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I was picked on a lot as a kid because of the way I dressed. Metal and punk music got me through that. I…

— Machine Gun Kelly

Growing up, I was listening to a lot of Metallica, a lot of instrumental guitar music because I started out as a guitar player.

— Ludwig Goransson

My whole view of music completely flipped over on its head. I grew up listening to punk rock, SST. I liked people that were…

— Doug Martsch

When I first became involved in Babymetal, I honestly hadn't known what metal music was about so everything was new to me.

— Moa Kikuchi

When we first started out, we had no idea what metal music was all about. But now we listen to everything from cute songs…

— Suzuka Nakamoto

I was playing heavy metal when I was 18. I had to evolve out of that into an alternative consciousness about what it meant…

— Billy Corgan

When I get 13 or 14 years old, I get crazy with rock music, like, like, deeply crazy. And one of my favorite bands…

— Juanes

I just happened to wind up in a metal band when I was 15.

— Chino Moreno

I started playing guitar when I was 12, and I started getting into more metal, like Maiden and Metallica... Of course, as I kind…

— John Petrucci

In my elementary days, I took a liking to rock & roll music. I dabbed into Marilyn Manson, which became my favorite.

— Lil Uzi Vert

Starting in junior high school, through high school, I was very into metal or black metal and death metal specifically.

— Andrew W.K

I was really into metal when I was growing up. It was just something I thought I could do and wanted to try.

— Jeff Hanneman