Hammered: heavy tales from the hard-rock highway

Features exclusive stories and encounters with some of the biggest names in rock and metal, including Guns N'Roses, Ozzy Osbourne, Kiss, Metallica, Motörhead, Queen, Sepultura, Alice Cooper, Judas Priest, Pearl Jam, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Fleetwood Mac & Iron Maiden.

As one-time editor of Metal Hammer, rock scribe Kirk Blows became drawn into a world of exaggerated egos and hedonistic excess.

Here, he presents a unique collection of adventures, anecdotes and close encounters with the world's most notorious rock stars, noisily exploring the stairways to heaven and highways to hell.