Extreme Quote by Max Cavalera

We are one of the last heavy metal bands. Iron Maiden has always been unique.

— Adrian Smith

We were into Hendrix and Cream, who were like the heaviest bands around at that time. We just wanted to be heavier than everybody…

— Geezer Butler

That's why I think it hurt us, whereas these other bands [I'm assuming he means the other Big 3 -Slayer, Megadeth, Metallica] they kept…

— Charlie Benante

So many bands would say that they were alternative, or they were this or that... 'Heavy metal' was a pretty uncool word after about…

— Vinnie Paul

We were lumped into the Lite Metal radio bands.

— Kip Winger

My biggest inspiration was always early Iron Maiden, because it was the only band I knew for some time, and, as we all know,…

— Varg Vikernes

During our first year, we were playing Priest and Maiden cover tunes all the time while we figured out what we wanted to do…

— Jeff Hanneman

When I was really young, I was really into Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden and those kinds of bands.

— David Pajo

I never wanted to be in a heavy-metal band.

— Shavo Odadjian

We didn't go for music that sounded like blues, or jazz, or rock, or Led Zeppelin, or Rolling Stones. We didn't want to be…

— Michael Giles

I think everyone's trying to come up together and bring up other bands along the way, and we've always been really blessed to have…

— Zacky Vengeance

If heavy metal bands ruled the world, we'd be a lot better off.

— Bruce Dickinson