Joel McIver

Joel McIver

Joel McIver in 2013
Occupation Author
Language English
Alma mater University of Edinburgh
Genre Biography
Subject Non-fiction
Website
joelmciver.co.uk

Joel McIver (born February 10, 1971) is a British author. The best-known of his books is the bestselling Justice For All: The Truth About Metallica, first published in 2004 and appearing in nine languages since then. McIver's other works include biographies of Black Sabbath, Slayer, Ice Cube and Queens Of The Stone Age. His writing also appears in newspapers and magazines such as The Guardian, Metal Hammer, Classic Rock and Rolling Stone, and he is an occasional guest on BBC and commercial radio and TV. Since 2012, McIver has also been the Editor of the magazine Bass Guitar.

McIver has written 27 English-language books since 1999, with at least 70 more editions available in various other languages.[1] In the introduction to Neil Daniels' 2009 book All Pens Blazing, veteran writer Martin Popoff described McIver as "probably the top [rock] scribe in the world".[2] In a review in April 2012, Classic Rock magazine labelled McIver "by some distance Britain's most prolific hard rock/metal author".[3]

As well as writing his own books, McIver also co-writes the autobiographies of rock musicians. The first of these was the memoir of sometime Deep Purple bassist Glenn Hughes, published in 2011.[4] Other autobiographies written by McIver include those of Max Cavalera (Sepultura, Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy)[5] and Megadeth bass player David Ellefson,[6] which include forewords by Dave Grohl and Alice Cooper respectively.

In April 2016 Pan Macmillan announced the publication later in the year of sometime David Bowie drummer Woody Woodmansey's autobiography, Spider From Mars: My Life With David Bowie, for which McIver is Woodmansey's co-writer. The book includes a foreword by Bowie's producer and friend Tony Visconti.[7]

McIver is an alumnus of Backwell School[8] and the University of Edinburgh.

Bibliography

As writer

As co-writer

References

  1. ↑ "Joel McIver: About".
  2. ↑ Daniels, Neil; All Pens Blazing, 2009, p6
  3. ↑ Classic Rock, April 2012
  4. ↑ "GLENN HUGHES Performs Solo Acoustic Set At 'Life Of A Rock Star' Book-Launch Event (Video)". BlabberMouth.
  5. ↑ "MAX CAVALERA's Autobiography To Include Foreword By DAVE GROHL". BlabberMouth.
  6. ↑ "MEGADETH Bassist's Autobiography Due Next Year". BlabberMouth.
  7. ↑ http://www.thebookseller.com/news/pan-mac-acquires-bowie-band-member-woody-woodmanseys-autobiography-326110
  8. ↑ Interview in Venue magazine, 2008.

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