
Steffan Chirazi
Having started rock'n'roll writing at the age of 15, Steffan Chirazi's career could almost look like an old Batman cartoon speech bubble! Sounds, Kerrang!, Bam, Rip and Spin are just a few of the publications he has contributed to over the years, and for the last 14 years he has been the editor of Metallica's own in-house publication, So What! magazine. He lives in San Francisco, CA with his family.
Latest articles by Steffan Chirazi

“Jimmy Page and I went for a walk and stopped traffic”: an epic interview with Whitesnake’s David Coverdale
By Steffan Chirazi published
From Deep Purple to Whitesnake, via his solo career, a union with Jimmy Page and a near miss with Black Sabbath, this is the life and times of David Coverdale

“We came up very fast and we went down fast. We were carried away on that wave of euphoria”: how Motörhead made their two most controversial early 80s albums
By Steffan Chirazi published
The story of Motorhead’s divisive Iron Fist and Another Perfect Day albums and the chaos that surrounded them

"Van Halen could do nothing, night after night, to stem the charge of this Godzilla": How 1988's Monsters Of Rock tour was the making of Metallica
By Steffan Chirazi published
In 1988 Metallica released ...And Justice For All. Then they went out on the road to claim the throne of modern metal

King Diamond: "My Apartment Was Haunted - Ask The Guys From Metallica"
By Steffan Chirazi published
Mercyful Fate were always unique, marrying theatre and horror with music with a progressive bent. No wonder so many bands took notice, not least a band from the Bay Area called Metallica...

Slayer: "We could never do any thing like Some Kind Of Monster..."
By Steffan Chirazi published
Do Slayer deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Sabbath, Maiden and Metallica? Or are they too intense and outright evil to join the metal élite? Classic Rock thinks the former...
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