Top 10 Facts About Metal Musicians

1James Hetfield of Metallica built a car that could survive nuclear blasts and earthquakes

James Hetfield of Metallica built a car that could survive nuclear blasts and earthquakes


2Matt Barlow of Iced Earth was a policeman and after the 9/11 attacks he left the band to work as a policeman again

Matt Barlow of Iced Earth was a policeman and after the 9/11 attacks he left the band to work as a policeman again


3Mike Mangini of Dream Theater is also a software specialist who worked on a program that studied the links between the human brain and body


4Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden is a professional pilot, who used to take unpaid leave to front Iron Maiden

Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden is a professional pilot, who used to take unpaid leave to front Iron Maiden


5Cozy Powell of Rainbow set a world record by playing 400 drums in under one minute, live on television (BBC)


6Dave Mustaine of Megadeth chose heavy metal as a career as revenge against a brother-in-law who punched him for listening to Judas Priest


7Parents of Metallica'?s James Hetfield were Christian Scientists and did not believe in medicine, so his mother died of cancer with no medical help


8Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden was a talented fencer and a member of The UK National Olympic Team

Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden was a talented fencer and a member of The UK National Olympic Team


9Rob Halford of Judas Priest broke his nose onstage and was rendered unconscious in 1990, during what was supposed to be his final show with the band


10Mike Mangini of Dream Theater was a Full-time Associate professor at Berklee College of Music, Percussion Department


11One of hair metal's most famous feuds was between Twisted Sister and Manowar. After Manowar attacked Twisted Sister by calling them "sissy boys in makeup," the "We're Not Gonna Take It" legends challenged Manowar to a street fight. Guess who never showed


12Hansi Kürsch of Blind Giardian records individually each track of the multi-layered backing vocals and doesn't use a harmonizer

Hansi Kürsch of Blind Giardian records individually each track of the multi-layered backing vocals and doesn


13Jon Schaffer of Iced Earth went to a Lutheran school for 5 years, where a pastor shoved a bar of soap down his throat, so Jon formed a band to "prove these people wrong"


14Rob Halford of Judas Priest could have been a classical singer


15Metallica bought the rights to the film 'Johnny Got His Gun' to continue showing the music video to their song 'One'


16Morbid Angel's album titles are working through the alphabet


17Tobias Sammet formed Edguy at 14


18Ian Gillan of Deep Purple was the original Jesus Christ in the rock opera 'Jesus Christ Superstar' (1970)


19Fenriz of Darkthrone was elected as councilman of Kolbotn


20In the 80s Metallica moved from Los Angeles to San Francisco because "the glam metal scene in Los Angeles sucked"


21Jeff Hanneman of Slayer was a "super quiet" guy but he wrote the music and lyrics to songs that can't be described as quiet


22Fernando Ribeiro of Moonspell has a University degree in Philosophy


23Rob Halford of Judas Priest considered wearing a wig or a toupee but decided against it


24Cozy Powell of Rainbow raced for Hitachi on the UK saloon car circuit and was quoted as saying "I drive like I drum - madly"


25Alex Skolnick of Testament plays jazz in Alex Skolnick Trio


26Jeff Walker of Carcass recorded a country album


27Nergal of Behemoth was a judge on the Polish version of The Voice


28Tom Araya of Slayer likes Spongebob


29Tobias Sammet didn't want to be a singer but the band had no singer and told him at the 2nd rehearsal that he was the singer


30Alexi Laiho founded Children of Bodom at 14


31Bathory drummer Jonas Akerlund now works as a music video director for artists such as Lady Gaga, Madonna, and Coldplay


32Robert Trujillo's full name is Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Perez de la Santa Concepción Trujillo Veracruz Batista

Robert Trujillo


33Nobody knows who is the woman at Black Sabbath Debut album.


34Rob Halford of Judas Priest is gay


35Fernando Ribeiro of Moonspell published two poetry books