Band Quote by Yenz Leonhardt

We've become an underground thing for kids, because we never got the love our peers got back in the day. Kids are loving discovering…

— Steve Lukather

For the most part, metal has been underground. It's too dangerous for mom and dad and schools. It will probably always be that way.

— Wayne Static

These new metal bands are going out, getting drunk and going to strip clubs, and they'll be doing the same in thirty years. There…

— Moby

I feel that Babymetal, it's one of my duties to pass down to future generations just how amazing metal music is, and hopefully they…

— Moa Kikuchi

I'm just not a big fan of the too-cool-for-school indie world. Metal bands have never been invited or been able to be part of…

— Scott Ian

We're trying to leave no stone unturned, to push forward in every aspect of what it means to be a band. Because this really…

— Synyster Gates

I've worked as a singer in metal bands for over ten years now, so I've definitely kind of put in my time building that…

— Alissa White-Gluz

The youngest metal kids are less impressed by tradition, so you get metal that encompasses everything. It's not a defining kind of lifestyle and…

— Ian Christe

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

We are pioneers of creating a new genre of metal.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

I'm really not the biggest metal fan as it is. I'm more of a hard-street-punk kind of kid, but I also loved hip hop…

— Sonny Sandoval

There is so much great talent in the underground, and electronic music is finally getting the props that it's deserved for so long. I…

— Kaskade