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A Vulgar Display Of Power: Courage and Carnage At The Alrosa Villa
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A Vulgar Display Of Power: Courage and Carnage At The Alrosa Villa
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by Chris Armold and James Niggemeyer
Sales Rank : 32700
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Perfect Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: MJS Music & Entertainment LLC; 1st edition April 14, 2007
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0976291770
ISBN-13: 978-0976291770
Product Dimensions:
9 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
From Publishers Weekly
Anticipating the third anniversary of revered heavy-metal guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott's onstage murder, author Chris A. (abbreviated from "Armold") presents an exhaustive account of the people and events involved in that December 2004 evening. Abbott, known primarily for his work with fan favorite Pantera, is relegated to secondary-character status, along with his band, Damageplan, while Chris A. focuses on the three other men who died that night at Columbus, Ohio's Alrosa Villa concert venue while coming to the guitarist's aid. (The gunman, Nathan Gale, was also killed at the scene, by Columbus Police Office James Niggemeyer, who provides an introduction.) In the first half, Chris A. recounts individual stories of doomed Damageplan security honcho Jeffery "Mayhem" Thompson, Alrosa Villa roadie Erin Halk, fan Nathan Bray and the murderer (referred to throughout as "the Beast"). The second half provides gripping minute-by-minute documentation of the tragic night. Despite an amateurish style, which occasionally reads like a term paper and contains little dialogue, Chris A. has reconstructed the crime in admirable detail, and includes 240 black-and-white photographs (many from the crime scene). Chris A.'s narrative is gripping, but not a rock bio by any means; as such, it's more fitting for the true crime crowd than hard-core headbangers.
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Product Review
"chillingly precise. Truly brilliant detective work one of the most heartfelt books you'll ever read on the awful subject of murder." --Guitar Player Magazine
"The author should be congratulated. The book was hard to put down, the pictures were awesome, the research well done." --BC Book Review
"possibly the most important book about rock and heavy metal to ever be written." --RockUnited.com<br /><br />"chillingly precise. Truly brilliant detective work one of the most heartfelt books you'll ever read on the awful subject of murder." --Guitar Player Magazine<br /><br />"The author should be congratulated. The book was hard to put down, the pictures were awesome, the research well done." --BC Book Review
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