Interview w/'Birth School Metallica Death' Author, Paul Brannigan

Summary: Author (along w/Ian Winwood) of the indispensible two volume Metallica histories, 'Birth School Metallica Death' (1983 - 1991) & 'Into The Black' (1991 - 2014), Paul Brannigan, joins Tom to dig into his own personal story with the band, as well as his experiences as both interviewer and chronicler of the giants themselves.   Also a contributor to Rolling Stone, Classic Rock, Kerrang! and Planet Rock magazines, Paul Brannigan is the author of Sunday Times bestseller 'This Is A Call: The Life and Times of Dave Grohl' and 'Thinking Out Loud: The Wit and Wisdom of Lemmy.' His forthcoming Eddie Van Halen biography 'Eruption' is due for publication in 2018.   Alphabetallica is also now on Patreon, if you want to gain early access to Alphabetallica content + exclusive subscriber discussions, check out our donation page and help out the show: https://www.patreon.com/alphabetallica   Please feel free to email the show at metallicapod@gmail.com with your thoughts on the songs covered so far or anything else Metallica, I'd love to hear from you. Emails will be read out on a subsequent episode. Want to come on the show and review a song with me? Email away too!    You can also follow the show @metallicapod    Hosted by Tom Kwei Theme by Alex Cottrell (https://alex-cottrell.com/) Thumbnail by Danny O'Gorman (https://www.behance.net/danogormandesign) & Nathan Jones (@nathersjones)