Sean Kelly

Sean Kelly explores the cultural, musical, and historical significance of the world's most famous guitars, revealing how they shaped the '70s and '80s music scene and powered some of rock's greatest music and moments. Battle Axes: A Hard Rockin' History of Pointy Guitars is a love letter to the wildest shapes and designs of rock 'n' roll's most beloved instrument, the electric guitar. Sean Kelly, who has played with some of Canada's most iconic recording artists, dives deep into the evolution of famous "pointy" guitar designs like the Flying V, the Firebird, and the Explorer through careful research and conversations with renowned guitarists, designers, luthiers, fans, and social media influencers. Battle Axes features in-depth interviews with past and present members of KISS, Def Leppard, Alice Cooper, Twisted Sister, Guns N' Roses, Skid Row, Stryper, Quiet Riot, Ratt, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Triumph, MSG, Racer X, Autograph, BulletBoys, and many more. Along the way, Kelly explores how the Space Age guitar designs of the '50s, once deemed too wild, odd, and just too ugly for mass consumption became talismanic weapons of mass distraction. We learn how outlier companies like Hamer, Dean, B.C. Rich, Kramer, Ibanez, Charvel/Jackson, and Lado capitalized on the '80s trend toward faster, louder, and more outrageous guitar playing by creating instruments that offered visual shock value that matched the hot-rodded modifications necessary to compete in the arena rock era. Battle Axes: A Hard Rockin' History of Pointy Guitars is for any musician or fan of classic '70s and '80s hard rock. Careful with this book ... it could poke your eye out

A love letter to the hard-rocking, but often snubbed, music of the era of excess: the 1980s There may be no more joyous iteration in all of music than 1980s hard rock. It was an era where the musical and cultural ideals of rebellion and freedom of the great rock 'n' roll of the '50s, '60s, and '70s were taken to dizzying heights of neon excess. Attention to songcraft, showmanship, and musical virtuosity (especially in the realm of the electric guitar) were at an all-time high, and radio and MTV were delivering the goods en masse to the corn-fed children of America and beyond.Time hasn't always been kind to artists of that gold and platinum era, but Don't Call It Hair Metal analyzes the sonic evolution, musical diversity, and artistic intention of '80s commercial hard rock through interviews with members of such hard rock luminaries as Twisted Sister, Def Leppard, Poison, Whitesnake, Ratt, Skid Row, Quiet Riot, Guns N' Roses, Dokken, Mr. Big, and others.

Superbly photographed, this beautifully crafted volume presents Cortina s most recent interior projects and unique furniture pieces. Cortina s design inspirations range from Mayan artifacts to cubism, twentieth-century modernist art and architecture, Mexico s unique arts and crafts heritage, and natural and archaeological environments. Her unique approach to design, shaped by the visions of Mexican masters such as Diego Rivera and Luis Barragan, seeks to consolidate European and modernist influences with Mexico s own arts and crafts heritage in pieces characterized by luxurious materials like tropical wood, stone, textured metal, and rich textiles sourced both locally and worldwide. Her designs are known for mixing Mexican antiquities, bespoke artisan-made pieces, and contemporary artworks and for her exquisitely rendered and sculptural pieces in bronze, obsidian, and quartz. This volume will present Cortina s blend of Old World sophistication and Mexican flair, which has affirmed her position as an arbiter of taste among the country s elite; her aesthetic reflects the cosmopolitan nature of contemporary life in Mexico. Cortina s recent projects range from Cabo San Lucas vacation homes for tech and finance giants to a new penthouse suite at the Sebastian resort in Vail, Colorado, luxury apartments in New York, and monumental homes in Mexico City.

Anxiety sufferers, as well as the health professionals and loved ones who support them, are often unaware of the true extent of their struggles. Family and friends misunderstand anxious people, believing they are lazy or lack initiative. Patients seek treatment for the symptoms of anxiety again and again, never addressing the underlying reasons for their disorder. This book covers the complexity of anxiety in everyday life, as well as its effect on happiness and achievement, told through the experiences of anxiety sufferers across life stages, from childhood through retirement years. The author uses scientific literature and 40+ years of clinical experience to describe the major anxiety disorders and to illuminate their scope. For anxiety sufferers, as well as their family members and medical professionals, this book provides solutions for dealing with anxiety before it becomes too overwhelming.

'Engrossing, illuminating and often disquieting'-Niki Savva'It's been almost impossible to get a handle on Scott Morrison. Until now. Sean Kelly has done it, comprehensively.' -Barrie Cassidy 'Sean Kelly exposes Morrison with wit and righteous precision. After reading this insightful, funny and absolutely maddening dissection of the man, I can now clearly see him for what he is. Go Sharks ' -Tom BallardWhat happens when the prime minister views politics as a game?A must-read account of a man, a time and a nation.Sean Kelly gives us the definitive portrait of Scott Morrison - a politician not quite like any other. Morrison understands that politics has become a game - one he is determined to win. He also understands something essential about Australia, something many of us are unwilling to admit, even to ourselves. But there are things Scott Morrison does not understand. This is the story of those failures, too - and of how Morrison's approach to politics has become a dangerous liability.