About Joel McIver

Joel McIver is the author of 16 books (at least 20 more exist in translation) and contributes to music and film magazines such as Rolling Stone, Metal Hammer, Rhythm, Classic Rock, Bass Guitar, Acoustic and Record Collector. He regularly appears on radio and TV.

More info at Joel's Wikipedia page.

Interviews with Joel:

2002
Get Ready To Rock

2004
Metallica fansite

2007
The Legion fanzine

2008
Rock On The Net
Heavy Metal Nation
Thrash Hits
Heavy Metal About
Metal Shrine
Classic Metal Show (three parts, audio)
Guitarsite
Joel's Top 10 cultural memes of 2008 (scroll down)

2009
Goldmine
Ultimate Guitar
Thrash Hits
Lords Of Metal
Contributor interview for Hyperkinetic anthology
Backstage Heroes
Gibson Guitars (in Italian)
Soundshock
Zona Metallica (in Italian)
Harvester Of Sofia
Ultimate Guitar (again)

2010
Guitarist Magazine (in Polish)

Joel has interviewed over 600 musicians, actors, directors, producers and associated goons over the years: a partial list of interviewees can be found here. Some of his features are available for syndication here.
Fanboy Gallery
Tom Araya of Slayer, 2001
[Slayer]
   
Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, 2004
[Megadeth]
   
Kerry King [Slayer] and Mick Thompson [Slipknot], 2005
   
   
Lemmy, 2005
[Motorhead]
   
Yngwie J Malmsteen (for it is he), 2005
[Yngwie's site]
   
Deryck Whibley of Sum 41, 2007
[Sum 41]
   
Vinny Appice of Heaven And Hell, 2008
[VInny's site]
   
Kerry King with The Bloody Reign Of Slayer, 2008
[Slayer]
   
Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, 2008 [Iron Maiden]
   
Kirk Hammett of Metallica, 2008 [Metallica]
   
Trivium, 2008
[Trivium]
   
Dave Lombardo of Slayer, 2008
[Slayer]
   
Steve Asheim of Deicide, 2008
[Deicide]
   
Troy Sanders of Mastodon, 2009
[Mastodon]
   
George Fisher of Cannibal Corpse, 2009
[Cannibal Corpse]
   
Alex Webster of Cannibal Corpse, 2009
[Cannibal Corpse]
   
Adam Duce of Machine Head, 2009
[Machine Head]
   
Phil Demmel of Machine Head, 2009
[Machine Head]
   
Cronos of Venom and Ihsahn, ex of Emperor, 2009
[Venom, Ihsahn]
   
Herman Li of Dragonforce, 2009 [Dragonforce]
   
Jason Mendonça of Akercocke, 2009 [Akercocke]
Ian Brown, 2009
[Ian Brown]
   
Rob Halford of Judas Priest, 2010
[Judas Priest]
   

Les Claypool, 2010
[Les Claypool]

   
Glenn Hughes, 2010 [Glenn Hughes]
   
David Ellefson, 2010 [Megadeth]
   
Dave Mustaine, 2010 [Megadeth]
   
Joey Belladonna, 2010 [Anthrax]
   
Robert Trujillo, 2010 [Metallica]
   
Kerry King , 2010 [Slayer]