80s Quote by Mike Scheidt

The '80s were the worst period. You had these horrible pop bands growing their hair and calling themselves metal.

— Geezer Butler

I grew up an '80s metal guy.

— Jim Breuer

When heavy metal was really big in the '80s, it was huge, and then it kind of waned down and kind of came back.

— Vinnie Paul

In the 80s there weren't so many bands around and nowadays there are a lot more bands around. I think sometimes there are too…

— Udo Dirkschneider

I remember when metal was something you really had to search out, and now I hear it on car commercials.

— Trevor Dunn

I started getting seriously into music when I was a kid. 1978 was my big year. It just hit home. That was before real…

— Chris Reifert

Always been a big heavy metal fan. I remember being 15 saying, Dude I'm going to love heavy metal forever. Heavy metal til I'm…

— Brian Posehn

I was into Metallica when they first started, like when Kill Em All came out.

— David Pajo

Does '80s metal have the potential to come back as a kitschy, goofy subculture, sort of like disco? Sure. And that would be cool…

— Jani Lane

I'm not ashamed to say that I really loved some of the hair metal bands of the '80s.

— Chris McCaughan

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

— Eddie Trunk

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

— Kristian Nairn