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Neil Daniels

Biography:

NEIL DANIELS has written about classic rock and heavy metal for a wide range of magazines, fanzines and websites. He has penned books on Judas Priest, Robert Plant, Linkin Park and Bon Jovi, and co-authored Dawn Of The Metal Gods: My Life In Judas Priest & Heavy Metal with original Judas Priest singer/co-founder Al Atkins. His acclaimed series, All Pens Blazing: A Rock & Heavy Metal Writer's Handbook Volumes I & II, collects over a hundred original and exclusive interviews with some of the world's most famous rock and heavy metal scribes. His other collection, Rock ‘N' Roll Mercenaries - Interviews With Rock Stars Volume I, compiles forty interviews with many well-known rock stars and music writers. He had eight books published between 2007 and 2010.

His reviews and articles on music and pop culture have been published in The Guardian, Rock Sound, Record Collector, Big Cheese, Powerplay, Fireworks, MediaMagazine, Rocktopia.co.uk, Get Ready To Rock.com, musicOMH.com, Drowned In Sound.com, BBCNewsOnline.co.uk, Carling.com, Unbarred.co.uk and Planet Sound on Channel4's Teletext service.

More information is obtainable at www.neildaniels.com

PUBLISHED BOOKS BY NEIL DANIELS

The Story Of Judas Priest: Defenders Of The Faith

(Omnibus Press, 2007 - updated 2010.)

Robert Plant: Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page & The Solo Years

(Independent Music Press, 2008.)

Bon Jovi Encyclopaedia

(Chrome Dreams, 2009.)

Dawn Of The Metal Gods: My Life In Judas Priest & Heavy Metal (with Al Atkins)

(Iron Pages, 2009.)

All Pens Blazing: A Rock & Heavy Metal Writer's Handbook Volume I

(AuthorsOnline, 2009 - updated 2010.)

Linkin Park - An Operator's Manual

(Chrome Dreams, 2009.)

Rock ‘N' Roll Mercenaries - Interviews With Rock Stars Volume I

(AuthorsOnline, 2010.)

All Pens Blazing: A Rock & Heavy Metal Writer's Handbook Volume II

(AuthorsOnline, 2010.)

PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR'S PREVIOUS WORKS

"Neil Daniels is great on the early years of Brummie metal legends Judas Priest..."

- Classic Rock on The Story Of Judas Priest: Defenders Of The Faith

"'I've never reached the top...but I gave it a bloody good go!' says original Judas Priest singer Al Atkins in the introduction to his autobiography. With a foreword by Judas Priest bassist Ian Hill ... Metal Gods covers the pre-fame years of the second-ever metal band in entertaining detail."

- Metal Hammer on Dawn Of The Metal Gods: My Life In Judas Priest & Heavy Metal

"The book also has a curious appendices exploring - among other things - Percy's interest in folklore and mythology."

- Mojo on Robert Plant: Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page & The Solo Years

"Prolific rock and metal author Neil Daniels does a very good job in detailing a veritable smorgasbord of the events, places, people, releases and merchandises of the band, the writer displaying his customary attention to detail and enthusiasm for accuracy."

- Record Collector on Bon Jovi Encyclopaedia

"...in terms of writing, content and presentation I think it's probably his best... Linkin Park - An Operator's Manual is an attractive book with black and white photos on every page..."

- Fireworks on Linkin Park - An Operator's Manual

"... the aggregate of this book is an at minimum interesting and at max fascinating read for any rock fan, ‘cos you get the whole deal, the history of Sounds, Kerrang!, Metal Hammer, BW&BK, all the mags, plus the mechanics of book writing, and more mainstream, who's a good interview and bad plus proof, crazy road stories...friggin' well all of this would be interesting to any rocker. Period."

- Bravewords.com on All Pens Blazing: A Rock & Heavy Metal Writer's Handbook Volume I

"But once again, this rollercoaster ride through some of rock's back pages will bring a glow to the cheek, and perhaps even moistness to the mouth, of any self-respecting rock fan who has ever bought a music paper or mag since the 1970s."

- Get Ready To Rock.com on All Pens Blazing: A Rock & Heavy Metal Writer's Handbook Volume II

"These two volumes of interviews celebrate the art of rock journalism."

- Classic Rock on All Pens Blazing: A Rock & Heavy Metal Writer's Handbook Volumes 1&11