The Periodic Table of Heavy Rock

Instead of hydrogen to helium, here you'll find the Smashing Pumpkins to Spinal Tap - 118 artists and groups that have defined this music genre, arranged following the logical ordering of 'The Periodic Table'. Many of these elements are as unstable and reactive as their chemical counterparts. Shared style influences and band members are all mapped out, along with the genre's vast spectrum of sound. Grunge rock through to hardcore, blues rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, arena rock, glam rock and glam metal, punk rock, blues metal, 80s new wave, comedy metal, thrash, death, intelligent AND nu-metal are all represented! Includes: Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, AC/DC, Queen, Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper, Yes, Slipknot, Nirvana, ZZ Top, Sex Pistols, Meat Loaf, Queens of the Stone Age, the Doors, Pixies, Frank Zappa, Slade, Marilyn Manson, The Beatles and Spinal Tap and more.