McIver is known for his books on Metallica, Slayer, Black Sabbath and Queens Of The Stone Age, among others. Thunder say: "Yes peeps, the lovely people at Omnibus Press have commissioned us to tell our story. 'Fools,' we hear you cry.

"It's being put together by a nice man called Joel McIver, who has been interviewing us and bashing his fingers repeatedly on the Olivetti since last summer.