Come My Fanatics, Dan Franklin
Come My Fanatics, Dan Franklin
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Come My Fanatics
A Journey into the World of Electric Wizard

Author: Dan Franklin

Narrator: Dan Franklin

Unabridged: 10 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: White Rabbit

Published: 06/22/2023

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

In 1993, in the market town of Wimborne Minster in Dorset, England, the heaviest band in the world was born: Electric Wizard. Led by guitarist and singer Jus Oborn, the band inhaled the iniquity of their lives and vomited it out in colossal waves of doom metal, synthesising the forbidding local landscape, biker culture, video-nasties, black magic rituals and titanic doses of psychedelics.

Come My Fanatics is the story of the rise and fall and triumphant return of the band, of their revolutionary and
mind-expanding output, their legendary and calamitous tours, and of their legacy. It is a kaleidoscopic exploration of the subculture the band has absorbed and, in turn, created. From seventies exploitation cinema, through the writers of Weird Tales magazine and a panoply of the marginal and downright sinister, to the band's own live ceremonial happenings - this is Electric Wizard's world. We're just dying in it.

About Dan Franklin

Dan Franklin has written about metal and heavy music for over ten years. He is a contributor to music and pop culture website The Quietus. His first book HEAVY was published in 2020.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jacob on July 20, 2023

This is unadulterated literature. Here's a preview of the upcoming review that will appear in the next issue of Funeralopolis (Goodreads won't allow me to publish the whole thing due to a word limit (bastards) so its mainly just an intro to the Wizard on here and barely takes into account how much I......more

Goodreads review by boofykins on August 29, 2023

I love Electric Wizard. I celebrate their entire discography. They are heavier than heavy. They sing about genre films, transgressive literature, occultism, and cosmic oblivion. What's not to love? That's probably a question better answered by my wife, to be honest, but let's not bring her into this......more

Goodreads review by Madara on December 16, 2024

I love Electric Wizard so much man I wish stoners were real.......more

Goodreads review by Ellen on September 13, 2024

Think this made me realise Electric Wizard might actually be my favourite band??? Totally totally excellent - highlight was the comparison of Jus to an "insurrectionist Rodney Trotter"......more

Goodreads review by Tom on April 09, 2025

1st Read (2023): This was an absolutely wild ride, The Wizard definitely enthralled me with their story and I can't believe that they were formed in the West Country. An exciting, grimy and fascinating read that I recommend to all fans of doom! 2nd Read - Audiobook (2025): Second time round and the W......more