Ian Christe
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Ian Christe (born 1970 in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland) is a writer. He attended The Clarkson School's Bridging Year and Indiana University.
He is the author of the heavy metal history book Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal, published in English in 2003 and translated in 7 languages. A weekly radio show based on the book appears on the Hard Attack channel on Sirius Satellite Radio. His first published work was in the IAN fanzine, and he started as a radio host at WEOS in Geneva, NY, at age 14.
As a freelance magazine writer, his articles appeared in Spin, AP, Wired, Mother Jones, the Baffler, the Chicago Reader, Warp, Blender, Salon.com, the Utne Reader, I.D., and Guitar World.
His metal band Dark Noerd the Beholder appears on the soundtrack to the cult film Gummo. He also recorded with the bluegrass band Grouse Mountain Skyride.
[edit] Publications
- Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal. by Ian Christe. ISBN 0-380-81127-8.
- The Trouser Press Guide to 90s Rock. Edited by Ira Robbins.
- Voter Participation and the States. by Jamie Cooper and Ian Christe, Center for Policy Alternatives.
