Joel McIver is the author of thirty-four books and writes for several publications as a journalist. He is also the editor of Bass Player magazine. He has written for Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, and he is the occasional guest on BBC. Classic Rock magazine has called him by some distance Britains most prolific hard rock/metal author. He wrote the official biography of the worlds biggest death metal band, Cannibal Corpse and co-wrote Megadeaths bio from bass player David Ellefson.