For starters, this is not a book. It’s a hard rock Bible. Hard to believe it only cost 45 bucks for something that I could use as a free weight in a gym. It should easily be double if not triple the cost. I am not sure how this was accomplished, but thanks anyway!
The tome is chock full of incredible (mostly color) photos that show our beloved artists in various lights. We did not have the web back then, all we saw were album covers, mag photos and concerts. This book adds a lot of flavor to the artists I adored, and still do. Weiss has to be the luckiest fan that ever walked the earth for him to be in a position to take these photos. And he got paid to do it!!!!
I am very grateful for this book, and immediately bought another to send to my brother. Very impressive in scale and story lines also. Brings back tons of fond memories and reminiscing on that time and scene. I truly feel sorry for anyone who missed the 80s! Music and concerts have never been the same since then.

As a professional photographer that started in the music industry before working his way to commercial photography I have a rather extensive collection of photography and rock photography coffee table books. So many of them focus on the seventies rock God’s, punk rock icons or eighties and nineties alternative. This is the one of the first books that’s completely dedicated to hard rock and heavy metal of the eighties. It is full cover to cover of everything you would want and more. A true celebration of The photography and music that made me a fan of music growing up to begin with. If it had just been the Guns & Roses and Motley Crue photos in this book I would have been satisfied but page after page is phenomenal.

I simply don’t have sufficient words. The book arrived today and I sat right down and started reading it. Its enormous so of course I’m not finished yet but I cannot reccomend this book highly enough. This is a must have for music fans and photography fans alike. Hell it’s also a must have for anyone on the fence about “should I pursue my dream job?” What a stellar example of what can happen when you do follow your dream and do what you love. Kudos Weissguy!

I had found out that this book was bring released through Ozzy’s instagram and as a huge fan of him and Black Sabbath, finding rare photos of the group is hard to come by. I totally forgot that I had preordered it and it arrived today. As an music photographer myself, I love capturing moments of artists on stage and candidly.

This book provides insight into musicians I’ve admired growing up but was not old enough to experience in life. Mark Weiss’ photos have always been iconic in heavy metal and rock n roll and this collection of pieces from the biggest artists in the 80s is worth the purchase.

It’s insane, it’s heavy, it’s awesome, it’s amazing even the paper feels nice, the photos are classic, epic, artistic the collages are fun! The pictures that were on my walls, the festivals I listen to on the radio, the photo shoots from the magazines i used to buy two of them one for cutting up and sticking to the walls one to save. The amount of photos in this book is crazy!!!!! the backstage and behind the scenes shots most of us could only Imagine. The book Reminds me of many of great times. Makes me want to grab my camera and run out the door, thank you Mark weissguy Weiss for capturing a huge part of my life in a book that i will be able to go through for the rest of my life.