Description: Features interviews with Lemmy & Robbo of Motorhead, Metal Church, Hawaii (Marty Friedman), Mercyful Fate, and more. GREAT FIND FOR THE COLLECTOR!! RON QUINTANA'S METAL MANIA MAGAZINE #13 FROM 1983 Those of you who are true fans of heavy metal - especially thrash metal - and its history certainly know the name Ron Quintana. Affectionately known as "The Man Who Named Metallica", he played a huge part in promoting the San Francisco Bay Area heavy metal scene that produced such legendary bands that we all know and love - Metallica, Exodus, Testament, Death Angel, Possessed, Heathen, Violence, etc., etc. He was featured in VH1's "Metallica: Behind The Music", and has been thanked on countless metal records by countless metal bands. He has produced a weekly six-hour metal radio show - "Rampage Radio" - on KUSF in San Francisco for 30 years, and in his spare time put out this excellent metal magazine in the 80s!Throughout the 1980s, Metal Mania was published by Ron Quintana with photos and assistance by Mike Meals (Dead Jacksons) and the team who brought you the incredible new book Murder In The Front Row - Brian Lew and Harald Oimen (now bass player for DRI). Ron Quintana .The famous heavy metal promoter and DJ .Ron Quintana is a famous for thinking out the name “Metallica”. In 1981 he asks his friend Lars Ulrich what would be the best title for his new heavy metal fanzine – “Metal Mania” or “Metallica”. Ulrich suggests the first one as the better only because he likes more the second and wants to keep it as a name for his new band.The band name came from Ulrich's friend Ron Quintana, who was brainstorming names for a fanzine and was considering MetalMania or Metallica. After hearing the two names, Ulrich wanted Metallica for his band, so he suggested Quintana use MetalMania instead.
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Publication Year: 1983
Language: English
Publication Name: Metal Mania
Contributors: Lars Ulrich, RON QUINTANA
Features: 1st Edition
Genre: Music
Topic: Metallica, Collectable Magazine