"I've been playing about 18 years and I started to get a style when I started teaching. People wanted to learn everybody's licks, and at first it was okay. Then I thought 'Wait a minute, you've got to get your own style.' So I started combining what they wanted to learn and just a bit of techhnique. You hear so many different people everyday, you find yourself in it, if you can understand that. You're teachinng everybody's licks all day. I never did that, because I never had a stereo. I never copped licks off records. I started when I was really young, when I was 7. I never got to cop records because I didn't have a record player. So by the time I got to teaching, I didn't want people to carry on doing that too long."
Randy Rhoads |
"IF YOU'RE GOING TO THROW BEER BOTTLES AT US, AT LEAST MAKE SURE THEY'RE FULL"
Dave Mustaine |
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My mom always encouraged me, it was never weird. She'd look at 'Heavy Metal' and go 'Woo-hoo!'
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I was lucky enough to get to see guys like Bugs Henderson, Jimmy Wallace, all those great Texas blues players.
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What's the message in Metallica? There is no message, but if there was a message, it really should be look within yourself, don't listen to me, don't listen to James, don't listen to anybody, look within yourself for the answers.
Lars Ulrich
"Lemmy, how does a real man know if a woman is faking an orgasm?"
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I like to put on hardcore when I have to clean my apartment, which I hate to do, but it's motivational. I like old heavy metal when I'm outside working on my car. Music has definite functions for me.
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We love not just Judas Priest music, but we love heavy metal and we love to get out on that stage every night and perform. It's a joy to be able to do it.
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Black Sabbath was the creation of four friends from the Birmingham, England area. Anthony Iommi, William Ward, Terence Butler, and John Osbourne were the founding members of the group and, to this day, are still cited as the four major members of Black Sabbath.
The band's first record contract came in 1969 after their live performances started to gain them notoriety throughout England. Phillips Records gave Black Sabbath their first opportunity to record an album, and they ended up releasing their first LP entitled "Black Sabbath" in 1970. The album made it into the United Kingdom's top-10 list, but when it was later released to the United States under the Warner Bros. label, it was only able to garner a top-40 ranking. |