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LSC.2269
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Collection of Heavy Metal Music material
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2269
Physical Description:
17.1 linear feet
(10 boxes, 5 half boxes, 3 cartons, 1 shoebox, 2 media boxes, 5 flat boxes, 3 oversize flat boxes, and 1 map folder)
Date (inclusive): 1964-2016
Abstract: Collection of published works, archival material, and ephemera related to heavy metal music and fan culture.
Physical Location: Portions of the collection stored off-site. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. All requests to access
special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Box 25 and box 28 are held on-site.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Books and DVDs in this collection have been individually cataloged in the UCLA Library online catalog. Records for these items
may be found by searching this keyword string, "Collection of heavy metal music material."
Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained
by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue
the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CONTAINS UNPROCESSED DIGITAL MATERIALS: Digital materials are not currently available for access and will require further
processing and assessment. If you have questions about this material please email spec-coll@library.ucla.edu.
CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: This collection contains both processed and unprocessed audiovisual materials. Audiovisual
materials are not currently available for access, unless otherwise noted in a Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
note at the series and file levels. All requests to access processed materials must be made in advance using the request button
located on this page.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Purchase from The Book Shop, Covina CA, 2015.
Additional purchases and donations from The Book Shop, 2015-2017.
Purchase of Jetboy flyers from Boo-Hooray, New York, 2016.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9976325133606533
[Identification of item], Collection of Heavy Metal Music Material (Collection 2269). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Initial processing by Megan Hahn Fraser, with additional description by Brad Johnson, 2015; additions processed by Megan Hahn
Fraser, 2016-2017, with additional processing by Rebecca Townsend, 2017, and Kelly Besser, 2020.
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interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides
a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive
processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
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Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that began to emerge in the late 1960s. Many subgenres fall within metal music, including
glam metal, thrash metal, and death metal. In Los Angeles, the Sunset Strip area of West Hollywood was home to a vibrant heavy
metal scene, particularly in the 1980s.
The collection gathers published works, musical recordings, and ephemera related to the heavy metal music genre from the late
1960s through the present. Published works include biographies and autobiographies of musicians, histories of the heavy metal
genre, and magazines. The collection also features approximately 600 fliers announcing shows in the Los Angeles and San Francisco
areas, along with backstage passes, t-shirts, photographs, and scrapbooks. The Recordings series includes vinyl records, audiocassettes,
and compact discs, some of which have been signed by the artists. The collection is also strong in metal-related fanzines
from throughout the United States and world.
Arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: Books and DVDs
- Series 2: Show fliers
- Series 3: Photographs, ephemera, and memorabilia
- Series 4: Fanzines
- Series 5: Magazines
- Series 6: Recordings
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Rock musicians -- Archives.
Rock music
Heavy metal (Music)