Home of Metal campaign in Wolves

Heavy metal fans are being urged to share their memories and memorabila as part of a unique new project when it visits Wolverhampton.

The Home of Metal campaign, pioneered by groundbreaking Brummie promoters Capsule,  aims to celebrate the Birmingham and Black Country origins of the musical genre and create a digital archive to tell its story.

The project will take over an empty shop in Wolverhampton city centre next week and wants music-lovers to help share their passion.

Home of Metal focuses on the innovators of the genre and those that continued to develop it – Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest, Napalm Death and Godflesh.

From June 17 to 19, between 10am and 6pm, Home of Metal will take up residence at City 10, 18 Queen Square in Wolverhampton city centre, inviting fans to bring along their memorabilia and stories to be photographed and recorded to contribute to the digital archive.

Organisers want everything from concert tickets to photographs, badges, album covers, t-shirts, demo tapes, fan letters, fanzines, flyers, lyrics, posters, press articles, set lists and promotional materials to build the collection online, which will inform a series of major exhibitions which are being developed for 2011.

On June 19, behind 2pm to 6pm, renowned rock photographer and Brum Notes Magazine contributor Steve Gerrard, will be in residence, with fans invited to have their portraits taken by him in their prized band T-shirts to feature in the Home Of Metal Exhibition.

In the summer of 2011, Home of Metal founders Capsule will be producing and curating a series of ambitious exhibitions and associated programmes. These will take place throughout The Black Country and Birmingham, UK, including exhibitions at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Wolverhampton Art Gallery and The New Art Gallery Walsall plus a conference, concerts and film programme.

Visit www.homeofmetal.com for details.