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Review: Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota

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Chuck Klosterman is an excellent writer and a very funny guy. I've been a fan of his column for Esquire and I've read his entertaining book of essays, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. And although I'm not ...

Review: Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota

User Review - Craig Wright - Goodreads

It may seem strange to include a book about how heavy metal music helped shape the life of Chuck Klosterman growing up in rural North Dakota, but the more I thought about including this book on the ... Read full review

Review: Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota

User Review - Nycdreamin - Goodreads

When I picked this book up for $1 at a local thrift shop a few weeks back, I figured that since "Fargo Rock City" author Chuck Klosterman and I grew up a mere 239 miles from each other (Klosterman ... Read full review

Review: Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota

User Review - Derrick - Goodreads

This book is not really a memoir, though it includes a lot of personal anecdotes. It's not really an analysis of hair metal or 80's rock culture, either, although it has some of that as well. I think ... Read full review

Review: Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota

User Review - Justin - Goodreads

Growing up five years later and one state over from Klosterman, and a huge fan of heavy metal music, I figured this would be a book that I would both relate to and enjoy. In some ways, it was both but ... Read full review

Review: Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota

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As this blog has (d)evolved, it has become more and more about my own fandom. There are a few opinions espoused here that are not related to media or sports, but those are becoming fewer and farther ...

Review: Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota

User Review - Adam - Goodreads

During unending hours in the back of a conversion van and brief respites on land in Canada I read Chuck Klosterman's Fargo Rock City. This book was recommended to me by Nate Scheible during a ... Read full review

Review: Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota

User Review - Sara Droney - Goodreads

This book was far better than I expected it to be. Despite the fact that Nikki Six was the first sexual icon I was introduced to (via my much older and much hair sprayed sister)and despite the fact ... Read full review

Review: Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota

User Review - Stephanie - Goodreads

This book could have easily been one hundred pages shorter. By far my least favorite Klosterman-penned piece... but still intelligent and witty and highly quotable- which I love. Though I wasn't the biggest fan, I know about five people I will be recommending this book to. Read full review