Portman loves music and his book is a good introduction to "New Wave of British Heavy Metal".
I loved the mentions of bands in the bands. I had forgotten, or had not heard of many of them.
Here is a list (it's probably not complete) of bands and songs mentioned in King Dork.
| Band Names | Song Title/Album Title | Page # |
| ACDC | Highway to Hell |
23
|
| The Sweet | Desolation Blvd |
27
|
| Blue Oyster Cult | 7 Screaming Dizbusters |
28
|
| Rolling Stones | Mothers Little Helper |
37
|
| Sister Morphine | ||
| Who | Quadraphenia |
39
|
| The Who By Numbers | ||
| Beattles | Help |
61
|
| White Plains | My Baby Loves Lovin |
85
|
| Led Zeppelin | Stairway to Heaven | |
| Yardbirds | ||
| The Sweet | Wig Wam Bam |
84
|
| Strategy | Taking Tiger Mountain |
112
|
| Black Sabbath | Sabbath Bloody Sabbath |
113
|
| Lou Reed | Sweet Jane |
119
|
| Carl Perkins | Glad All Over |
155
|
| The Stranglers | Rattus Norvegicus |
170
|
| Thin Lizzy | Mon Cher Monsieur |
174
|
| Kinks | Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society |
317
|
| Bands Just Mentioned Without Mention of a Specific Song | ||
| Funkadelic | ||
| Foghat | ||
| The Jam | ||
| KISS | ||
| New York Dolls | ||
| Small Faces | ||
| The Ramones | ||
| Rolling Stones | ||
| Slade | ||
| The Smiths | ||
| Velvet Underground | ||
| Frank Zappa | ||
| Yardbirds |
Cocksparrer
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Sham 69
I missed a couple of songs: Motor Head: Jail Bait The Chase is better than the Catch Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove |
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