Death SS were an Italian metal band formed in 1977. They performed whilst clad in the most basic children's Halloween costumes. How many in the audience were laughing? None, according to the band's less than modest "visionary," Steve Sylvester, who wrote a book about the band's early days called The Necromancer of Rock. BJ got his hands on a copy.

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