Growing up Quote by Jeff Hanneman

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

— Andrew W.K

In the beginning I thought that metal was something scary, but I learned how thoughtful and amazing metal is. I'm so honored to be…

— Suzuka Nakamoto

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

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

— Chino Moreno

I just saw metal as another tool for me to use.

— Anonymous

If you're not into Metal - you are not my friend!

— Joey DeMaio

Well, I didn't really grow up playing or listening to metal, like many of the kids I went to school with. I only got…

— Anonymous

I was a total metal-head as a teen. I still love it, too.

— Kristian Nairn

Metal has always been somewhat marginalized, and I love to prove the perception and stereotypes that go with it wrong.

— Eddie Trunk

I'm a family guy who grew up with metal, and even though I'm domesticated I still have this in me.

— Jim Breuer

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

I grew up an '80s metal guy.

— Jim Breuer