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Acknowledgments

Thanks to Aleusha, Alyssa, Andrew and Suzie, Reverend Ernest Angley, Fiona Apple, Tom Arnold, Daniel Ash, Asia, Big Darla, Blanche Barton, Sean Beavan, Mrs. Burdick, Paul Cambria, Carl, Casey, Chad, Carolyn Cole, Corey, Billy Corgan, Keith Cost, John Crowell and his brother, Dave, Freddy DeMann, Aaron Dilks, Dimebag Darrel, Eden, Corey Feldman, Robin Finck, Flavor Flav, Frankie, Frog, Michelle Gill, John Glazer, Sherman Helmsley, Jimmy Iovine, Jay and Tim John Jacobs, Jenna Jameson, Jeanine, Jebediah, Jennifer, Jessicka, Jonathan, Jack Kearnie, Kelly's Cornhole, Bill Kennedy, Richard Kent, Mary Beth Kroger, Xerxes Satan LaVey, Lenny, Mr. Lifto, Lisa, Traci Lords, Louise, Courtney Love, David Lynch, Lynn, John A. Malm Jr., Marie, Dave Navarro, Conan O'Brien, Dave Ogilvie, Guy Oseary, Paul and Richard, Saucy Peterson, Robert Pierce, Tina Potts, Ms. Price, Rachelle, Trent Reznor, Joan Rivers, Jim Rose, Rick Rubin's Beard, Neil Ruble, Shana, Sioux Z., Bob Slade, The Slashers, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Howard Stern, Teresa, Terri, DJ Tim, John Tovar, Jill Tucker, Julia Valet, Barb and Hugh Warner, Beatrice and Jack Warner, Brian Warner, Tony Wiggins, The Wyer Family, and Zepp.

Special Thanks to Daisy Berkowitz, Ginger Fish, Madonna Wayne Gacy, Gidget Gein, Sara Lee Lucas, Olivia Newton-Bundy, Twiggy Ramirez, Zsa Zsa Speck, and Zim Zum

Additional Thanks To Nova Bonzek, Jennie Boddy, Jason Brody, Tony Ciulla, Kelly Coleman, Nina Crowley and The Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition, Todd Darrow, Sam Frank, Silvia Garcia, Sarah Lazin, Paul O'Keefe, Rahav and Kimberly, Patty Romanowski, and Catherine Tyc for proofreading, transcribing, research and/or liking Iron Maiden. And to everyone at ReaganBooks, particularly my editors, Jeremie Ruby-Strauss and his "Girlfriend."

This book is also dedicated to the memory of Anton Szandor LaVey

Photo Credits

p. ii Floria Sigismondi p.xiii Dean Karr p. 43 Floria Sigismondi pp. 74-75 Dean Karr p. 77 Dean Karr p. 103 Joseph Cultice p. 112 Joseph Cultice p. 127 Jeffrey Weiss p. 128-129 Joseph Cultice p. 151 Jim Lanza p. 156 Kevin Mazur p. 157 Joseph Cultice p. 166-167 Blanch Barton p. 184 Joseph Cultice pp. 204-205 Dean Karr p. 207 Dean Karr p. 208 Myk Mishoe p. 212 Floria Sigismondi p. 214 Dean Karr p. 222 Dean Karr p. 229 Dean Karr p. 239 Joseph Cultice p. 264 Jen Syme (Navarro), Jim Lanza (Dad and Zepp; Cambria et al.), Melissa Auf Der Maur (Corgan), Jim Lanza (Ozzy) p. 268 Jim Lanza p. 270 Dean Karr p. 271 Joseph Cultice

Color Insert Credits p. 1 Joseph Cultice p. 2 Joseph Cultice p. 3 Dean Karr p. 4 Joseph Cultice p. 5 Joseph Cultice p. 6 Dean Karr p. 7 Bob Mussell p. 8 Joseph Cultice p. 9 Dean Karr p. 12 Dean Karr p. 13 Jim Lanza p. 14 Dean Karr p. 15 Dean Karr p. 16 Bob Mussell

All other photos courtesy of the author's collection

Illustrations from p. iv from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Inferno by Allen Mandelbaum, translation copyright *copyright symbol* 1980 by Allen Mandelbaum. Used by permission of Bantom Books, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.

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