Heavy: A Memoir of Wyoming, BMX, Drugs, and Heavy Fucking Music - J. J. Anselmi - Books - Rare Bird Books - 9781940207506 - February 11, 2016
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Heavy: A Memoir of Wyoming, BMX, Drugs, and Heavy Fucking Music


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In twenty heavy chapters, this book chronicles Anselmi's experiences growing up as a straight edge, BMX-riding metalhead in Rock Springs, Wyoming, a place with one of the highest per capita suicide rates in the United States. His grandpa was a well-known businessman and politician in the area, and was featured in a 1977 60 Minutes episode for his alleged connections to organized crime. This is only the beginning of Anselmi's heavy saga, and it interweaves all of the social and personal history one might expect from a story like this--including Black Sabbath, Pantera, and Metallica logo tattoos, explorations in LSD, metal, and BMX culture, self-loathing and sobriety, and--finally--a very unique perspective on what it means to live in a heavy fucking world.


336 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released February 11, 2016
ISBN13 9781940207506
Publishers Rare Bird Books
Pages 336
Dimensions 139 × 215 × 20 mm   ·   396 g
Language English  

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