In-depth Interview With The Creators of Jersey Metal

JERSEY METAL A History of the Garden State’s Heavy Metal Scene
VOLUME ONE (1969-1986)

Thank you to Don Jamieson (The Jamieson Show) for sharing this video! Podcaster and rock & roll comedian, Don Jamieson, interviewed Frank White and Alan Tecchio the authors of JERSEY METAL A History of the Garden State’s Heavy Metal Scene.

So many great memories if you grew up in this time period!

Frank White got into photography when he was six because his Mom was a photographer. By the time he was a teen he was taking photos of bands. Alan Tecchio was a singer in many of those bands! This book is an autobiographical perspective of New Jersey's Heavy Metal music history. Writing, photos, ads, interviews and band bios are inside. The artwork in the book is tremendous. Raised letters and ads. A silver finish to many of the ads. Alan did the layout and the design of the book.

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OVERKILL - Welcome To The Garden State

The Jersey Metal website describes the Metal Scene in New Jersey in detail including the cover bands that became world successes and the local Metal tribute bands, original metal bands and the many metal bands that tours the US. There are also hundreds of details about record companies, record stores,radio stations and venues that were all part of New Jersey's heavy metal scene.

Photos of AC DC, Queen, Prophet, TT Quick, Accept, Kiss, Dead End kids, Freeway Live aid, Metal Church, Hex, Bon Jovi, Ratt, nuclear Assault, Krank, W.A.S.P., After Shock, SS Steele, Overkill, Monroe, Cinderella, Led Zeppelin, Metallica...the bands are local to National and so many photos of when they started out.

Plus you will get your fill of all the bars, the shows, the record stores, the groupies, and the ads for so many shows and local advertisers.  FUN!

Volume 2 is being worked on. I will be mentioned in that one (yes, I was in a band).  Many thanks to Frank and Alan for putting out such a beautifully detailed book!

You can purchase the book HERE.

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From the website:
"Frank White and Alan Tecchio are both veterans of the New Jersey Heavy Metal scene."

For 47 years, Frank has been a music photographer. He sold his his photos nationally and internationally to a ton of music magazines, record companies, music TV programs, DVD companies, book companies and the Rock N’ Roll Hall Of Fame. In 1986 Frank also started The Frank White Photo Agency. He toured as a band photographer with many bandsin the late 1980’s and early 1990’s .Frank was the photographer for the Uncle Floyd TV show in 1998. Frank started writing and became an author in 2018. He currently has two books out  He is a co-publisher with Alan, and they both started WT Publishing LLC.

JERSEY METAL A History of the Garden State’s Heavy Metal Scene
VOLUME ONE (1969-1986)

Special thanks to Photographer Steve Trager. You can find Steve on facebook.

Photographer Michele Spina-White

I will be in Volume 2! More to come.
Special thanks to Photographer Steve Trager. You can find Steve on facebook.

Photo by Frank White