ROOTS Back-to-School Book Club Reads Stephen King | on SiriusXM

ROOTS Back-to-School Book Club Reads Stephen King | on SiriusXM
Week of August 31, 2024

Sat 8/31, 6PM ET
Sun 9/1, 1PM ET
Mon 9/2, 9AM ET
Tues 9/3, 4PM ET
Thurs 9/5, 9PM ET

As Labor Day marks the return to school, we hit the books of horror maestro Stephen King. In books like Cujo, Carrie, The Stand, It, Pet Sematary, Tommyknockers, and the Dark Tower series, we find inspiration for a fiendish flurry of songs by Testament, Anthrax, Metallica, the Ramones, Gehenna, Blind Guardian, and more. Grab a book, and know your Roots!

Speaking of books—we make plenty of them, as heavy as metal history gets at: BAZILLION POINTS BOOKS.

PLAYLIST:

TESTAMENT – “Disciples of the Watch” from FIRST STRIKE STILL DEADLY
ANTHRAX – “Among the Living” from ALIVE 2
METALLICA – “Ride the Lightning” from STUDIO DEMO
WARHEAD – “Carrie White” from GOOD PART FOR EACH
DEADLY BLESSING – “Salem’s Lot” from ASCEND FROM THE CAULDRON
SCAB – “Cujo Lives” from PIT OF WORMS
GEHENNA – “Deadlights” from DEADLIGHTS
BLIND GUARDIAN – “Tommyknockers” from TALES FROM THE TWILIGHT WORLD
SAVAGE CIRCLE – “It – The Gathering” from DREAMLAND MANOR
BEHOLDER – “Mr. Grady (Overlook Hotel)” from LETHAL INJECTION
THE RAMONES – “Pet Sematary” from HOLLYWOOD PALACE 199
EXODUS – “Black 13” from BLOOD IN BLOOD OUT

What Stephen King book or story do you want to hear as a metal song? Comments below!

Roots is Sound of the Beast author Ian Christe’s heavy metal history show on Sirius XM Liquid Metal channel 40. Since June 2004, each weekly show has examined another subgenre, band, movement, country, or theme. The show is available on-demand online from SiriusXM.com.