1James 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
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
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
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
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 AgustÃn Miguel Santiago Samuel Perez de la Santa Concepción Trujillo Veracruz Batista
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
