This is a head-banging good time."" -- Publishers Weekly"

""He doesn't shy away from his subject's dark side--recounting deaths at concerts due to inadequate crowd control--and lends his narrative depth by noting how the genre functioned as an ""embodiment of a positivity culture"" amid the political and cultural crises (such as the Iran-Contra affair and the crack epidemic) happening in America during the Reagan administration. This is a head-banging good time."" -- Publishers Weekly

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Justin Quirk is a writer and editor based in London. Since starting his career at the Guardian, he has written for titles including i-D, Dazed and Confused, Kerrang!, Q, Word, the Independent, The Sunday Times, Arena and Esquire. He has also worked as a curator, DJ and creative director and regularly appears on the BBC World Service discussing culture and current affairs. He lives in London.

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