We Sold Our Souls

Kris Pulaski loved to play guitar and her heavy metal band Durt Wurk put in the work, hit the road and played every backwoods dive, seedy bar and smoky venue with their big break surely just around the corner.

But that was 20 years ago. Now she works nights at a Best Western contending with urinating guests while her band mate Terry Hunt has gone off on his own to wealth and acclaim. A solo metal phenomenon rebranded as Koffin. He's back for one last set of shows and it spurs Kris to try and unravel why they all broke up in the first place.

Hendrix captures the in-fighting and brothers in arms duality of being in a band. He also drops a ton of lovely metal morsels throughout the book that had me reaching for classic Black Sabbath. (I love that an intrepid fan has already created a comprehensive playlist of every song referenced in the book on Spotify) A couple of grisy horror set pieces and man, what did UPS ever do to Grady Hendrix anyways? A fun diversion but a bit of a wash for me at the end.