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JackOBotts
We Sold Our Souls | Grady Hendrix
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Metal and gore 🤘🏼🎸
Filing in the #mysoncanreadthiswhenhesolder category, definitely up his alley

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JackOBotts
We Sold Our Souls | Grady Hendrix

For years, Dr. Murchison had taught her to breathe in the flower, and blow out the candle. Now she breathed in Slayer and blew out Black Sabbath.

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TieDyeDude
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kelli7990 Thanks for sharing this with me. I liked it. 2mo
InkedBookworm13 Lol! So I actually follow this guy on spotify. He does some cool/funny covers of songs. I haven't ever heard this one though, so thank you for sharing! Super funny. 2mo
TieDyeDude @Kelli7990 😁
@inkedbookworm13 I follow him on Instagram, but didn't realize he released songs on Spotify, so I've mostly just heard clips. I'll have to take a look!
2mo
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suvata
We Sold Our Souls | Grady Hendrix
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3.5 Stars • We Sold Our Souls is a satirical novel that explores the dark underbelly of the music industry, where a washed-up heavy metal band discovers that their souls were actually sold to a demonic entity by their manipulative manager. Following the band's journey to reclaim their souls and expose the truth, they face off against the forces of evil. It's a wild ride filled with dark humor, social commentary, and plenty of head-banging moments.

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Robotswithpersonality
We Sold Our Souls | Grady Hendrix
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That was, indeed, METAL. As much a love letter to a music genre; and a statement on making art, finding purpose, and the dangers of compromise for fame and profit, of seeking comfort over personal fulfillment; as it was a gory, creepy, violent road trip leading to one hell of a final performance.
A good sprinkling of female rage in there, too, as a treat. 😉 1/?

Robotswithpersonality This is, first and foremost, Kris's journey, horror elements are secondary but no less vivid, in that uncanny way Hendrix has for grossing me out while simultaneously toying with my emotions and stress level. 🫣 2/? 1y
Robotswithpersonality Did not expect conspiracy theories or UPS to feature so heavily. ?
Love the Hendrix trademark inclusion of mixed media, this time radio show excerpts: news and music reviews.
Holy Shit, do I wish the Troglodyte album was real!
"Just fight. Don't ever stop."??3/3
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Robotswithpersonality ⚠️suicide 1y
Billypar Great review! Apart from the horror aspects, I love how it portrayed being a music fan - e.g., Troglodyte doesn't just predict the future, it's what Kris summons to get through her ordeal. And the scene in car with the two leads bonding over Dolly Parton let a little light into the otherwise bleak series of events. 1y
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Robotswithpersonality
We Sold Our Souls | Grady Hendrix
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Upcoming reads.
Red and black covers for horror novels: classic.

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JessClark78
We Sold Our Souls | Grady Hendrix
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Only A Girl With A Guitar Can Save Us All

Second book choice for #SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll

I actually finished this a couple weeks ago. Not my favorite by Hendrix but still a really good read. Has some creepy moments.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#TitlesAndTunes #RushAThon

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1y
Cinfhen Agree! Fun but not his best 1y
Andrew65 Doing great 👏👏👏 1y
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Billypar
We Sold Our Souls | Grady Hendrix
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#TitlesandTunes #SexDrugsandRockandRoll
A Faustian tale that isn't really about Faust so much as his bandmate who has to live with the aftermath of his bargain. It's not really about the tragedy of giving into temptation so much as the vacuum of being 'soulless'. When heavy metal becomes nu metal and gets taken over by corporate overlords, it's not mortal sin, just sad. Thankfully this novel has plenty of soul: it's darkly funny and fast-paced 👇

Billypar The ending makes sense logically and isn't weak, but the horror scenes are so unique and effective, I was hoping for a little more of that in the climax. But that's a small point - there's lots to appreciate, including the book itself, all decked out in black pages and red interiors. I'm liking all my picks so far for this series and plan to finally get back on track this month and read the book in its intended month 😸 @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB 1y
Megabooks Agree! I love how he explored the bargain not from the bargainer‘s perspective. Unique take. 👍🏻 1y
Billypar @Megabooks Yeah, it didn't even dawn on me until I was writing this review that this was what made it feel so unique. I also enjoyed the special kind of 'punishment' bestowed on Terry in the final pages. 1y
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DebinHawaii
We Sold Our Souls | Grady Hendrix
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Finished yesterday, my July #TitlesAndTunes pick for #SexDrugsAndRockNRoll & I loved it! Although metal has never been my thing per se, I did recognize most all of the references that Hendrix does so well. You really have to be okay with gore for his books-although for claustrophobic me, there‘s a part when our MC Kris is trying to get out of a tight underground situation (bats & bugs included) that had me whimpering like a baby in a good way!😱🤣

DebinHawaii Thank you to our hosts @Cinfhen & @BarbaraBB for a fun prompt & making a great playlist. My main pick was Patti Smith‘s (So You Want To Be A (Rock ‘N‘ Roll Star) but Bon Jovi‘s Dead or Alive was a pretty close second. 🎸🎼🎤🖤 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0EjmJFKQzUikCsGrLXLs6x?si=owgI5t4URXC2snteNevE... (edited) 1y
BarbaraBB I‘ll add them both 🫶🏽 1y
Cinfhen Fantastic 🥰love everything about this post 😘 1y
squirrelbrain Bon Jovi ❤️❤️❤️ - I picked one of their tracks too! 1y
Read4life @squirrelbrain & @DebinHawaii I picked Bon Jovi, too 🤘🏻💙💙 1y
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