I’m about halfway through Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota by Chuck Klosterman, and I have to say, it is surprisingly good.

One highlight so far is the chapter analyzing early heavy metal music videos. The discussion made me nostalgic enough to go look up these videos on YouTube, which was REALLY entertaining, mostly because they are so utterly ridiculous. There was one exception that I had forgotten about though, and that was the video for One by Metallica.

Anyway, here is a collection of most of the music videos mentioned in the book, if you’re interested.

Metallica – One

Van Halen – Panama

Kiss – Detroit Rock City

Motley Crue – Looks That Kill

Skid Row – Youth Gone Wild

Bon Jovi – Lay Your Hands On Me

White Lion – Broken Heart

Van Halen – Jump

Stryper – Always There For You

Guns ‘n Roses – Paradise City

Motley Crue – Home Sweet Home

Warrant “Heaven” (1989)

Cinderella – Nobody’s Fool

Kiss – Lick it up

Poison – Fallen Angel

Poison – Every Rose Has it’s Thorn

Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar on Me

Lita Ford – Kiss Me Deadly

The Cult – Edie (Ciao Baby)

Vixen – Edge of a Broken Heart

Guns N’ Roses – Don’t Cry

Guns N’ Roses – November Rain

Guns N’ Roses – Estranged

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