"HEADBANGER!" Out Now!
“A King Kong–size story mixing gore, laughs, and heavy metal in an entertaining ride that will have you simultaneously throwing devil horns and laughing out loud.”
— Reedsy Discovery
“If you like heavy metal, a slice of 80s gold, and enough dark humor to wash it all down with, this one will do it for you!”
— Horror Reads
“A certified banger!"
— The Monster Hour
“Like Weird Science with a full-on metalhead twist!”
— Book Sirens
The 1980s are ablaze with Satanic Panic hysteria, and no one is feeling the heat worse than teenage headbanger Mark Looger.
His chain-smoking, Bible-thumping mother has declared war on his heavy metal way of life, trashing his records… ruining his chances with Tori Payne… even calling the barber!
Driven to the brink by her righteous fury, Mark dares to meddle in the dark arts and…
HYPNOTIZES HIS MOTHER!
At first, it totally rocks! She’s making him breakfast, handing over her Diners Club card, and letting him throw the biggest party Liberty Bend has ever seen!
But wait… oh no! Her hypnotized mind is also a slave to heavy metal itself! Every twisted lyric she hears becomes a command she must obey!
And as the hi-fi is cranked to 666, the night erupts into a bloodbath of unholy horror… becoming everything the PMRC, the six o’clock news, and your parents ever warned you about!
Headbanger! is an outrageous and hilarious love letter to 80s metal culture. A savage horror-comedy about music, mind control, and moral panic that finally answers the ultimate question:
What if heavy metal really did make you do bad things?
Audie Harrison is a writer, filmmaker, and animator. A graduate of the CalArts Character Animation Program, his writing and directing credits include the punk-rock indie feature The Last American, the Cartoon Network series Uncle Grandpa, and Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! for Warner Bros. Animation.
Headbanger! is Audie’s debut novel, born from a lifelong devotion to heavy metal, horror movies, and Saturday-morning cartoons. He lives in Pasadena, California, with his family and a collection of dusty guitars.