The Sunset Strip, home to such legendary venues as The Whiskey, The Roxy, The Viper Room and The Key Club, first came to prominence in the early 1980s when an army of spandex-clad pioneers emerged from the trashy gutters of downtown Hollywood. In an explosion of youthful exuberance and truly fantastic performances, the Strip became the breeding ground for the now legendary Guns N’ Roses, Mötley Crüe, Poison, Jane’s Addiction, Quiet Riot and a slew of other legendary metal bands. It was a time of celebration, a nonstop party that raged out of the clubs and onto the sidewalks, and though it’s been nearly a many years since the height of its popularity, the legend of the Strip lives on in a new full-color photo book, featuring 200 pages of rare and exclusive photos, flyers and press releases from this pivotal era of metal.

Whether you missed out on this spectacular epoch or your alcohol-soaked memories could use a little refreshing, Hollywood Rocks! is the most detailed, expansive photo document ever made on the ’80s metal scene. See early press photos of Mötley Crüe and read an early press kit by the then-unknown band Warrant — you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll wonder how anyone ever lived through it all as Hollywood Rocks! depicts the scene in all its vivid debauchery! Rock on!