MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Book Photos and Coauthor Brian Lew at Heart of New Spotify-Produced Early Metallica Doc

After Lars Ulrich (that guy’s everywhere!), the first face to appear on camera in Spotify’s new Metallica: The Early Years documentary series belongs to Brian Lew, one of a handful of Metallica’s original fans and the coauthor of MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Shots From the Bay Thrash Metal Epicenter.

The four-part doc tells the tale of the band’s pimply origins with testimony by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Metal Blade’s Brian Slagel, early days guru K.J. Doughton, and other key pla...